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Your Summer ALEKS K-12 eNewsletter is below.
Sincerely,
ALEKS Corporation
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15% Off ALEKS Individual Consumer Accounts
for Your Students This Summer
Give your students the opportunity to improve their mathematics skills with ALEKS during the summer and beyond! ALEKS independent use accounts can be purchased by parents directly from ALEKS for a variety of courses. Parents can receive 15% off of their purchase of an ALEKS independent use account by following the steps below.
Please note: This is NOT a discount on ALEKS for class adoption. This discount can only be applied to the purchase of independent use accounts for use outside of normal class work, and is intended for independent study over the summer.
- Download the letter and coupon below (available in English and Spanish).
- Print copies for your class.
- Distribute copies to your students to be given to parents.
Please print this offer to distribute to your students:
(No longer available)
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Create Quizzes that Correspond to the
Strands
of Your State’s Standards
We are pleased to announce the release of a new state standards option within the ALEKS Quiz creation wizard. This new feature automatically generates quizzes based on the ALEKS topics that correspond to the state standards strand of your choice. Additionally, ALEKS will recommend a quiz length to ensure that each student receives one question for each ALEKS topic that corresponds to the chosen strand (up to 30 topics per quiz); as always, each student will receive a unique quiz based on the problem types that have been selected.
This new feature is available for the following course products:
- Mathematics – LV 3, 4, 5, and 6
- Essential Mathematics
- Middle School Math Courses 1, 2 and 3
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- Pre-Algebra
- Math Prep for California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE)
- Math Prep for TAKS - High School Exit Exam
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For more information on the ALEKS state standards quiz feature,
please view the pre-recorded online training.
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Have You Explored the ALEKS Training Center?
Learn more about ALEKS features via the online Training Center. Live and pre-recorded trainings are conveniently available for your viewing and training needs. You DO NOT need to register to attend.
Live WebEx Training Sessions
Training and Demonstration Sessions Available Daily:
View Schedule
Pre-Recorded Trainings
Using the Advanced Teacher Module
Step-by-step instruction on how to use the advanced teacher module.
Total Time: 6 min 27
Creating a Standards-Based Quiz in ALEKS
Step-by-step guide of how to create a quiz in ALEKS for the available classes using the various strands in your standards.
Total Time: 4 min 57
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Top Customer Questions
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Woodside Middle School:
Saydel Community School District
Des Moines, Iowa
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Cynthia Fell, Coordinator of Gifted Programming
ALEKS has been very helpful in providing opportunities for students identified as having high-ability math skills. The program has allowed exceedingly strong math students to progress successfully through two or more years of math curricula in a short period of time.
Implementation
What challenges did the class or school face in math prior to using ALEKS?
Making sure that gifted and talented students master topics before moving on to the next level, and documenting their acceleration were challenges. ALEKS allows both of these challenges to be met.
How do you implement ALEKS?
Students receive an ALEKS worksheet on Monday that is used for weekly homework. On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, students work the whole period in ALEKS. Wednesdays are used for enrichment activities, such as problem-solving and logic puzzles. On Friday, students score their ALEKS worksheets as part of their math grade, and the rest of the time is used for enrichment, such as math games.
Grading
How do you incorporate ALEKS into your grading system?
ALEKS worksheets are about 40 percent of the students' overall grade. Quizzes account for 20 percent, and problem-solving activities account for the remaining 40 percent.
Do you require students to make regular amounts of progress in ALEKS?
No, but we encourage students to make progress, as they tend to thrive on competition.
Learning Outcomes
Since using ALEKS, please describe the learning outcomes or progress you have seen.
Students love ALEKS! They have a better foundation to accelerate into the next level of math curriculum. ALEKS provides documentation of what the student has accomplished.
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Stop by Our Booth and Learn How ALEKS
Can Help Your Students Achieve Success
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Texas Association of Secondary School Principals - Booth #334
June 10 - 11, Austin, TX
For more information, visit TASSP
Nevada Association of School Administrators - Booth #TBD
June 15 - 16, Stateline, NV
For more information, visit: NASA
TAKS Return 2009 - Booth #10
June 22 - 24, San Antonio, TX
For more information, visit TAKS Return
Technology in Education - Booth #113
June 24 - 25, Copper Mountain, CO
For more information, visit TIE
National Educational Computing Conference - Booth #806
June 29 - July 1, Washington, DC
For more information, visit NECC
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Share Your ALEKS Success Story
Congratulations to Cynthia Fell of Woodside Middle School in Des Moines, Iowa, winner of the Spring/Summer drawing! If you have an ALEKS implementation strategy (see implementation strategy above), please share your strategy and you will be entered in our quarterly drawing* for a chance to receive an iPod Nano! Our Summer winner will be announced in the Fall 2009 eNewsletter.
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