Credit for ALEKS Corp (McGraw Hill) Online courses in College Algebra & Statistics

[zechron]

Thanks, everybody....

Good news! I spoke with a TESC advisor today and she said that if you can get the course on an ACE transcript, TESC will grant the credit for it.

Scott

[WendyR]

I just got the same reply from an email I sent to advising at TESC:

"From what I can see, math courses are offered by ALEKS. We will accept courses from this program if they are on an ACE transcript. Tobe sure what you choose will fulfill degree requirements, please remember to get prior appproval before registering for any of the courses"

[zefrench]

As a further update, I am now 44 hours into ALEKS: Introduction to Statistics, with 99 out of 116 topics mastered. This is yet another example of why ALEKS is not for everyone, and might not be the best use of time. It works great for me, as I want to learn the topic and really know them.

I just completed Introduction to Statistics in over 62 hours. Aleks is not for the faint of heart. It is VERY thorough!


I am doing the same process again for the transcript, I will update this thread when my course shows up on my ACE transcript, and again when it shows up on my EC student status.

[Epiphany]

Nicely done.

[gus]

Congratulations zefrench! You did it again! I certainly agree with you, ALEKS is not for the faint of heart, definitely not an 'instant' cert.

I don't think ali4nia understands how ALEKS works, this isn't some simple open book exam, it's more like a continuous 'test and learn' process which is far more comprehensive than any CLEP/DSST prep. Completing all the learning objectives and passing a final assessment (after a myriad of others) is the equivalent of scoring an 80 on a CLEP/DSST, i.e. you really end up knowing your stuff, all of it, not just passing. I would suggest you go for the free trial to see what I'm talking about.

The only loophole with ALEKS is that the final assessment is not proctored. Then again, so is the case with many online courses, it will boil down to your integrity and academic honesty.

[cookderosa]

I just completed Introduction to Statistics in over 62 hours. Aleks is not for the faint of heart. It is VERY thorough!


I am doing the same process again for the transcript, I will update this thread when my course shows up on my ACE transcript, and again when it shows up on my EC student status.

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Let me ask you something about ALEKS. Since you were signed up for stats, could you ALSO be working on say...college algebra too? Is it restricted to only one course, or can you do more than one at the same time for the same cost?

[Epiphany]

I believe it is one course at one time.

I tried this swap when I first started the Algebra section. When I switched to Stats I lost my "place" in the first subject. I was only 30 minutes in, so I'm not sure if this had anything to to with it.

Since most of the utility of the program is based around it's building blocks learning model, the loss of the placeholder makes switching somewhat less then productive.

[gus]

You are not restricted to one course, you can switch to any available subject any time, and from my experience, ALEKS kept track of historical progress (or at least was able to more or less accurately determine the progress).

The pitfall with switching subjects frequently is that every time you do so, you may be hit with a 20-something question assessment and you have no option of skipping or canceling it. I remember commenting on this ALEKS. I can see how this can be a major nuisance to you and the kids if you have the intention of working on multiple subjects every day.

[cookderosa]

You are not restricted to one course, you can switch to any available subject any time, and from my experience, ALEKS kept track of historical progress (or at least was able to more or less accurately determine the progress).

The pitfall with switching subjects frequently is that every time you do so, you may be hit with a 20-something question assessment and you have no option of skipping or canceling it. I remember commenting on this ALEKS. I can see how this can be a major nuisance to you and the kids if you have the intention of working on multiple subjects every day.

I understand- I am trying to decide if and where this would fit into our homeschool program for my oldest son. I wasn't looking so much at switching courses, I mostly wondered about taking them simultaneously. For example, enrolling in algebra and stats at the same time (2 classes)

Another example, could a person take both the stats and the behavior stats at the same time? Or behavior stats with business stats? These courses probably would not duplicate credit, but would have extensive content overlap. (I am thinking of efficient credit-earning, especially while your in "the zone" ).

[ali4nia]

I don't think ali4nia understands how ALEKS works, .

I know perfectly how it works and I tested their program a while ago, my point was in math you need to develop certain skills (besides solving the problem) like researching, analyzing and even certain Mathematical Creativity (yes Sir !) inorder to push your mind to solve the problem or to figure out why you are unable to solve it or even finding some alternative ways like sometimes you can end up going to a non-traditional path to solve a problem just by using the skills you already have, using Aleks will not help you to develop that at all, basically aleks its a template-base type of exercise : hey can you solve this? no ? COOL click here to see the solution and then copy this like ROBOCOP on the following similar exercises and hey you got this portion of the pie !! hilarious thats Aleks you will certainly learn some math but as I said dont get used to it, if you still dont get my point then wait until Aleks comes up with some common sense program to help you out ! hilarious