A lot of people are thrown off by the paragraph comprehension section of the ASVAB. Here you are, cruising along, answering short, simple questions, and all of a sudden, you're hit in the face with ...

The ASVAB word knowledge and paragraph comprehension sections are broken down as follows: ASVAB word knowledge: This is as simple as it gets. You're presented with a word and then are asked to choose ...

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Reading comprehension is a complex endeavor. It’s heavily dependent on learning new ...

What makes a good reader? First, you have to know how to read the words on a page and understand them -- but there's a higher-level step to reading comprehension. You have to tie together the words ...

Howard Berg claims to read 25,000 words a minute—the equivalent of an old-school airport paperback every four minutes. First, the good news: A skilled reader can actually tell you the plot of an ...