In the “Make Students Active Participants in Learning” section there is an example of offering mini-lectures and than having the students apply the concept allowing them to become active learners. This is a very common technique I use. The problem I have is there are some students that finish the lab before others. I want to give all my students the time they need to “get” the concept –I never rush the slower ones. I tell my students that if they are done early to start working on next weeks homework assignments.
Does anyone have other ideas of what to do with the faster students so they are not just sitting there waiting for others to finish?