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ALEKS in the Classroom. Presenters: Audrey Brackett Dr. Amy Galloway Forrest Smith. Why use ALEKS?. Results Reliability Research-Based. How much time should be given on ALEKS?. At least 3 to 4 hours a week for progress and growth.
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ALEKS in the Classroom Presenters: Audrey Brackett Dr. Amy Galloway Forrest Smith
Why use ALEKS? • Results • Reliability • Research-Based
How much time should be given on ALEKS? • At least 3 to 4 hours a week for progress and growth. • This can vary depending on individual school schedules and class designs.
How can you implement ALEKS in the classroom? • Use as a tool to target specific student weaknesses. • Monitor student growth in grasping mathematical concepts. • Alternate with normal instruction days. • Challenge students to push themselves.
When would students utilize ALEKS? • Extension/Intervention Classes • ESS – During, Before, or After School • Summer Programs • Rotational RTI Flexible Classes • Regular & Advanced Math Classes • At Home!
If ALEKS is used in a regular math class, how are grades assigned? • 5-7 Topics Daily Plus ALEKS Worksheet for Daily Grade. • ALEKS Quizzes • Growth Assessments • 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 • Scheduled Assessment: • Schedule a new assessment: Allows you to schedule a new assessment (graded or not). • Cancel an assessment: Prevent a previously scheduled assessment from taking place. • Change the name, date, grading scale of an assessment: Edit the grading scale, date or name of a past or upcoming scheduled/requested assessment. • Quiz: • Create a Quiz: Allows you to select a sequence of questions that ALEKS will make available to students and grade automatically. • Edit a Quiz: View or modify the sequence of questions of an existing Quiz. • Delete a Quiz: Remove a Quiz from the list of Quizzes linked with this class. • Worksheet Options: • View/Create Worksheets for all students in this classView/Create Worksheets for a single student
How can you monitor student progress? • Check student progression from initial assessment to other assessments. • Watch students progress daily through mastery of topics. • Check progress of knowledge per slice. • Quiz results. • Time and topic reports for each student.
Class Report Options in ALEKS • 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.
Individual Reports Options in ALEKS • Individual Report: • Kentucky standards report for a single student: 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? • Practice of basic math facts for students to master. • Results can be monitored. • Worksheets and quizzes can be created. • Tables can be created.
Thank you for attending. • QUESTIONS????