This paper explores the importance and practical strategies of respecting students' individuality to carry out differentiated classroom teaching in educational practice. By elucidating the concepts of differentiated teaching and student individuality, it emphasizes the necessity for teachers to respect students' individuality and its positive impact on students' learning outcomes. After analyzing the strategies of respecting students' individuality in differentiated classroom teaching, this paper delves into emotional, cognitive, and behavioral ways of respect, supplemented by detailed examples. Finally, it summarizes the practical significance of respecting students' individuality in differentiated classroom teaching, including promoting students' personal development, enhancing learning motivation, and improving learning effectiveness, and provides prospects for future research directions to offer valuable references for educational practice.