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Significance of Mock Exams
Mock
tests are arranged to give students a feel of the real exam. For most of the
students about to take a major exam for the first time in their lives, mock
tests provide a trial run. Being placed in the same situation and feeling the
same amount of pressure before the actual competitive exam will inculcate some
self-analytical capacity and confidence in the student.
Identifying topics that need attention
Doing
mocks early enough in the year gives you time before the real thing to target
areas that need improvement. Mock exam results can identify how best to spend
the coming months for students.
Once
these areas are identified, it is then a case of putting in the hours. It is
not enough to think about what you need to do better, it is the action and the
doing that really makes a difference.
Being
comfortable and confident enough to ask someone else for help, be it a teacher,
parent or carer, is a big part of having a growth mindset. Mock
exams can be used as a way of getting students to feel comfortable receiving
feedback, which paves the way for further improvement and learning.
Improving knowledge
In
a study on mock exams (pdf), researchers
found that students who did a practice test after a period of revision did
better on the final exam than those students who didn’t do the mock exam and
had just spent the whole time revising.
In fact,
Mock Test helps in reducing pre-exam nervousness, as the candidate has already
appeared for a version of the exam before, on the final day he will be more
relaxed.
