I teach in a technical environment, and all of our intro classes have basic technical knowledge in them, and many of our students know it very well already. But some of our students have never seen this information before.
I have been told that using the more advanced students for peer tutoring is helpfull, but i don't think that is something that my school is looking for us to do.
This term will be the first intro class i have taught, having come from one of the more advanced diagnostic classes. Anyone have any sugestions on how to keep the more experienced students involved without taking anything away from the students that really need this basic information presented to them slowly and completely?