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I work with students who have ASD and Aspergers in a public school setting. My question for you experienced secondary students is this: What are your best tips for sorting out important information from less important information in the classroom setting? What tools or strategies have actually worked for you? Are there especially helpful visuals or organizational strategies that have been effective? I ask because I would like to teach late elementary students these skills before they get to the middle school setting. Thanks for your advice!

Nothing in US history is important.

I actually am kinda serious. History classes require nothing but rote memorization of all the subject material.

For math classes, as long as you know how to use a calculator and have a little bit of common sense, it's hard not to ace every test.

To-do lists can be helpful. I also went to a school that had assignment rubriks which said exactly what was expected on different aspects of assignments to get particular grades. In the class itself, I was pretty focussed and organized naturally, I was there to work many of the other kids weren't so I just focused on my work and ignored the kids.