Share Use a variety of teaching styles to keep your students’ attention throughout the duration of the class period. with FacebookShare Use a variety of teaching styles to keep your students’ attention throughout the duration of the class period. with Twitter Some strategies include: Using toys to demonstrate abstract concepts Acting it out/role-playing Using students with random numbers to demonstrate sorting algorithms Algorithm animation websites More about this tip Tags AP A Development Methods External Source Tips from Deborah Power Carter The College Board’s AP Computer Science Teacher’s Guide. Other Tips By Other Tips By College Board's AP Computer Science Teacher’s Guide