ALEKS- A better way of learning

As time goes on, educators are constantly finding new ways to reach the minds of the students so that they are able to maximize the learning that takes place in mathematics. Perhaps one of the best experiences I have had is seeing ALEKS in action, on a day to day basis with students at my school. ALEKS stands for Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces and is a web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. The program uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine what a student knows and does not know about a topic. 

ALEKS provides students, in all grade levels, the benefit of seeing the math that they are learning in more of a visual way. They are able to see the math, therefore they understand the math. Also important is the fact that teachers are able to view all of the students' progress and can set the rates for each specific student so that they are able to learn at their own speed. I have seen first hand how the students at my school benefit from using ALEKS, but don't just take my word for it. Here is what some other teachers had to say: 

“ALEKS makes me a better teacher and my students better learners! I have seen students progress more in one year with ALEKS than with any other program I have utilized in my 20 years of teaching.”
- Kara Guiff, Teacher, Oak Hill Junior High School, IN

“Before we used ALEKS, some of our students scored toward the bottom on the math portion of the state assessment in our 21-school district. After we implemented ALEKS, the same students had the top scores in the entire district.” - James Zwerican, Teacher, Haas Elementary School, MI I would encourage anyone in the teaching profession to take a look at ALEKS because its benefits are astronomical.  - - Chris Langlois