Analysing Your Mistakes

The single most productive VR activity is not practising more questions — it is systematically analysing the questions you got wrong. Every error contains information about your specific weaknesses, and addressing those weaknesses produces faster improvement than general practice ever can. This lesson provides a complete framework for error analysis that turns every mistake into a learning opportunity.

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The Error Analysis Framework

After each practice session, review every incorrect answer using this five-step process:

Step 1: What Did the Question Ask?

Identify the question type:

• TFC: True, False, or Can't Tell?
• Free-text: Specific detail, main idea, inference, author's tone, or other?

Step 2: What Did You Answer?

Record your answer and your reasoning at the time. If you cannot remember your reasoning, this is itself a problem — it means you were not applying the decision tree consciously.

Step 3: What Was the Correct Answer?

Read the correct answer and the explanation (if provided by your practice platform).

Step 4: Why Did You Get It Wrong?

This is the most important step. Categorise the error: