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Success in Math Blog

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PHIL HILL | March 22, 2015

While at SXSWedu, I was able to visit Austin Community College’s ACCelerator lab, which got a fair bit of publicity… Rather than a pilot program, Austin CC has committed to a big program up front, yet they offer students the choice of traditional or emporium. To me, this offers the best of both worlds in allowing a big bet that doesn’t get caught in the “purgatory of pilots”…

MARK LITTRELL | March 19, 2015

I’ve been using ALEKS for Elementary/Beginning Algebra and Intermediate Algebra for about ten years. I believe ALEKS is effective, so when each of my sons started third grade, I had him start using ALEKS as a supplement to his regular school work. I learned a lot from watching my sons work on ALEKS…

ARLENE ROGOFF | March 3, 2015

I first encountered ALEKS at a McGraw-Hill Education presentation in New York City in the spring of 2013. I immediately knew that this was a platform I wanted to implement at my college. How, where and if I would get support at my institution would be the challenge …

LEAH RINECK | February 12, 2015

Recently I had a student that was taking my Intermediate Algebra course for the third time. The first time he didn’t make it past the first test and dropped the class. The second time, as he proudly told me “I earned my F,” he made it to the final but had stopped learning early…