ALEKS in the Classroom Presenters: Audrey Brackett Dr. Amy Galloway Forrest Smith.
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ALEKS in the Classroom
Presenters: Audrey BrackettDr. Amy Galloway
Forrest Smith
Why use ALEKS?
OResultsOReliabilityOResearch-Based
How much time should be given on ALEKS?
OAt least 3 to 4 hours a week for progress and growth.
OThis can vary depending on individual school schedules and class designs.
How can you implement ALEKS in the classroom?
OUse as a tool to target specific student weaknesses.
OMonitor student growth in grasping mathematical concepts.
OAlternate with normal instruction days.
OChallenge students to push themselves.
When would students utilize ALEKS?
O Extension/Intervention ClassesO ESS – During, Before, or After SchoolO Summer ProgramsO Rotational RTI Flexible ClassesO Regular & Advanced Math ClassesO At Home!
If ALEKS is used in a regular math class,
how are grades assigned?
O 5-7 Topics Daily Plus ALEKS Worksheet for Daily Grade.
O ALEKS Quizzes O Growth AssessmentsO For total course assessment the % of
the pie/course completed can be utilized.
Daily Grades & Student Reflective Goals
Date: ______________________________I have mastered _________ out of _________ topics.I am going to work on my _____________ colored pie today.My beginning topics mastered for this pie today is ____________I want to increase that number to ___________ mastered today.I am going to achieve my goal by ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Did you meet your goal today? Why or why not? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________I still need to ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Taking Actions in ALEKS
O Scheduled Assessment: O Schedule a new assessment: Allows you to schedule a new
assessment (graded or not). O Cancel an assessment: Prevent a previously scheduled assessment
from taking place. O Change the name, date, grading scale of an assessment: Edit the
grading scale, date or name of a past or upcoming scheduled/requested assessment.
O Quiz: O Create a Quiz: Allows you to select a sequence of questions that
ALEKS will make available to students and grade automatically. O Edit a Quiz: View or modify the sequence of questions of an existing
Quiz. O Delete a Quiz: Remove a Quiz from the list of Quizzes linked with this
class. O Worksheet Options: O View/Create Worksheets for all students in this class
View/Create Worksheets for a single student
How can you monitor student progress?
O Check student progression from initial assessment to other assessments.
O Watch students progress daily through mastery of topics.
O Check progress of knowledge per slice.O Quiz results.O Time and topic reports for each
student.
O Class Report: • Kentucky standards report: Mastery in terms of Kentucky
standards. • Learning progress since latest assessment: Quick snapshot
of each student's latest progress in learning mode. • Detailed progress history: Complete snapshot of each
student's progress both in learning mode and in assessment mode over a period of time.
• Overall progress in assessment: Compares each student's first and latest assessment results.
• Scheduled assessment report: Complete snapshot of the students' results on a previously scheduled assessment.
• Average report (pie chart): Average of the pie charts of all students in the class.
• Quiz results for all students. • Time and Topic report for all students: Shows time spent in
ALEKS, topics attempted, and topics mastered over a period of time.
• Knowledge Per Slice: Shows each student's current mastery of each slice in this class.
Class Report Options in ALEKS
Individual Reports Options in ALEKS
O Individual Report: • Kentucky standards report for a single st
udent: Describes a student's knowledge in terms of Kentucky standards.
• Progress report for a single student in this class: Complete snapshot of a student's progress.
• Report for a single student in this class (pie chart): Pie chart of a student in this class with support for IEP.
• Quiz result for a particular student. • Time and Topic report for a
particular student.
What are QuickTables?
OPractice of basic math facts for students to master.
OResults can be monitored.OWorksheets and quizzes
can be created.OTables can be created.
Thank you for attending.
OQUESTIONS????