The Standards report analyzes the current progress of the class in
terms of the strands and substrands of the applicable standards
(Fig. 7.32). For each strand,
a vertical bar graph at the top of the display shows the mastery of that
strand as measured by ALEKS; the numbers beneath each bar indicate
the proportion of substrands under that strand which have been satisfied
by the students, according to the parameters set beneath
the bars.
The options appearing beneath the bars enable the instructor
to choose:
What percentage of ALEKS items supporting a substrand must be
completed by a student for the student to be considered as satisfying
that substrand (50% by default, with options of 60% and
70%);
How the students' mastery of items will be determined: by initial
knowledge check, by most recent knowledge check, or by most recent work in the
Learning Mode;
Which students will be used to calculate levels of achievement: all
students in the class, or students who have spent at least a certain amount
of time (10, 20, 30, 40, or 60 hours) using their ALEKS accounts.
Further down the page, the display provides complete detail on
standards-based achievement by the class. The teacher can choose to see
this detail organized by student (which substrands have been mastered by
each student) or by substrand (what the precise level of satisfaction is
for each substrand, with lists of ALEKS items supporting the substrands
and how many of them individual students have mastered).
NOTE. Satisfaction of a substrand is defined (by default) as 50%
of the ALEKS topics supporting it. There is a great deal of overlap
in the coverage of the substrands, and this setting provides a meaningful
way to track the students' progress.
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