The Bugs Bunny School of Teaching, or Addressing a Wide Range of Skill Levels in the Classroom

Credit: iStock/Mikhail Sokolov
Credit: iStock/Mikhail Sokolov
If you are teaching college today, you know of all the difficulties caused by ill-prepared students, disruptive students, smartphones, and so on. Over 30 years of teaching showed me that the biggest issue isn’t any of those; it is the wide range of student capabilities. Those of you teaching at the Ivies, in high-end MBA schools, in honors programs, or in similar venues can stop reading now.

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