ALEKS in the Classroom Presenters: Audrey Brackett Dr. Amy Galloway Forrest Smith

Why use ALEKS? O Results O Reliability O Research-Based

How much time should be given on ALEKS? O At least 3 to 4 hours a week for progress and growth. O This can vary depending on individual school schedules and class designs.

How can you implement ALEKS in the classroom? O Use as a tool to target specific student weaknesses. O Monitor student growth in grasping mathematical concepts. O Alternate with normal instruction days. O Challenge students to push themselves.

When would students utilize ALEKS? O Extension/Intervention Classes O ESS – During, Before, or After School O Summer Programs O Rotational RTI Flexible Classes O Regular & Advanced Math Classes O 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 Assessments O 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). Schedule a new assessment: O Cancel an assessment: Prevent a previously scheduled assessment from taking place. Cancel an assessment: 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. Change the name, date, grading scale of an 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. Create a Quiz: O Edit a Quiz: View or modify the sequence of questions of an existing Quiz. Edit a Quiz: O Delete a Quiz: Remove a Quiz from the list of Quizzes linked with this class. Delete a Quiz: O Worksheet Options: O View/Create Worksheets for all students in this class View/Create Worksheets for a single student 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. Kentucky standards report: Learning progress since latest assessment: Quick snapshot of each student's latest progress in learning mode. Learning progress since latest assessment: Detailed progress history: Complete snapshot of each student's progress both in learning mode and in assessment mode over a period of time. Detailed progress history: Overall progress in assessment: Compares each student's first and latest assessment results. Overall progress in assessment: Scheduled assessment report: Complete snapshot of the students' results on a previously scheduled assessment. Scheduled assessment report: Average report (pie chart): Average of the pie charts of all students in the class. Average report (pie chart): 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. Time and Topic report for all students: Knowledge Per Slice: Shows each student's current mastery of each slice in this class. Knowledge Per Slice: Class Report Options in ALEKS

Individual Reports Options in ALEKS O Individual Report: Kentucky standards report for a single student: Describes a student's knowledge in terms of Kentucky standards. Kentucky standards report for a single student: Progress report for a single student in this class: Complete snapshot of a student's progress. Progress report for a single student in this class: Report for a single student in this class (pie chart): Pie chart of a student in this class with support for IEP. Report for a single student in this class (pie chart): Quiz result for a particular student. Time and Topic report for a particular student.

What are QuickTables? O Practice of basic math facts for students to master. O Results can be monitored. O Worksheets and quizzes can be created. O Tables can be created.

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