During your college coursework, you probably were introduced to many methods of teaching. You are probably more comfortable with some than with others, but the key to happy and successful students is learning to vary your teaching. Your students will have different styles of learning and not all of them will respond well to lecture or typical presentations. Consider using some of the following strategies to vary your teaching: Cliffhangers Discussion Group Work Warm-Ups and Pre-Thinking Role-Playing Drawing Complex Ideas Visual Mapping Multiple Presentation Methods Click here to see more about these strategies. There are many other teaching strategies available to you on the Internet and in print resources, as well as from your fellow teachers. You might even find yourself inventing some pretty successful ones yourself that you can share with others.