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Closing the Knowledge Gap in Mathematics among Sixth Grade Students using ALEKS
Kyle R. Cheney, Scotty D. Craig, Celia Rousseau Anderson, Anna E. Bargagliotti, Arthur C. Graesser, Allen Sterbinsky, Theresa Montgomery Okwumabua, Xiangen Hu
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Abstract
This paper reports the findings of a study using ALEKS, a web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system, in an after-school program for sixth grade students. Findings indicate that the significant gap between African American and Caucasian students’ base knowledge in mathematics present in their scores on a 5 grade standardized test was decreased after one school year of using the program. The two groups’ scores on the 6 grade version of the same standardized test were no longer significantly different. Students in a control condition, who only received teacher-led instruction, did not show this change.