Originally Posted by Val
I think there are two problems here. One is the concept of challenge at school. The other is what I call thinking in a new way as distinct from "studying."

The thinking in a new way is using the metacognitive skills that schools seem to hope kids will accidentally learn. These skills advance under challenge and quite slowly for most kids (half the reason there are 12 years of math, imho), but can be taught directly. It may also be a case where mixed ability group problem solving could benefit HG kids.