The connotation of "study guide based teaching method"is that the students study for themselves with the guidance of the teachers."Study"is both the means and the end of teachers' teaching.The motivation of the students is paid much attention to and the students are regarded as the subjects in the learning process.The students' intelligence and thinking ability are fully explored so that their qualities can be improved in a all sided way..Taking the features of political courses into consideration,the teachers can employ the "study guide based" teaching method in reading,interpretation,summary and exercises,which will play a significant role in developing students' thinking ability and improving their qualities.