What are some teaching methods for gifted students?

Educators believe that gifted students should either move quickly through grades or receive enrichment through additional, complex work that stimulates thinking.
Both methods are appropriate and can be achieved through curriculum compacting, which evaluates students' knowledge of material in a program unit and then directs teaching only to goals that have not been achieved.
Teachers can eliminate almost half of the normal curriculum content for some gifted students without loss of learning, and the saved time can be used for learning objectives that include enrichment, complexity, and innovation.