You have (more than likely) sat your mock(s) and received your feedback already. There will invariably be a range of results, even within your class. It is how you work with these from here that will determine their benefit.
Did you get more than you expected?
Excellent! Keep up the good work. Providing you didn't get a tip-off from your friends about the mock paper you were going to be sitting, you are in a very strong position! There will probably still be areas that you are feeling less confident with, make sure you go over these so that you feel happpier about going into the real exam. Writing out full worked solutions to the mock you sat along with keeping on top of past exam papers with certainly help you with this.
Did you get less than you expected?
The key here is: do not give up! If you do you will scupper any chances you had of making a go of this. Start by building on the positives: what did you answer well? Which questions did you know how to do but made small mistakes on? Go over similar questions to these in other past papers. Then you can start working through the other areas. Make a list of the topics starting with the easiest, ending with the hardest (this should be your interpretation of difficulty, not anyone else's or even the book's). Work through questions from these topics in this order for your revision. This will help to build your confidence.
1. Make sure you ask your teachers for help.
2. Ask your classmates, maybe try and arrange a revision session. These can be really productive if you are with a group of equally willing and keen students.
3. Check out the websites I gave in my previous post.
4. Check out this website that my students have really taken to for their revision: www.mathtutor.ac.uk
If you have used any other techniques and methods to revise for your maths exam, please let me know. It is always good to hear how you guys are doing things. Just as a parting comment, one of my students came to our lesson last week with a wadge of A3 paper. I asked what she had with her and she said they were her revision posters. She had made one A3 poster for every topic of her maths module. They were very colourful and included key information, formulas to learn and worked solutions to questions. She had even highlighted common pitfalls! I know that posters are not everyone's cup of tea but if you get on with them, they are a great idea!
All that's left from me is to say:
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