Verified User in Alternative Dispute Resolution
UA
Verified User in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"ALEKS is not supportive, substantial, or valuable."
0/5
What do you like best about ALEKS?

Nothing about this so-called learning website has the resources to help students actually understand math. The definitions are over-explained and when actually, trying to learn, all the topics are mismatched. This program belongs in the dump. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ALEKS?

Everything, especially whatever type of software runs this rubbish site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning
UE
Verified User in E-Learning
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"This is the most frustrating math program ever!"
1/5
What do you like best about ALEKS?

I like the ALEKS pie. ALEKS is a good tool to use to review things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ALEKS?

ALEKS is so frustrating math program. They don't give you enough practice on anything, and when the knowledge check comes, it is easy to forget how to do things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
AE
Verified User in Education Management
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Aleks is a great way to help fill the gaps for each student in your large classroom. "
3.5/5
What do you like best about ALEKS?

I like that Aleks give students a test and then uses that information to retract/teach concepts to the students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ALEKS?

I dislike how expensive it is. I also dislike that it only tests students after 6 hours of use. This is great for students who are able to use the program in class every day but for schools that don’t have that luxury, it’s too much time between checking what the need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tanner A.
TA
Tanner A.
Aquarium Technition
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Learning with ALEKS"
5/5
What do you like best about ALEKS?

How it embeds the nformation into your brain by a repetitive learning algorithm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ALEKS?

The frustration of repeating troubling topics that you miss over and over until you get them right . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
UE
Verified User in Education Management
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Not bad at all."
4/5
What do you like best about ALEKS?

It is simple. It gets the work done. I need to use more apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ALEKS?

I need to get so many programs. Sometimes I am tired of the amount of resources but sometimes I am happy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning
UE
Verified User in E-Learning
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"A program about patterns rather than content"
1.5/5
What do you like best about ALEKS?

Explanations went step by step and were given right after a wrong answer. They were very clear and well written. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ALEKS?

For the more difficult content, it was more about learning the pattern on how to complete the module rather than learning the content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CD
Cris D.
Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Informational and Workable"
4.5/5
What do you like best about ALEKS?

I like the overall layout and page selection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ALEKS?

I dislike features that get in the way like highlighting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Writing and Editing
UW
Verified User in Writing and Editing
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Aleks work"
2.5/5
What do you like best about ALEKS?

I like how it allows you to easily grow and get work done. it's very easy to setup and Is great for the class Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ALEKS?

I dislike how tedious it is and how it forces you to repeat the same work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anne V.
AV
Anne V.
Instructor of mathematics
Higher Education
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"ALEKS is amazing"
5/5
What do you like best about ALEKS?

It's the only adaptive learning software that I feel really lives up to the description adaptive. I choose which topics I want my course to cover, and then ALEKS has students take an initial assessment to see what they already know and walks them through understanding the topics they don't know. Periodically, it re-assesses them to make sure that they remember what they have learned and to check for extra, unexpected learning. As the students practice each topic, they have to answer a series of closely related questions, and these questions are more different than merely the same problem with different numbers. For the most part, additional homework assignments and quizzes are superfluous. ALEKS also has a variety of reports for me to see which students have been working on what. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ALEKS?

I don't like that the due dates for modules can only be set for 11:59pm. The due dates on quizzes, homeworks, etc can be set to be due at any time, but I can't can only specify a day for the learning modules. The reports are hard to navigate at first because there are so many, and they're not always intuitively labeled.

The thing I like the least is that there is no way for me to program in additional questions directly. There is a way to add external grades to the gradebook, but I can't add any questions directly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning
UE
Verified User in E-Learning
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Aleks is great for working with students one-on-one"
5/5
What do you like best about ALEKS?

I used Aleks with a high school student who needed to take her Algebra 2 course over the summer. We both liked the visual graphs representing progress, the variety of activities/questions, and the broad scope of topics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ALEKS?

For some sections, her progress was slower because of the way the reteaching modules were introduced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.