《基础教育课程改革纲要(试行)》提出转变学生的学习方式的任务,旨在促进学生在教师指导下主动地、富有个性地学习。那么,如何培养学生的探究能力呢?笔者认为,能力的培养不是一时之功,必须要从学生这一学习的主体出发来通盘考虑。一、以情感培养为原动力,优化探究心理心理学表明,探究过程并非纯粹的智力活动过程,它还需要以情感为动力,如远大理想、坚强的信念、诚挚的热情以及 Basic Education Curriculum Reform (for Trial Implementation) put forward the task of changing the way students learn, designed to promote students to actively and personality learning under the guidance of teachers. So, how to cultivate students’ inquiry ability? The author believes that the ability to cultivate is not an instant success, we must start from the students to learn the main consideration. First, the emotional cultivation as a driving force to optimize the exploration Psychological psychology shows that the process of inquiry is not a pure process of intellectual activity, it also needs emotional motivation, such as lofty ideals, strong beliefs, sincere passion and