Using the scientific method to solve geographic problems

Many teachers know little about similar developments which have\ud been occurring in geography as well as in other social sciences. Increasing emphasis is being laid upon the development of generalizations and the understanding\ud of observations made about the world. In geography, for\ud example, emphasis is shifting from the memorization of facts about the names of cities, mountain ranges and rivers to the understanding of principles underlying the location of various physical and cultural features, and the relationships between them