Study on Map Reading Skill of High School Students in Chuxiong City

Abstract

Abstract.To understand the status of Map Reading Skill of high school students in Chuxiong city, reduce blindness of geography teaching improve teaching quality and efficiency, a map reading skill questionnaire survey of four high schools in Chuxiong city was made. Some problems were found as follows: the basic of geography knowledge of high school students was weak, many students lacked of interest in learning geography some students were weary of geography studying. Their geography learning abilities were weak, especially map reading skill. So, the following countermeasures and suggestions were put forward, the teachers and students should cultivate the interest in map, consolidate the basic of map knowledge of high school students, form a good habit of using map, improve the ability of using map, and create a good map learning environment.