We watched and picked 68 free YouTube lessons: two for each of the 30 skills and two each on the test format, the Bluebook app, the Desmos calculator and pacing. Every video is checked before each site update for availability, embedding, captions and length. The notes are ours; the videos belong to their creators, who are not affiliated with this site.
Test format
How the adaptive modules work, from the College Board (The College Board, 4:25, captions). Watch for: How Module 1 sets the difficulty of Module 2, and why your score uses both modules.
The whole digital test in seven minutes (LearnSATMath, 7:45). Watch for: The two sections, the four modules, the timing and the built-in tools in one pass.
The Bluebook app
A first tour of Bluebook practice (English Academy, 4:34). Watch for: Where the timer, the question menu, Mark for Review and the reference sheet sit on screen.
Bluebook tools that save time in Reading and Writing (SCORE: Your College Counselor, 8:41). Watch for: Which on-screen tools speed you up and which ones only slow you down.
The Desmos graphing calculator
A beginner’s guide to the graphing calculator (LearnSATMath, 17:04). Watch for: Typing an equation, reading intersections and checking an answer by graphing.
Graphing-calculator moves in seven minutes (The SAT Gamified, 6:53). Watch for: Quick graphing moves for systems, zeros and vertex questions.
Pacing
Five ways to save time in Reading and Writing (Strategic Test Prep, 10:44). Watch for: Where minutes leak away in a 32-minute module and how to keep moving.
Fixing slow reading on test day (Settele Tutoring — SAT® Lessons and Strategies, 11:03). Watch for: How to read a short passage once, with purpose, before you look at the choices.
Words in Context
Words in Context, worked through (Penguin SAT Prep , 20:00). Watch for: Predicting a word from the passage’s clues before you read the choices.
Strategies for vocabulary-in-context questions (Ivy League Mentors, 8:15). Watch for: Logical and precise: why a close synonym can still be wrong.
Central ideas and details, worked through (Penguin SAT Prep , 19:18). Watch for: Separating the main claim from supporting detail in a short passage.
Finding the central idea quickly (The Digital Tutor | Learn Today. Lead Tomorrow., 6:27, captions). Watch for: Summarizing the passage in your own words before you read the choices.
Textual evidence questions, worked through (Penguin SAT Prep , 11:31). Watch for: Matching the claim word for word to the quotation that proves it.
Support and weaken questions (SAT Mastermind, 11:51, captions). Watch for: What would make a hypothesis stronger or weaker, and why the topic alone is not enough.
Reading graphs for evidence questions (SAT Mastermind, 18:24). Watch for: Checking the claim against the right rows, bars or points, not the whole graphic.
Graph and table questions in Reading and Writing (Penguin SAT Prep , 13:17). Watch for: Choices that are true about the data but do not support the claim.
Transition questions, worked through (Penguin SAT Prep , 8:25). Watch for: Naming the relationship between two sentences before you read the choices.
A full strategy for transitions (Settele Tutoring — SAT® Lessons and Strategies, 23:39). Watch for: Contrast, cause, example and continuation, and the words that signal each.
Student-notes questions, worked through (Penguin SAT Prep , 9:30). Watch for: Reading the goal in the question first, then checking each choice against it.
Strategies for rhetorical synthesis (Ivy League Mentors, 7:30). Watch for: Why an accurate choice can still miss the stated goal.
Linear equations in one variable (Crunch Math, 7:27). Watch for: Clearing parentheses and fractions, and spotting no-solution and infinite-solution cases.
Linear word problems (Penguin SAT Prep , 26:00). Watch for: Turning a word problem into an equation before solving.
Graphing linear inequalities in two variables (GoTutor Math, 10:11). Watch for: Solid or dashed boundary lines, and which side to shade.
Linear equations and inequalities (Brain Buffs Tutoring, 9:56). Watch for: Writing an inequality from a word problem and flipping the sign when you divide by a negative.
Equivalent expressions with the graphing calculator (Raymond P. Hunter, 5:40, captions). Watch for: Graphing two expressions to see whether they match.
A fast check for equivalent expressions (Erika | Math + Engineering, 4:46). Watch for: Testing a value of x in both expressions as a backup to algebra.
Comparing standard deviations (Settele Tutoring — SAT® Lessons and Strategies, 4:51). Watch for: Judging spread from a dot plot or list without calculating.
Mean and median with the graphing calculator (Tutorllini Test Prep, 8:38). Watch for: Entering a data list and reading the mean and median.
Probability, including conditional probability (Settele Tutoring — SAT® Lessons and Strategies, 6:27). Watch for: Using the right row or column total as the denominator.
Conditional probability with two-way tables (Bao Le Math, 7:03). Watch for: Reading “given that” as a restriction to one row or column.
Every circle rule, worked through (Penguin SAT Prep , 14:06). Watch for: Arc length, sector area, and radians.
The circle equation in the xy-plane (Settele Tutoring — SAT® Lessons and Strategies, 3:57). Watch for: Completing the square to find the center and radius.
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