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 Tutorial 3.10 First Assessment 3.11 Report Tutorial 3.12 Beginning the Learning Mode Chapter 4: Assessment Mode 4.1 Assessments in ALEKS 4.2 Rules for Assessments 4.3 Scheduling of Assessments 4.3.1 Initial Assessment 4.3.2 Automatic Assessments 4.3.3 Completion Assessments 4.3.4 Requested Assessments 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 Standard Report Format 4.12.2 Interpreting the Pie Charts 4.12.3 State Standards Report 4.13 Ready to Learn 4.14 Progress Bars Chapter 5: Learning Mode 5.1 The ALEKS Learning Mode 5.2 Buttons 5.2.1 Exit 5.2.2 English 5.2.3 Options 5.2.4 Print 5.2.5 Report 5.2.6 Dictionary 5.2.7 Calculator 5.2.8 Review 5.2.9 Worksheet 5.2.10 Quiz 5.2.11 Message 5.2.12 Help 5.2.13 MyPie 5.3 The Learning Mode Interface 5.3.1 Practice Page 5.3.2 Explanation Page 5.3.3 Wrong Answer Page 5.3.4 Dictionary 5.4 Feedback in Learning Mode 5.5 Review 5.6 Worksheet 5.7 Ask a Friend Chapter 6: Teacher Module: Basic Interface 6.1 How do I 6.2 Class Admin 6.2.1 Create a new course 6.2.2 View all your courses and course codes 6.2.3 Customize a class 6.2.4 Password issues 6.2.5 Account preferences 6.2.6 Student Account preferences 6.2.7 Move a student from one class to another 6.2.8 Unenroll a student from a class 6.2.9 Delete a class 6.3 School Admin (Administrator) 6.3.1 Create a new teacher account 6.3.2 Password issues 6.3.3 Teacher account preferences 6.3.4 Move a class from one teacher to another 6.3.5 Delete an Teacher Account 6.4 Reporting 6.4.1 Class Progress options 6.4.2 Download Excel spreadsheet 6.4.3 Sorting 6.4.4 Statistical information 6.4.5 State standards report 6.4.6 Individual learning progress since latest assessment 6.4.7 Individual detailed progress history 6.4.8 Individual overall progress in assessment 6.4.9 Scheduled assessment report 6.4.10 Average report (pie chart) 6.4.11 Display options for Average Report 6.4.12 Average 6.4.13 Ready to learn 6.4.14 What students can do 6.4.15 Quiz results for all the students 6.4.16 State standards report for a single student 6.4.17 Progress report for a single student in this class 6.4.18 Report for a single student in this class (pie chart) 6.4.19 Complete list of topics mastered 6.4.20 Quiz results for a particular student 6.5 Taking Actions 6.5.1 Schedule a new assessment 6.5.2 Detailed scheduling options 6.5.3 Grading with Scheduled Assessments 6.5.4 Cancel an assessment 6.5.5 Change the name, date, grading scale of an assessment 6.5.6 Create a quiz 6.5.7 Tips for making quizzes 6.5.8 Grading with quizzes 6.5.9 Availability of quizzes to students. 6.5.10 Edit a quiz 6.5.11 Delete a quiz 6.5.12 Authorize a student account 6.6 Advanced 6.6.1 Show me a tutorial for the "Advanced" Teacher Module. 6.6.2 Enter the "Advanced" Teacher Module now. Chapter 7: Advanced Teacher Module: Results & Progress 7.1 The ALEKS Advanced Teacher Module 7.2 Teacher Tutorial (Advanced Teacher Module) 7.3 Access to the Advanced Teacher Module 7.4 Online Help in the Advanced Teacher Module 7.5 View Student Progress 7.6 View Student Assessment Report 7.6.1 Dates 7.6.2 State Standards Report 7.6.3 Learning Log 7.6.4 List of Topics Mastered 7.7 View Class Progress 7.7.1 Report Style 7.7.2 Progress in Learning Mode 7.7.3 Total progress 7.7.4 Most recent progress 7.7.5 Progress over last 6 months 7.7.6 Progress over last 3 months 7.7.7 Progress over last month 7.7.8 Most recent assessment only 7.7.9 Full progress over last 6 months 7.7.10 Full progress over last 3 months 7.7.11 Full progress over last month 7.7.12 Scheduled Assessment 7.7.13 Statistical Information 7.7.14 Assign Learning Rates 7.7.15 Sorting 7.7.16 Grouping 7.7.17 Downloading 7.8 View Class Report 7.8.1 State Standards Report 7.8.2 Display Options 7.8.3 Average 7.8.4 Ready to learn 7.8.5 What students can do 7.8.6 Focusing Instruction 7.8.7 Grouping 7.9 Schedule Student Assessment 7.10 Schedule Class Assessment 7.10.1 Message 7.10.2 Grades 7.10.3 Advanced 7.10.4 Restricted Assessment 7.10.5 Grouping 7.11 Create, Edit, View Quizzes 7.11.1 Create New Quiz 7.11.2 Grading with Quizzes 7.11.3 Availability of Quizzes to Students 7.11.4 Edit Quiz 7.11.5 Downloading 7.11.6 Makeup Quizzes 7.12 Send Message 7.13 Check Messages 7.14 Check Server Usage 7.15 Create Teacher Account 7.16 Edit Teacher Account 7.17 Create Class Account 7.18 Edit Class Account 7.19 Textbook Integration 7.20 Enroll and Unenroll Students 7.21 Edit Student Account 7.22 Authorize Student Account 7.23 Intermediate Objectives 7.24 Content Editor 7.25 Assign Learning Rates Chapter 8: Advanced Teacher Module: Standards & Programs 8.1 Items, Programs, and Standards 8.2 Navigation and Use 8.3 Buttons 8.4 Program Editor 8.4.1 Fields 8.4.2 Buttons 8.4.3 Using the Program Editor Chapter 9: QuickTables 9.1 Setting Up QuickTables for your Class 9.2 How Your Students Use QuickTables 9.3 Reporting your Students' Progress in QuickTables 9.4 Additional Features in QuickTables Chapter 10: Teaching with ALEKS 10.1 The ALEKS Educational Paradigm 10.2 The Teacher and ALEKS 10.3 Planning the ALEKS Class 10.4 Preparing Your Students 10.5 Focused Instruction with ALEKS 10.6 Models of Classroom Integration 10.7 Monitoring Student Use 10.8 Monitoring the Progress of a Class 10.9 Monitoring Individual Progress 10.10 Moving a Student to a New Class 10.11 Ordering Assessments 10.12 Independent Study and Distance Learning 10.13 The ALEKS Knowledge Structure 10.14 Modification of Programs 10.15 Learning Rates in ALEKS Chapter 11: Knowledge Spaces and the Theory Behind ALEKS 11.1 History 11.2 Theory 11.2.1 Domain, Items, and Instances 11.2.2 Knowledge States 11.2.3 Knowledge Structures and Knowledge Spaces 11.2.4 Inner and Outer Fringes of a Knowledge State 11.2.5 Assessment 11.3 Selected Bibliography Chapter 12: Frequently Asked Questions 12.1 General 12.2 Technical 12.3 Theory 12.4 Assessments & Reports 12.5 Learning Mode 12.6 Educational Use Chapter 13: Support Appendix A: ALEKS Student User's Guide A.1 Preface A.2 System Requirements 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.6 Logging on to Your Account A.7 Installation on Additional Machines A.8 Guidelines for Effective Use A.9 QuickTables A.10 Frequently Asked Questions A.11 Troubleshooting Appendix B: Programs in ALEKS B.1 Mathematics - LV3 B.2 Mathematics - LV4 B.3 Mathematics - LV5 B.4 Mathematics - MS/LV6 / Essential Mathematics B.5 Essential Mathematics B.6 Arithmetic - 3 B.7 Arithmetic - 4 B.8 Arithmetic - 5 B.9 Arithmetic - 6 B.10 RTI 6 B.11 RTI 7 B.12 RTI 8 B.13 MS RTI Tier 3 B.14 Middle School Geometry B.15 Middle School Math 1 B.16 Middle School Math 2 B.17 Middle School Math 3 / Foundations of High School Math B.18 Pre-Algebra B.19 High School Preparation for Algebra 1 B.20 Foundations of High School Math B.21 Algebra 1 B.22 High School Geometry B.23 Algebra 2 B.24 PreCalculus B.25 Trigonometry B.26 Math Prep for California High School Exit Exam B.27 Math Prep for TAKS -- HS Exit Exam B.28 Prep for GED Mathematics B.29 AP Statistics (Quantitative) B.30 Math Review for AP Calculus B.31 Math Review for AP Physics B.32 Chemistry B.33 Fundamentals of Accounting B.34 Business Math Index


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