Every strategy we teach.
Over 100 named strategies across Math, Reading, and Writing. Each one is a discrete, repeatable move — with a worked example in the books, a video lesson by Ben, and parallel questions to drill it in the dashboard.
Math.
59 strategiesGeneral strategies
01Backsolving
02Picking Numbers
03Write Out Every Step
04Timing
05Draw Shapes
06Annotate Figures
07List Things Out
08Revisit What You Are Solving For
09Translating
10Start with Step One
11Using Desmos
Pre-Algebra
12Factors and Multiples
13Ratios, Proportions, Percents
14Data Representation
15Mean, Median, Mode
16Number Problems
17Absolute Value and Ordering
18Linear Equations in One Variable
19Probability
Elementary Algebra
20Algebraic Operations and Polynomials
21Exponents and Roots
22Substitution
23Factoring
24Equivalent Expressions
25Linear Inequalities
Intermediate Algebra
26Quadratic Formula
27Rational and Radical Expressions
28Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities
29Sequences and Patterns
30Exponential Functions
31Systems of Equations
32Functions
33Roots of Polynomials
34Complex Numbers
35Use Coefficients Only
Coordinate Geometry
36Intersecting Lines
37Lines
38Modifying Polynomials
39Graphing Inequalities
40Slope
41Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
42Distance Formula
43Midpoint Formula
44Conics — Parabola
Plane Geometry
45Angles
46Triangles and the Pythagorean Theorem
47Similar Figures
48Rectangles
49Circles
50Volume
51Transformations
52Shaded Regions
Trigonometry
53Radians
54SohCahToa
Data Analysis
55Standard Deviation
56Line of Best Fit
57Data Statements
58Outliers
59Graphs and Probability
Reading.
23 strategiesReading Principles
01Timing
02Stay Focused
03Don't Assume
04Review
05Reading Order — QPA
06Highlight Specific Question Stems
07Hide the Answers
08Highlight the Passage
09Make a Prediction
10Attack the Answers
11Avoid Extreme Answers
12Avoid Answers That Are Too Specific
13Agrees with the Main Idea
Question Strategies
14Words in Context
15Central Ideas
16Detail Questions
17Command of Evidence — Quotations
18Command of Evidence — Graphs
19Command of Evidence — Passages
20Function Questions
21Structure Questions
22Cross-Text Connections
23Inferences
Writing.
21 strategiesWriting Principles
01Don't Go by What Sounds Right
02Review Strategy
03Parts of Speech
04Identify Clauses
05Eliminate Extras
06Test for Nonessential Appositives
Punctuation
07Colons
08Commas
09Dashes
10Periods
11Question Marks
12Semicolons
13Parentheses
Grammar & Composition
14Conjunctions
15Modifiers
16Possessives
17Pronouns
18Subject-Verb Agreement
19Verb Tense
20Transitions
21Rhetorical Synthesis
Not a list — a curriculum
Every strategy is taught, then drilled.
Each one has a video lesson by Ben, a worked example in the books, and parallel questions in the dashboard that drill it until it's automatic. That's the difference between knowing a strategy and owning it.