Part of the art of navigation is learning a technique. As already said don't get bogged down looking for tiny towns, they are never the same shape on a map. The map shown on your electronic devise is only a paper map that has been digitised. Remember anything shown on the map was once on the ground wheras much that you see on the ground may never have been on a map. Fly the aeroplane and check your position about every 6 minutes, don't try and finger crawl. Preselect features that you will see and only use those to check position. Always use 3 features to verify a position, one can be time as your watch is the most accurate thing you have. Many people brought up with GPS want to fly the plane along a line on the screen, don't; always fly a heading and monitor your position. Does your instructor ever demonstrate how to navigate i.e. he shows you how to do it?