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How do i maximize the utility of my wrong answer journal? I have been writing down what I did wrong, but im still making the same mistakes...
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How do i maximize the utility of my wrong answer journal? I have been writing down what I did wrong, but im still making the same mistakes...
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I found during my study that:
The "why did I think this way, how should I have thought instead?" mental practice made a big difference. "Why was this wrong?" forces you to write down an answer and think about it deeply.
The review part is critical. If you only enter it once and never review, you miss out.
I made a WAJ app that helps with this exact thing. I'd love to get some feedback on it. It helps you record "Why did I get it wrong" then schedules review at specific times. I went from a 157 diag in August to 171 in November using it.
If you're making the same mistakes, it's probably because you're using the same reasoning underneath and not applying the new ones you learned from reviewing your WAJ.
Rather than focusing just on what you did wrong, are you also including why the correct answer is right?
I've started also noting questions I initially got right in test, but got wrong in BR in addition to questions I flagged bc I was unsure, but ended up getting right. Its been very helpful for me to articulate the "why" of something I got correct perhaps instinctually or due to luck.
Knowing and understanding what makes something right and being able to explain it is often more helpful to me than knowing what I did wrong once I got past things unrelated to the actual logic. (Like getting a question wrong because I rushed or because I misread a word).
The second part is to step back and review your wrong answer journal as a whole. It is a great collection of data.
For example, if you notice you routinely mess up flaw questions, then it is more helpful for you to re-study the flaw section of the 7Sage course and drill flaw questions specifically vs. spending loads of time drilling sections or tests which may have only a few flaw questions.
The point of writing out the wrong/right answer choice is to help you understand the error in the choices. Maybe take more time understanding why the choice is wrong, then write that down? This process could perhaps help with actually understanding the erroring process, which in turn should help you in avoiding making the same mistake.