Mathchops’s Substack

The Original Idea Behind Mathchops

Questions are king

Oct 31 • 

Mike McGibbon

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Find Great Questions (And Fewer Of Them)

Sometimes, after months of sessions and mock tests and drills and parent chats, you realize a student may be doomed.

Oct 22 • 

Mike McGibbon

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Two Long Term Learning Strategies

How can you help someone if you don’t know exactly where he is or where he’s going?

Oct 15 • 

Mike McGibbon

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The Top 50 SAT Grammar Skills

Based on Bluebook tests 4 - 10

Oct 8 • 

Mike McGibbon

3

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Know Your Opponent

What is the test trying to do?

Oct 1 • 

Mike McGibbon

3

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September 2025

Difficulty vs Category

Which is more important for question selection?

Sep 25 • 

Mike McGibbon

3

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Students Learn More When They Choose

Another learning theory I like

Sep 17 • 

Mike McGibbon

3

New Math Test Freakouts

How hard is the new ACT?

Sep 9 • 

Mike McGibbon

3

The Checklist Approach

Thriving without official tests

Sep 2 • 

Mike McGibbon

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August 2025

10 Useful Learning Theories

Academic research that has helped me with Mathchops and tutoring

Aug 14 • 

Mike McGibbon

10

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Good Tutors Love Wrong Answers

What is the optimal percent correct on a homework assignment?

Aug 8 • 

Mike McGibbon

3

1

July 2025

My Vocabulary Memorization Routine

A 10 minute daily exercise

Jul 29 • 

Mike McGibbon

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