Learning
Strategies
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The following are ways
to improve the skill areas measured in the Training Potentials section:
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Verbal
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- Look up unknown
words in a dictionary & try to use the new words in
future conversations/letters, etc.
- Use a thesaurus
when writing letters and papers
- Play word games
like Scrabble, etc. with friends
- Solve anagrams
(word jumbles) in newspapers
- Solve crossword
puzzles
- Take classes
that require extensive reading
- Take classes
that require writing numbers of papers
- Read magazines
on topics or hobbies of interest
- Get help from
English teachers, writing labs, and any other vocabulary
building resource
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Numerical
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- If your school
or local public library has self-paced math tutorial programs,
try them
- Take additional
math classes
- Take business
or industrial arts classes
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Abstractions
and Clerical
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- Solve jigsaw
puzzles
- Solve Rubic's
Cubes and other similar logic games
- Work any kind
of logic problems (various types of books and games are
available in bookstores and libraries)
- Solve anagrams
and crossword puzzles
- Take computer
programming classes
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Spatial-Form
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- Engage in hobbies
that require working with one's hands, building, constructing,
or creating objects
- Take art or
photography classes
- Take drafting
classes
- Take courses
in interior decorating/design
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Mechanical/Electrical
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- Take classes
in the physical sciences (physics, chemistry, etc.)
- Take technology
classes
- Take industrial
arts or shop classes
- Engage in hobbies
requiring working with one's hands, repairing, constructing
electrical circuits, mechanical devices, computer hardware,
etc.
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