Mistake Tracker Notebook
Keep a dedicated 'Mistake Notebook' where you log every homework, quiz, and practice problem you got wrong all semester. In the 48 hours before your final exam, study ONLY that notebook.
Your Mistake Notebook is a personalized goldmine of your exact blind spots—reviewing it guarantees you never lose points to the same trap twice.
Throwing away graded quizzes or reviewing chapters you already get 95% on because it feels comfortable.
- Whenever you miss a homework or quiz question, copy the question into your Error Log.
- Write down the trap you fell for in one sentence ('Forgot to flip the inequality sign when dividing by a negative').
- Re-solve the entire Error Log from scratch 3 days before your midterm or final.