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Most students practise by doing new questions. Fewer students study their own mistakes. Yet the fastest way to raise a grade is to stop paying for the same error twice.

What to write in an error log

Use a simple table with four columns:

1. Date / topic
2. What I wrote or did
3. What was wrong (concept, carelessness, misread, weak formula…)
4. What I will do next time (a specific rule, not “be careful”)

Example entry

Topic: fractions
What I did: added denominators when adding fractions
What was wrong: used a rule that applies to multiplication, not addition
Next time: rewrite fractions with a common denominator before adding

Weekly review

Once a week, read only the “Next time” column and invent one tiny question that tests each rule. If you still fail that question, the fix is not written clearly enough yet.

Types of error worth separating

• Misread the question
• Knew the idea but slipped in arithmetic
• Did not know the idea
• Ran out of time and guessed

Each type needs a different remedy. Mixing them into one vague feeling of “I’m bad at maths” slows progress.

Online or home sessions with tutors supporting students in G-16 Islamabad become more efficient when the student brings the error log: the tutor can target recurring patterns instead of re-teaching whole chapters at random.

Start today

Open your last marked test. Create three log entries. That single habit often matters more than an extra hour of unfocused practice.