Structure testing is a main practical technology course of students in civil engineering. According to the characters and the condition of the course, taking students as the main body and training the students’ interest, some reform measures about teaching idea, teaching content, teaching method, teaching form and teachers’ quality cultivation were brought forward to improve the teaching quality. As it can be seen from the reform results, the innovation can excite the students’ interests on the course, develop the students’ ability to carry out the experiment and lead the students into innovative thinking.