Quick Reference STUDY METHODS · No. 15 MISTAKES

Mistakes have causes.

Log them. Mine the pattern. Re-test.

Log errors by cause, mine the pattern, remediate the misconception, re-test.

LOG BY CAUSE · RE-TEST THE PATTERN

1

Log by cause

WHAT I DID / WHAT I BELIEVED / WHAT'S TRUE, not just topic tags. (E1)

2

Mine the pattern

Find the single misunderstanding that explains the most entries. (E2)

3

Post-mortem the paper

Analyse a returned exam by error type, not by score. (E7)

4

Remediate the belief

Micro-lesson aimed only at that misconception. (B9)

Prompt · Error catalogue analysis

Here are this week's error log entries. Don't summarise. Tell me the single misunderstanding that explains the most of them, which entries it doesn't cover, and three problems that would test whether I've fixed it.

ENTRIES:
[paste WHAT I DID / WHAT I BELIEVED / WHAT'S TRUE for each]