Measure Your ASVAB Progress On A Regular Basis
As a potential military recruit, I hope that you have an ASVAB study scheduled properly planned out with study time marked off and study topics outlined.
In this article I will show you how you can leverage your baseline exam along with continued practice to constantly identify and improve on your weak areas After taking a baseline exam or 'pre-test' you should have the different ASVAB topics marked off from strong to weak.
This includes not only the overall subject matter, but also the specific topics tested within each individual section.
Knowing what you were weak in to begin with gives you a good foundation of how to structure your study time and plan your study schedule It is important that you keep track of your progress along the way to continually monitor your academic levels as you slowly master more and more of your weaker areas every time you study.
This is accomplished by taking additional practice exams on a regular basis.
These exams should be strategically scheduled to take place after a set number of study sessions.
This allows you to learn enough material to show improvement, and gauge that improvement regularly If your book or study guide has 3-5 practice exams, do not complete them all at once.
This will be a waste of a practice exam.
Instead, use the pretest (first exam) as your baseline and create a study strategy Study continuously for a week or longer focusing on your week points, then take a second exam.
This exam will test your progress in each section, and measure your level of improvement overall.
Create a new study guide based on this exam and repeat this process until exam day.
I recommend creating a 'backwards' calendar to map out the most ideal study strategy.
Identify an approximate exam date, and count the days or weeks leading up to it.
Compare the time leading up to the exam with the number of practice tests you have available.
Space out your exams over the allowed time to give you a decent chunk of study time between exams.
For example, if you have 4 practice tests and 4 months to the exam, aim to take one test each month.
If you have only 2 months, then you should allow for 1 test every 2 weeks.
Your goal should be to have at least 1-3 study days after each exam which will allow you to thoroughly review the questions and topics to understand WHY you got them wrong.
In this article I will show you how you can leverage your baseline exam along with continued practice to constantly identify and improve on your weak areas After taking a baseline exam or 'pre-test' you should have the different ASVAB topics marked off from strong to weak.
This includes not only the overall subject matter, but also the specific topics tested within each individual section.
Knowing what you were weak in to begin with gives you a good foundation of how to structure your study time and plan your study schedule It is important that you keep track of your progress along the way to continually monitor your academic levels as you slowly master more and more of your weaker areas every time you study.
This is accomplished by taking additional practice exams on a regular basis.
These exams should be strategically scheduled to take place after a set number of study sessions.
This allows you to learn enough material to show improvement, and gauge that improvement regularly If your book or study guide has 3-5 practice exams, do not complete them all at once.
This will be a waste of a practice exam.
Instead, use the pretest (first exam) as your baseline and create a study strategy Study continuously for a week or longer focusing on your week points, then take a second exam.
This exam will test your progress in each section, and measure your level of improvement overall.
Create a new study guide based on this exam and repeat this process until exam day.
I recommend creating a 'backwards' calendar to map out the most ideal study strategy.
Identify an approximate exam date, and count the days or weeks leading up to it.
Compare the time leading up to the exam with the number of practice tests you have available.
Space out your exams over the allowed time to give you a decent chunk of study time between exams.
For example, if you have 4 practice tests and 4 months to the exam, aim to take one test each month.
If you have only 2 months, then you should allow for 1 test every 2 weeks.
Your goal should be to have at least 1-3 study days after each exam which will allow you to thoroughly review the questions and topics to understand WHY you got them wrong.
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