title: The Secrets of Top Students: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Acing High School and College
author:  Stefanie Weisman 
description: Gr 6 Up-This book highlights a multitude of topics that include getting and staying motivated, taking notes, how to study, test-taking methods, how to write a paper, time-management strategies, etc. The author's conversational tone and practical advice contribute to a relaxed style that makes the information seem easy to apply. Especially helpful are the charts, exercises, and examples. In addition, Weisman includes quotes from top scholars and research-based strategies and tips. She offers technology-based advice from using Google calendar and apps to online databases for research alongside tried-and-true low-tech options such as taking handwritten notes and making flash cards. Although the target audience is high school and college students, the book is a must-read for students in middle school and up, teachers, parents, and guidance counselors as 21st-century students learn to excel in the new educational landscape in which they find themselves.-Tammy Turner, Centennial High School, Frisco, TX(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
zlib_text: > # **THE  
  >  EVERYTHING®  
  > GUIDE TO  
  > STUDY SKILLS**
  >
  > Dear Reader,
  >
  > Each student approaches school differently. Some arrive at school wide-eyed
  > and overwhelmed. Others are highly motivated and ready to tackle all
  > problems, academic and social. The vast majority of students fall between
  > these two extremes. Whoever you are, _The Everything_ ® _Guide to Study
  > Skills_ will help you be the best student _you_ can be.
  >
  > The ideas within are culled from my work with hundreds of students across
  > the spectrum, from the least motivated to the highly driven. My expertise
  > comes as a result of my careers as an assistant director of college
  > admission, test prep instructor, high school teacher, private college
  > counselor, and lifelong passionate student. I have my finger on the pulse of
  > what students in the twenty-first century experience academically, socially,
  > and in extracurricular activities. But let me emphasize what I feel is most
  > important in the educational pr