The exam-review worksheet: turn mistakes into actions

Finishing a practice session produces information, not just a score. Begin your review by separating incorrect answers from correct answers you guessed. A guessed correct answer still deserves attention because you may not be able to explain the method next time.

For each question you review, record the subject, topic, your answer, the correct answer and the explanation. Then choose a cause: missing concept, incorrect method, misread instruction, calculation slip, unit error or time pressure. These labels help you choose a response instead of simply promising to work harder.

Worked example: you chose 72 m/s when converting 72 km/h. The issue is unit conversion. Write the correct conversion, 72/3.6 = 20 m/s, and solve a different example such as 54 km/h = 15 m/s. This checks whether you corrected the method rather than memorised one answer.

If the issue is a missing concept, return to a relevant lesson. If it is a misread instruction, mark words such as not, except, average or resultant in a fresh question. If it is a calculation slip, show an intermediate line and inspect it before choosing an option.

Finish the review with no more than three specific actions. Examples are “revise diffusion versus osmosis,” “practise two map-scale conversions,” or “explain a passage inference using evidence.” Schedule the actions in a study window you can realistically use.

Before your next session, close the explanation and try to reproduce the corrected reasoning. Use a fresh question in the CBT system, which does not reuse reserved questions. Your private notes can revisit an idea without requiring the platform to serve the same item again.