McGraw-Hill Higher Education and ALEKS Corporation Offer New Algebra Courses Designed to Improve Student Mastery
Enhancements Powered by Upgraded Intelligence Engine, ALEKS AI-2
PRNewswire
NEW YORK
Sep 18, 2006
McGraw-Hill Higher Education and ALEKS Corporation are releasing new algebra courses designed to create a more productive and rewarding learning process for students and the instructors who guide them. The algebra courses are the first higher education programs powered with the new ALEKS AI-2 intelligence engine, which makes the courses more student-friendly and reduces faculty workload.
The course products include Pre-algebra, Beginning Algebra, and Intermediate Algebra. The enhanced ALEKS AI-2 intelligence engine enhances each course with more accurate assessments, greater flexibility in directing student learning, and better alignment with instructor materials and textbooks. In addition, the courses feature dozens of new problem types, allowing for better curriculum coverage. More focused progress assessments enable steadier knowledge acquisition and mastery building. ALEKS developed the new ALEKS AI-2 engine based upon extensive feedback from instructors and students about each of the courses offered.
"It's critical to McGraw-Hill Higher Education that we continually build on the learning solutions that drive student achievement," said Ed Stanford, president of McGraw-Hill Higher Education. "The ALEKS courses are outstanding tools for precise, individualized instruction. For students who are challenged by subjects like algebra, we are confident that these new enhancements will help accelerate learning significantly."
"The new algebra courses allow instructors to better meet the unique learning needs of each student," said Wil Lampros, president of ALEKS Corporation. "User feedback is critical to our success, so we assess each course, understand how students and instructors use the programs, and make improvements based on their needs. The new algebra courses, as with all of the courses powered by ALEKS AI-2, deliver the enhanced benefits our users requested," he added.
Additional higher education courses with the ALEKS AI-2 enhancements will be available through McGraw-Hill Higher Education in the coming months.
About McGraw-Hill Higher Education
McGraw-Hill Higher Education is a premier provider of teaching and learning solutions for the post-secondary and higher education markets worldwide. It is a division of McGraw-Hill Education, a leading global provider of instructional, assessment and reference solutions that empower professionals and students of all ages. Additional information is available at http://www.mheducation.com/.
About ALEKS
ALEKS Corporation is a leader in the creation of web-based artificially intelligent educational software. ALEKS assessment and learning technologies were originally developed by a team of cognitive scientists and software engineers at the University of California, Irvine, with major funding from the National Science Foundation. ALEKS is founded on groundbreaking research into cognitive psychology and applied mathematics. Through adaptive questioning, ALEKS accurately assesses a student's knowledge state, and then delivers targeted instruction on the topics a student is most ready to learn.
ALEKS is currently being used by hundreds of thousands of students in more than 20 academic subjects ranging from financial accounting to precalculus at more than 1,000 institutions throughout the world. For additional information, visit http://www.aleks.com/.
SOURCE: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
CONTACT: Tom Stanton
McGraw-Hill Education
(212)904-3214
tom_stanton@mcgraw-hill.co
Lori Anderson
ALEKS Corporation
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lori@aleks.com