Ub3rmike
02-14-08, 10:21 PM
So for the last several months I've been tutoring people at the RSS for the ASVAB. I've found that the any difficulties applicants have in math can be easily rectified with a couple of laminated formula sheets and crash course on fractions, percents, and geometric calculations.
Nobody has had a problem with paragraph comprehension, and rightfully so, since it pretty much is a "stupidity/attention deficit/can you receive orders" test.
However, the big hang up seems to be the word knowledge. Does anyone have suggestions on what I can tell applicants to do to help them out in that area? If they're lucky, they'll have one of the ASVAB workbooks with a list of words to look at, but I tell them to focus on prefixs/suffixes and study Greek/Latin etymological roots. Flipping through a dictionary probably won't help, so I'd appreciate any of the personal experinces of any poolees or Marines who were able to improve their vocab for the ASVAB.
Nobody has had a problem with paragraph comprehension, and rightfully so, since it pretty much is a "stupidity/attention deficit/can you receive orders" test.
However, the big hang up seems to be the word knowledge. Does anyone have suggestions on what I can tell applicants to do to help them out in that area? If they're lucky, they'll have one of the ASVAB workbooks with a list of words to look at, but I tell them to focus on prefixs/suffixes and study Greek/Latin etymological roots. Flipping through a dictionary probably won't help, so I'd appreciate any of the personal experinces of any poolees or Marines who were able to improve their vocab for the ASVAB.