{"id":4752,"date":"2017-01-25T18:00:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T18:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4752"},"modified":"2022-05-30T14:40:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T14:40:28","slug":"advantage-mock-exams-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/students\/advantage-mock-exams-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"The advantage of mock exams (infographic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4755 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mocksshort.png\" alt=\"mocksshort\" width=\"800\" height=\"1604\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mocksshort.png 800w, https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mocksshort-768x1540.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mocksshort-610x1223.png 610w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/1604;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4755 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mocksshort.png\" alt=\"mocksshort\" width=\"800\" height=\"1604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mocksshort.png 800w, https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mocksshort-768x1540.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mocksshort-610x1223.png 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Doing mock exams may seem like an unnecessary evil &#8211; forcing you to revise over the Christmas break and getting you all stressed out way before the real exams come round. But they&#8217;re actually important for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plotr.co.uk\/advice\/articles\/mock-exams-how-important-are-they\/\">a number of reasons<\/a>. Not least for the fact that they actually enhance your memory.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you study something because you know you&#8217;re going to be tested on it, you&#8217;re aiming to achieve &#8216;active recall&#8217;. When you absorb information in this state, your brain will encode and store the material much more efficiently &#8211; thus the studying you do for your mock &#8216;tests&#8217; is laying valuable groundwork for your real exams in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Did you bomb your mocks? Don&#8217;t worry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/parents\/beat-bad-mocks-blues-build-next-time\/\">Bryony Glover has some top tips for how to build on bad exam results.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doing mock exams may seem like an unnecessary evil &#8211; forcing you to revise over the Christmas break and getting you all stressed out way before the real exams come round. 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