Title of Course:   ALEKS

Name of Supervising Teacher:  Math Dept.

Anticipated Cost:  $0                     

Number of Students:  20-30/section

Time:  1 Block

Description: 

The purpose of this course is to allow students who are already using ALEKS as part of one of their math courses at DHS an extra opportunity to progress.

Excerpts from www.aleks .com

Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces is a Web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn't know in a course. ALEKS then instructs the student on the topics she is most ready to learn. As a student works through a course, ALEKS periodically reassesses the student to ensure that topics learned are also retained. ALEKS courses are very complete in their topic coverage and ALEKS avoids multiple-choice questions. A student who shows a high level of mastery of an ALEKS course will be successful in the actual course she is taking. … ALEKS also provides the advantages of one-on-one instruction, 24/7, from virtually any Web-based computer for a fraction of the cost of a human tutor.

Educational Objectives (College / Career Readiness Focus):

1.     Students will increase mastery of mathematics skills and concepts using the ALEKS online program.

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