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Learning with ALEKS: The Impact of Students’ Attendance in a Mathematics After-School Program

The study compared the effects of ALEKS vs. teacher instruction in an after-school program. The ALEKS condition outperformed the teacher condition.

  • Math
  • Supplemental
  • ALEKS
  • ESSA Tier III (Promising)
  • 6th Grade
  • Middle School
  • Tennessee
  • PreK-12
  • Research

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Article Abstract

We examined the effectiveness of using the Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces (ALEKS) system as a method of strategic intervention in after-school settings to improve the mathematical skills of struggling students. The study randomly assigned students into a classroom that either worked with the ALEKS system individually on computers or were taught by teachers in an interactive classroom. Results from year one revealed that students randomly assigned to the ALEKS condition significantly outperformed students assigned to the teacher condition on a state assessment test (TCAP). However, this was only if the students received sufficient exposure to the program

Research Citation

Craig, Scotty & Anderson, Celia & Bargagloitti, Anna & Graesser, Arthur & Okwumabua, Theresa & Sterbinsky, Allan & Hu, Xiangen. (2011). Learning with ALEKS: The Impact of Students’ Attendance in a Mathematics After-School Program. 435-437.