Dancing the beauty is that your DD can now evaluate what she needs to focus on for her exams:
- was it the material itself? This is a (relatively) easy fix, and she has the time between now and the exams to rectify.
- was it exam technique? Her teachers will be able to drill her on the most effective ways to tackle questions in the exam.
- was it stress? If so, what particular element was the source of the stress? For me, the only reason I got stressed about mock exams was because I hadn't done any work for them. If you've got the knowledge under your belt, I find that once you get started on the first question, the stress melts away as you have this glorious opportunity to demonstrate how much you know on this subject.
If she's stressed because of the implications of not doing well, then what would work for me (and this may be of no use to you/your DD) is to be reminded that I've done the hard part - I passed the interview and the university wants me, I just need to do a few quizzes between now and starting in October. She'll have been doing exams for however many years now, so it's just another set: you've passed them before, you'll pass them again.
Hopefully she's feeling less worried about the results of her mocks today, and can view them as a good chance to reset, and gauge where her current weaknesses are. To misquote Rafiki from The Lion King: it doesn't matter, it's in the past!
Onward ho!