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Authors: Janet Wall
ISBN-13: 9780071718011, ISBN-10: 007171801X
Format: Other Format
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: September 2010
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Janet Wall

Janet E. Wall, Ph.D. was the manager of the ASVAB Career Exploration Center at the Defense Manpower Data Center (Department of Defense). She has also served as president of the Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education (AACE). Currently she is a consultant on instructional, testing, and career issues for the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Labor, and other federal government agencies. Among her many awards is the Commander's Award of the U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command, the agency that directs the activities of all recruiters for the U.S. military.

Book Synopsis

Target the 50 key skills to ace the reading and math sections of the ASVAB

McGraw-Hill's Top 50 Reading and Math Skills for ASVAB Success focuses directly on sharpening a defined list of specific skills that can add points to your score. It breaks up instructional material into short, easy-to-handle chunks. Within each lesson, problems of gradually increasing difficulty help you build your problem-solving skills. A posttest helps you check their mastery of each skill. Created by a former key member of the Department of Defense ASVAB development team, this guide also includes a CD-ROM with two additional 50-question posttests.

  • Extra help and practice with every concept topic tested on the ASVAB
  • Strategies for answering all multiple-choice and constructed response math question types on the SAT
  • Small bits of information make a quick review—you can do one skill a day or a week and track your progress accordingly

Inside you'll find: 50 Top Skills Checklist; About the Pretest; Taking the ASVAB; ASVAB question types; 50-item Pretest Skills 1 - 50; Table of Formulas; 50-item Posttest I; Answers and Solutions; Computation Review; Table of Measurements; ASVAB Vocabulary; Word Roots; Prefixes; and Suffixes.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book.50 Top Skills Checklist.About the Pretest.Taking the ASVAB.ASVAB question types. 50-item Pretest Skills 1 - 50.Table of Formulas. 50-item Posttest I.Answers and Solutions.Computation Review.Table of Measurements.ASVAB Vocabulary List. Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes.

Janet E. Wall, Ph.D. was the manager of the ASVAB Career Exploration Center at the Defense Manpower Data Center (Department of Defense). She has also served as president of the Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education (AACE). Currently she is a consultant on instructional, testing, and career issues for the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Labor, and other federal government agencies. Among her many awards is the Commander's Award of the U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command, the agency that directs the activities of all recruiters for the U.S. military.

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