Based on the questionnaire survey in College of Civil Engineering of Inner Mongolia University of Technology, this paper compares three kinds of teaching methods：traditional teaching method, multimedia teaching method and a combination teaching method. The data analysis demonstrated that traditional teaching methods, while most widely accepted, prove ineffective. The use of multimedia methods, although to some extent more effective than the traditional methods, also failed to achieve the desired result. A combination of the two methods, however, resulted in more effective teaching than focusing exclusively on a particular teaching method. Additionally, this paper offers some suggestions for reforming about structural mechanics combined with teaching experience.