ALEKS K-12 Course Products Now Integrated with the West Virginia State Standards.Targets Gaps in Student Knowledge & Offers Dynamic Reporting TUSTIN, Calif. -- ALEKS Corporation, a leading provider of K-12, Higher Education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. , and consumer Web-based assessment and learning solutions for mathematics, announced today that its K-12 course products are now integrated with the West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. state standards. The integrated course products for grades 3-8 include Mathematics LV 3, 4, 5, and 6; Middle School Math 1, 2 and 3; and Pre-Algebra. Additionally, all of the ALEKS high school course products are aligned with the West Virginia state standards. ALEKS course products offer individualized instruction Individualized instruction is a method of instruction in which content, instructional materials, instructional media, and pace of learning are based upon the abilities and interests of each individual learner. and feature the following: * ALEKS Artificial Intelligence - targets gaps in individual student knowledge through adaptive assessment and learning; * Comprehensive & Customizable Curriculum - aligns to West Virginia state standards and can be easily integrated with syllabi syl·la·bi n. A plural of syllabus. or textbooks; * Robust Student Progress Reports - monitor student, class, school and district progress toward West Virginia state standards in grades 3-8; * Fully Bilingual Content - English and Spanish for grades 3-9; * Unlimited Online Access - PC & MAC compatible from virtually any computer with Internet access See how to access the Internet. . The standards integration enables detailed reporting that allows teachers and administrators a precise view of every student's knowledge at any time. Reports can be viewed for a student, class, school, or district and let teachers and administrators track progress toward fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. of state standards. Additionally, the Algebra algebra, branch of mathematics concerned with operations on sets of numbers or other elements that are often represented by symbols. Algebra is a generalization of arithmetic and gains much of its power from dealing symbolically with elements and operations (such as 1, Algebra 2, High School Geometry and PreCalculus pre·cal·cu·lus n. A course of study taken as a prerequisite for the study of calculus. pre·cal  cu·lus adj. course products are
aligned with West Virginia state standards.
ALEKS developed the new state standards integration in order to address the growing demand for accountability and measurable success in K-12 education. "The new course products integrated with state standards allow teachers to better meet the unique learning needs of each student," said Wil Lampros, President of ALEKS Corporation. "ALEKS provides individualized instruction and creates an engaging learning environment that propels students toward success. With the variety of reports offered by ALEKS, teachers and administrators always have an accurate picture of student progress toward state standards and can use ALEKS to target gaps," he added. Fundamentally different from other educational software, ALEKS uses an artificial intelligence engine that assesses each student individually and continuously. Through adaptive questioning, ALEKS accurately assesses a student's knowledge and then delivers targeted instruction on the exact topics a student is most ready to learn. As the student learns new topics, ALEKS constantly updates its map of the student's knowledge. This individualized instruction builds tremendous learning momentum. The new K-12 ALEKS course products integrated with the West Virginia state standards are ready for immediate use as a core curriculum course product or as a supplement. They can also be used for remediation, intervention, or in after school programs. About ALEKS Corporation ALEKS Corporation is a leader in the creation of Web-based artificially intelligent educational software. ALEKS assessment and learning technologies were originally developed by a team of cognitive scientists Below are some notable researchers in cognitive science. Computer science
Linguistics and software engineers at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Irvine, with major funding from the National Science Foundation. ALEKS is founded on ground-breaking research in cognitive psychology cognitive psychology, school of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language. It had its foundations in the Gestalt psychology of Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler, and Kurt Koffka, and in the work of Jean and applied mathematics. Through adaptive questioning, ALEKS accurately assesses a student's knowledge state and then delivers targeted instruction on the topics a student is most ready to learn. ALEKS is currently being used by hundreds of thousands of students in over 20 courses ranging from fourth grade mathematics to precalculus at over 1000 institutions throughout the world. For additional information about ALEKS Corporation or its products, visit www.aleks.com. |
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