Hi,
So I'm doing 3/4 biology practise exams. I've done about 10 so far and I'm getting between 67%-75% constantly. I've been told that my scores will improve with the more that I do but they're not improving. Is this because I don't know the content well enough or should I keep doing practise exams and wait for the improvements to come along? I always fix up my mistake and correct the practise exams.
It depends on why you're getting questions wrong. Are you just writing the wrong thing? (like interpreting the question wrong, not giving enough information etc.) or do you not know the answer? If you haven't already then go back through them and keep track of what you're getting wrong - Are they all questions on the same topic/s? (My teacher gave us a table with each dot point of the study design printed into a different row and we put a mark next to the relevant part when we got a question on it wrong - it becomes obvious pretty quickly what you're messing up).
Potentially might be worth going back and redoing the same practice exams - see if your mark changes. If it doesn't then you need to change something (and if it does then great because you've learnt something since the first time you did it).
If you're getting 3/4 (or maybe 2) mark questions wrong then try writing out a few different full mark answers for it rather than just editing it to have a full mark answer. Writing out several different full mark answers (just worded differently or whatever) will force you to really think about it rather than just being like 'yeah i reckon I know that' and moving on. It'll make it way easier for you to remember it and find a way to easily answer it in future.
So yeah I reckon either:
-Keep a record of what you're getting wrong, if it's in the same areas then go over your notes/make summaries/etc for that area.
-Redo practice exams you've already done and see if your mark changes (or just redo all the questions you got wrong if you don't have time)
-Write out full mark answers in several different ways to help you remember it.