--- title: "Study guides for learning with an AI tutor | DuckyHelper" url: "https://duckyhelper.com/guides/" description: "How-to guides for studying with an AI tutor and still learning: study habits from research, what to do when you're stuck at night, and a self-study SAT plan." updated: "2026-10-09" --- Guides # Guides for learning with an AI tutor These guides are about how to study, not what to study. Each one gives a plan you can use tonight, built on learning research: quiz yourself, explain it back, ask for hints instead of answers, space your practice. They work with any tutor or none, and where DuckyHelper helps, they say how. For one topic at a time, like slope or photosynthesis, the study guides on /learn/ have a worked example for each. ## All guides ### Stuck on homework late at night: a checklist that gets you moving Stuck on homework at 11 pm? A short checklist that works: reread, find the exact step, look at a worked example, ask for one hint, and know when to stop. ### How to study for the SAT without paying for a tutor: a weekly plan A self-study SAT plan built on the College Board's official practice tests and question bank: take a test, review every miss, learn the skill, repeat each week. ### How to study with an AI tutor and still learn: five habits Five habits from learning science for studying with an AI tutor without letting it think for you: quiz yourself, explain it back, ask for hints, space it out. ## Topic study guides ### All study guides One topic per guide with a worked example: algebra, geometry, the sciences, essays, grammar and the SAT. ### SAT Math Every SAT Math topic, from linear equations to the hardest questions. ### Essay writing Thesis statements, outlines, body paragraphs and conclusions. ### The research behind DuckyHelper Why a tutor should guide, not hand over answers, from 100+ learning-science papers. ## Frequently asked questions ### How do I study with an AI tutor and still learn? Make it guide you rather than do the work. Quiz yourself before rereading, explain ideas back in your own words, ask for one hint at a time, spread practice over several days, and check your own work before asking. The study guide below walks through each habit. ### What's the difference between these guides and the study guides? These guides are about how to study: habits, plans and what to do when you're stuck. The study guides on duckyhelper.com/learn explain one topic each, like the Pythagorean theorem or cell organelles, with a worked example. ### Do I need DuckyHelper to use these guides? No. Every plan here works with official materials, your notes and your teacher. Where an AI tutor helps, like explaining a question you missed, the guide says how DuckyHelper does it. ## Keep reading ### Every subject: one question per subject, shown on screen DuckyHelper is an AI tutor for any subject: math, the sciences, history, writing, languages, code, music and art, each explained out loud and shown on screen. ### Research: a tutor built on learning science How DuckyHelper's tutor is built to teach: the model, a library of 100+ learning-science papers, the principles it follows and our white papers. ### Study guides Free study guides with plain explanations, worked examples and practice questions you can check yourself, from DuckyHelper, the live voice tutor. ## Try a habit tonight Get the Mac app, open the Eddy tab and end your next session with quiz me. [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/) [See what it does](https://duckyhelper.com/features/) The Mac app needs Apple silicon and macOS 14 Sonoma or later. There is no Chromebook, Windows or web version right now.