ALEKS: How can we help at-risk students be more successful in math?
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ALEKS: How can we help at-risk students be more successful in math?
- 1. Online Homeworkvs. OnlineLearningAn introduction to the ALEKS model of Success in MathCara Warne Digital Learning Consultant
- 2. Quick introductions Do you know each other? What is the difference between online homework and online learning? Quick tour of the student side of ALEKS… Agenda:
- 3. Contextual Inquiry tells us: Improper placement Math readiness Course management (grading, etc.) College transition Faculty time Issues that are Important to Math Instructors
- 4. Issues Impacting Math Departments Student preparedness 80% of remedial students had a high school GPA of 3.0+* Over 1.5 million remedial students annually** Student success rates in developmental math Average student pass rate ~40% 63% of students who fail a developmental math course never get a college degree*** Top-Down Pressure to improve results Impact of state budget cuts; failure unaffordable**** * Diploma to Nowhere, Strong American Schools c/o The Rockefeller Foundation, 2008 ** A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education, U.S. Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education, 2007. *** National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education, 2004. **** US Dept of Education, 2006
- 5. 3 minute discussion:Are you using online homework?What were your hopes?How much better off are you than 3 years ago? Can we do better?
- 6. Online Homework vs.Online Learning “Learning is much broader than just doing homework”
- 7. Online Homework vs. Online Learning Online homework may or may not involve any significant learning. Online learning is a “hopeful” term and suggests that mistakes are being discovered and corrected in the process of completing an assignment online.
- 8. The reality is that no two students come into class with the same baseline preparedness!
- 9. Artificial intelligence creates a custom learning path for each student!
- 10. Online HW vs. Online Learning Online Learning Auto-grades assignments Immediate feedback Media support Individual adaptive assessment Remediates students on forgotten knowledge Knowledge snapshot for each student No assignment building necessary Online Homework Auto-grades assignments Immediate feedback Media support Assignment-driven/requires building assignments No remediation No “knowledge snapshot” Students “game the system” Doesn’t allow for “decay” of knowledge
- 11. Let’s take a look at the student experience!
- 12. Wrap up!
- 13. Thanks for your interest in making students more successful! Enjoy your day! Questions?