美国心理学家西莱辛格和格德曼认为:“人的三大类能力是:空间能力,计算能力,语言表达能力”。地理空间思维能力是学生必须具备的地理素养。当今社会不少人读不懂基本的地图,没有方向感,而且学习高中地理需要较强的空间思维能力,文章就如何通过巧用地图教学提升学生的地理空间思维能力进行了探讨。 American psychologist Silesinger and Goldman think: “The three major human abilities are: space ability, computing power, language ability ”. Geospatial thinking ability is a must have for students. Many people in today’s society do not understand the basic map, there is no sense of direction, and learning high school geography need strong spatial thinking ability, the article on how to use map teaching to enhance students’ ability to think in geospatial thinking were discussed.