Every class has its share of bright students who at times know much more
than us, thanks to information available on net and curious and insatiable
mind of these bright kids. I really loved the suggestions and ideas proposed
by John Denker < <mailto:jsd%40av8n.com> jsd@av8n.com>. The suggestions
given reminded me of steps taken in same line by me to handle these kinds of
kids.
One of my students was bright enough to discuss "Quantum Theory" with me in
early grades. I enjoyed the discussion with him but the problem started
cropping with other kids feeling inferiority complex as they were not able
to contribute to this discussions.
Another problem, that while discussing such topics which were beyond the
purview of curriculum resulted in my lagging behind the course completion.
To keep him busy, I devised a nice strategy which can be added to the list
of suggestions complied by John Denker. I appointed (unofficially) him as my
sub faculty. After, completing a whole topic, I asked him to revise the
topic again for whole class. The dual advantage of the strategy was to make
sure that everyone in the class follows a topic and it kept the bright kid
busy and satisfied.