ABSTRACT
The primary guiding principle for teaching bright students with learning difficulties is to take a strength-based approach to applying the following four best practices. In most classrooms today, students receive whole-group lessons that address the common learning objective, but they also are instructed in small groups based on their level of readiness, interest, or learning style. Teachers differentiate content, process, and product according to students' readiness, interest, and learning profiles through a range of instructional and management strategies. For twice-exceptional students to effectively gain access to enriched and accelerated instruction, they often need to have appropriate adaptations and accommodations. The key is to provide a balanced instructional program for the student that emphasizes nurturing and developing his strengths while simultaneously remediating and supporting his weaker areas. Many accommodations allow bright students with learning challenges to demonstrate their knowledge without being handicapped by the effects of their difficulties.
