ALEKS (Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces) is an
online
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tutoring
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and assessment program that includes course material in
mathematics
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,
chemistry
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, introductory
statistics
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, and
business
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.
Rather than being based on numerical
test
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scores, ALEKS uses the theory of
knowledge spaces to develop a
combinatorial
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understanding of the set of topics a student does or doesn't understand from the answers to its test questions. Based on this assessment determines the topics that the student is ready to learn and allows the student to choose from interactive learning modules for these topics.
ALEKS was initially developed at
UC Irvine
UC may refer to:
Education
In the United States
* University of California system
* University of Charleston, West Virginia
* University of Chicago, Illinois
* University of Cincinnati, Ohio
* Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey (''defunct ...
starting in 1994 with support from a large
National Science Foundation
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grant. The software was granted by UC Irvine's Office of Technology Alliances to ALEKS Corporation under an exclusive, worldwide, perpetual license. In 2013, the ALEKS Corporation was acquired by
McGraw-Hill Education
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.
Subjects covered
ALEKS is available for various courses and subjects that cover K-12, higher education, and continuing education, ranging from basic arithmetic and chemistry to pre-calculus and MBA financial accounting preparation.
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Virtual learning environments
Mathematics education
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