ALEKS Teacher's Manual for K-12 Education

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	ALEKS Teacher's Manual for K-12 Education Table of content Preface Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 What is ALEKS? 1.2 The ALEKS Teacher's Manual Chapter 2: Quick Start 2.1 Obtaining a Class Code 2.2 Registering Students Chapter 3: Setup Guide for Teachers 3.1 Teacher Preparation 3.2 System Requirements 3.3 Installation 3.4 Teacher Module 3.5 Lab Check 3.6 Student Orientation 3.7 Registration 3.8 Teacher Authorization of Student Registration 3.9 Pre-Registration 3.10 Batch Registration 3.10.1 Batch Registration Process 3.10.2 Batch Template 3.10.3 Batch Confirmation 3.11 Tutorial 3.12 First Assessment 3.13 Report Tutorial 3.14 Beginning the Learning Mode Chapter 4: Assessment Mode 4.1 Assessments in ALEKS 4.2 Guidelines for Assessments 4.3 How Assessments are Triggered 4.3.1 Initial Assessment 4.3.2 Automatic Assessments 4.3.3 Scheduled Assessments 4.3.4 Requested Assessments for a single student 4.4 Buttons 4.5 Answer Editor 4.6 Manipulators for Mathematical Expressions 4.6.1 Basic Input 4.6.2 Basic Editing Tools 4.6.3 Selecting Input 4.6.4 Clear and Undo 4.7 Mathematical Expressions 4.7.1 Entering Expressions from the Keyboard 4.7.2 Using the Answer Editor Keypad to Structure Simple Expressions 4.7.3 Entering Complex Expressions 4.7.4 Alternate Ways of Entering Expressions 4.7.5 Other Mathematical Signs 4.7.6 The Asterisk for Multiplication 4.7.7 Mixed Numbers 4.8 Types of Mathematical Expressions 4.9 Advanced Mathematical Expressions 4.10 The Answer Editor for Graphing 4.11 The Answer Editor for Histograms 4.12 Assessment Report 4.12.1 Interpreting the Pie Chart 4.12.2 State Standards Report 4.13 Ready to Learn 4.14 Progress Bars Chapter 5: Learning Mode 5.1 The ALEKS Learning Mode 5.2 Interface Features 5.2.1 Ending an ALEKS Session 5.2.2 English 5.2.3 Options 5.2.4 Report 5.2.5 Dictionary 5.2.6 Calculator 5.2.7 Review 5.2.8 Worksheet 5.2.9 Quiz 5.2.10 Inbox 5.2.11 Help 5.2.12 MyPie 5.3 The Learning Mode Interface 5.3.1 Practice Page 5.3.2 Explanation Page 5.3.3 Wrong Answer Page 5.4 Feedback in Learning Mode 5.5 Review 5.6 Worksheet 5.7 Ask a Friend Chapter 6: QuickTables 6.1 Setting Up QuickTables for your Class 6.1.1 QuickTables Home 6.1.2 QuickTables Table Configuration 6.1.3 QuickTables Class Settings 6.1.4 Game Settings 6.1.5 Retention Assessment Settings 6.1.6 QuickTables Student Settings 6.2 QuickTables Assignments 6.2.1 QuickTables Scheduled Assessments 6.2.2 QuickTables Quiz 6.2.3 QuickTables Worksheets 6.3 Reporting your Students' Progress in QuickTables 6.3.1 QuickTables Progress Reports 6.3.2 QuickTables Quiz Results 6.3.3 QuickTables Scheduled Assessment Reports 6.4 How Your Students Use QuickTables 6.4.1 QuickTables Keyboard Exercise 6.4.2 QuickTables Testing Mode 6.4.3 QuickTables Learning Mode 6.4.4 QuickTables Games 6.4.5 QuickTables Completion Certificate Chapter 7: Teacher Module: Basic Interface 7.1 Account Home 7.1.1 Create a new class 7.1.2 View all your classes and Class Codes 7.1.3 ALEKS Community 7.1.4 ALEKS Training 7.1.5 Class Forum 7.1.6 Inbox (ALEKS Message Center) 7.1.7 Exit 7.1.8 Authorize a student account 7.2 Class Home 7.2.1 How do I 7.2.2 Edit your account preferences 7.3 Class Admin 7.3.1 Customize this class 7.3.2 View class roster 7.3.3 Password issues 7.3.4 Student Account preferences 7.3.5 Move a student from this class to another 7.3.6 Pre-Register Students 7.3.7 Unenroll a student from this class 7.3.8 Delete this class 7.3.9 Extend Student Accounts 7.3.10 Class Resources 7.4 School Admin (Administrator) 7.4.1 Create a new teacher account 7.4.2 Password issues 7.4.3 Teacher account preferences 7.4.4 View all your classes and Class Codes 7.4.5 Batch Registration 7.4.6 Move a class from one teacher to another 7.4.7 Delete a Teacher Account 7.5 Reporting 7.5.1 Available Reports 7.5.2 Download Report Data 7.5.3 Send Message to Selected Students 7.5.4 Viewing Student History Across Multiple ALEKS classes 7.5.5 Interpreting Bar Graphs 7.5.6 Average Report (ALEKS pie chart) 7.5.7 Display Options for Average Report 7.5.8 ALEKS Pie Report for a Single Student (IEP Support) 7.5.9 Supporting Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) 7.5.10 Progress Monitoring 7.5.11 Progress Bar Reports 7.5.12 Learning progress since latest assessment 7.5.13 Best Performance over the last 6 months 7.5.14 Most recent progress 7.5.15 Most recent assessment 7.5.16 Total progress 7.5.17 Progress in assessment over the last 6 months 7.5.18 Full progress over the last 12 months 7.5.19 Progress Bar Report for a Single Student 7.5.20 Time and Topic Report 7.5.21 Class Time and Topic Report 7.5.22 Individual Time and Topic Report 7.5.23 Knowledge Per Slice 7.5.24 Assignment Reports 7.5.25 Scheduled Assessment Report 7.5.26 Quiz Reports (Quiz results) 7.5.27 Class State Standards Report 7.5.28 Individual State Standards Report 7.5.29 QuickTables Reports 7.5.30 Custom Reports 7.6 Taking Actions 7.6.1 Schedule a new assessment 7.6.2 Detailed scheduling options 7.6.3 Cancel an assessment 7.6.4 Change the name, date, grading scale of an assessment 7.6.5 Grading with Scheduled Assessments 7.6.6 Create a quiz 7.6.7 Edit a quiz 7.6.8 Edit Quiz Options 7.6.9 Delete a quiz 7.6.10 Tips for Quizzes 7.6.11 Worksheets 7.7 Advanced Chapter 8: Advanced Teacher Module 8.1 The ALEKS Advanced Teacher Module 8.1.1 Access to the Advanced Teacher Module 8.1.2 Check Messages 8.1.3 Compose Message 8.1.4 Online Help in the Advanced Teacher Module 8.2 View Student Progress 8.3 View Student Report 8.4 View Class Progress 8.4.1 Report Style 8.4.2 Progress in Learning Mode 8.4.3 Total progress 8.4.4 Most recent progress 8.4.5 Progress over last 6 months 8.4.6 Most recent assessment only 8.4.7 Full progress over last 12 months 8.4.8 Best performance over the last 6 months 8.4.9 Time and Topic 8.4.10 Knowledge per slice 8.4.11 Custom Reports 8.4.12 Scheduled Assessment 8.4.13 Grouping 8.5 View Class Report 8.5.1 State Standards Report 8.6 Managing Classes 8.6.1 Create Class Account 8.6.2 Edit Class Account 8.6.3 Textbook Integration 8.6.4 Intermediate Objectives 8.6.5 Content Editor 8.6.6 Assign Learning Rates 8.7 Create, Edit, View Quizzes 8.7.1 Create New Quiz 8.7.2 Edit Quiz 8.7.3 Delete Quiz 8.7.4 Downloading 8.7.5 Makeup Quizzes 8.8 Schedule Class Assessment 8.8.1 General 8.8.2 Message 8.8.3 Grades 8.8.4 Assign To 8.8.5 Advanced 8.8.6 Delete Assessment 8.9 Student Assessments 8.9.1 Request Assessment 8.9.2 Cancel Assessment 8.10 Managing Students 8.10.1 Enroll and Unenroll Students 8.10.2 Edit Student Account 8.10.3 Authorize Student Account 8.11 School Administrator 8.11.1 School Setup Information and Features 8.11.2 Batch Registration 8.11.3 Subscription Management System 8.11.4 Cleanup Tools 8.11.5 Schedule Upgrades 8.11.6 Extend Student Accounts 8.11.7 Check Server Usage 8.11.8 Search school 8.11.9 Create Teacher Account 8.11.10 Edit Teacher Account Chapter 9: Teaching with ALEKS 9.1 The ALEKS Educational Paradigm 9.2 The Teacher and ALEKS 9.3 Planning the ALEKS Class 9.4 Preparing Your Students 9.5 Focused Instruction with ALEKS 9.6 Models of Classroom Integration 9.7 Monitoring Student Use 9.8 Monitoring the Progress of a Class 9.9 Monitoring Individual Progress 9.10 Moving a Student to a New Class 9.11 Ordering Assessments 9.12 Independent Study and Distance Learning 9.13 The ALEKS Knowledge Structure 9.14 Intermediate Objectives 9.15 Learning Rates in ALEKS Chapter 10: Knowledge Spaces and the Theory Behind ALEKS 10.1 History 10.2 Theory 10.2.1 Domain, Items, and Instances 10.2.2 Knowledge States 10.2.3 Knowledge Structures and Knowledge Spaces 10.2.4 Inner and Outer Fringes of a Knowledge State 10.2.5 Assessment 10.3 Selected Bibliography Chapter 11: Frequently Asked Questions 11.1 General 11.2 Technical 11.3 Theory 11.4 Assessments and Reports 11.5 Learning Mode 11.6 Educational Use Chapter 12: Support Appendix A: ALEKS Student User's Guide A.1 Preface A.2 Quick Start Instructions A.3 Registration and Installation A.4 Tutorial A.5 Assessments and Learning A.5.1 Assessments A.5.2 Results A.5.3 Learning Mode A.5.4 Progress in the Learning Mode A.5.5 Additional Features A.5.6 ALEKS Inbox A.6 Guidelines for Effective Use A.7 QuickTables A.8 Frequently Asked Questions A.9 Troubleshooting Appendix B: Programs in ALEKS B.1 Arithmetic - 3 B.2 Arithmetic - 4 B.3 Arithmetic - 5 B.4 Arithmetic - 6 B.5 LV3 B.6 LV4 B.7 LV5 B.8 MS/LV6 B.9 Essential Mathematics B.10 M.S. Geometry B.11 MS RtI Tier 3 B.12 RtI 6 B.13 RtI 7 B.14 RtI 8 B.15 M.S. Math 1 B.16 M.S. Math 2 B.17 M.S. Math 3 B.18 Pre-Algebra B.19 H.S. Prep. for Algebra 1 B.20 Foundations of H.S. Math B.21 Algebra Readiness B.22 Algebra 1 B.23 Algebra 1 -- Core B.24 H.S. Geometry B.25 Integrated Mathematics I B.26 GPS Integrated H.S. Math I B.27 Algebra 2 B.28 Algebra 2 with Trigonometry B.29 Mastery of SAT Math B.30 PreCalculus B.31 Trigonometry B.32 Math for College Readiness B.33 Math for College Success B.34 Math for 4-Year College Success B.35 Prep for GED Mathematics B.36 Math Prep. for the CAHSEE B.37 Math Prep. for TAKS -- HS Exit Exam B.38 H.S. Prep. for Statistics B.39 AP Statistics (Quantitative) B.40 Prep. for AP Chemistry B.41 AP Chemistry B.42 Math Review for AP Calculus B.43 Math Review for AP Physics B.44 Chemistry B.45 Fundamentals of Accounting (Corp) B.46 Fundamentals of Accounting (Sole) B.47 Business Math Index


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