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How to Study for the ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Test

The ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension portion is only 11 written questions and 22 minutes long, but it’s an important factor in determining your success. For starters, the ASVAB test creators understand how PC is applicable to the other nine portions of the exam and your success-as-a-whole while enlisted. Whether dealing with Electronics Information, General Science, or […]
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ASVAB Scores: 10 Things You Need to Know

Attaining high ASVAB scores is challenging work. You greatly improve your odds, however, if you’re able to understand the layout of the test, subject matter, and how those scores are specifically calculated. For those of you who don’t know, the ASVAB stands for Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. It’s the test you’ll have to take […]
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ASVAB Overview: Taking The Computer-Adaptive Version

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Anyone going into the military is familiar with the ASVAB test, but after years of being given strictly as a paper-based test, the option now exists to take it as a CAT (or Computer-Adaptive Test). What this means is that the test will reconfigure the questions it decides to ask you based on your correct […]
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Standardized Testing: A Useful Or Misused Tool?

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Standardized testing gets a lot of grief in the education community. (Some would say with good reason.) But is it really as bad as students and many teachers say? And should we consider abandoning a reliance on these assessments or continue to use them in an attempt to bring the system up to speed? For […]
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Tech Jobs: How ASVAB And Other Non-College Opportunities Can Work For You

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There are many important concepts that going to school, taking standardized tests, and earning a master’s or PhD can still teach you, but when it comes to technology, your options are not limited to these alone. In fact, in the new world, many colleges and universities have done a poor job of keeping up with […]
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The Process of Elimination and Using the Power of Choice to Your Advantage

Multiple choice questions can make or break your test scores if you don’t know how to approach them. Most people understand the concept of the process of elimination, but they forget a key part of actually making it effective. It isn’t about picking between the two best choices. Sure, that’s part of it, but you […]
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4 Vocabulary Strategies for Mastering the ASVAB Exam

Words may not be your preference, but don’t think you can avoid them by going military. The ASVAB exam takes commitment to vocabulary very seriously. Communication is one of the most important factors in making the United States military the best in the world, and it is something you must be able to do effectively […]
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10 Essential Vocabulary Words for the ASVAB and Why They’re Important

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Every school has them: Students who don’t take anything seriously because they plan to “just join the military” after high school. You don’t have to be very wise to the world to know how flawed this logic is. The subject of English is usually one of the most reviled with these types because, really, “how’s […]
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