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????