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I'm wondering, since one can force ALEKS to give assessments, can this be done every few sections so that each quiz covers only a few sections? Info retention when it comes to math is a problem for me. Will ALEKS allow you to do this or is there a limit to the number of times you can force a quiz?
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03-04-2013, 02:59 PM
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I don't think you can get the assessment to only cover certain sections no matter how often you request a new assessment. Although the assessment does seem to start out by asking questions from topics you were recently studying, it soon moves off of those questions. I believe the way it works is that it will ask you a question and if you get it right it will ask you another question around the same level or harder. If you get a question wrong it will ask you a question that is a little easier. It also seems to pick a topic at a random level of difficulty if you get a few similar questions correct in a row. If you pass an assessment it doesn't mean that it won't ask you questions you already know on subsequent assessments. For example, in "Intro to Statistics" I passed an assessment where I was asked to calculate a standard deviation. On a subsequent assessment it asked me about standard deviations again, and this time I missed the question, actually I missed it twice, and it took it off my pie chart. By the way, if you take statistics you divide by n when calculating the s.d. for a population and you divide by n-1 when calculating a s.d. for a sample. Making me relearn the pie piece has burned this into my head.
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Perhaps his question was a little different...he was asking if there's a LIMIT to the number of times you can quiz yourself. I'd say probably no. Keep in mind, you need 70% on the quiz to get credit. You can keep taking it as many times as you like (enable from the master account) if you feel prepared for it already.
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Ok that's what I though. Thank you both.
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Instead of ordering assessments (which as mentioned, are going to include everything anyway and not work the way you hope) as you go through, I HIGHLY SUGGEST printing out explanations. Keep these in a notebook, and ALEKS will issue an assessment every 3-4% anyway, so if you have your print-outs you can look back how to do each question. Assessments don't have to be done in one sitting either, so take your time. My son averaged 2 days on an assessment most times.
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