ALEKS vs. HackerEarth Assessments

ALEKS does a great job of helping students fill in the gaps in their learning so that they have a solid foundation to move on to higher-level mathematics. It works very well with self-motivated students. It doesn't seem to work as well with less motivated students.

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Here are some scenarios based on my experience where HackerEarth Assessments is well suited,

1. Straightforward tool and the learning curve is not at all steep so getting new employees onboarded on the tool is smooth.
2. Job Description related questionnaire library is conducive for quickly setting up
3. The coding platform is really good, it gives solid ide and amazing debugging abilities for the people being assessed
4. Their support of different types of assessments be it programs or MCQs is really flawless and quite impressive.

Basically I didn't find any such situations where it didn't perform according to what it is intended to. One thing I would just point out that their pricing strategy could be improved, like it is on the higher side for small scale companies

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• Differentiating instruction
• Tailoring individualized curriculum to cater to each student's unique needed.

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• we can design assessment tests using almost all programming languages.
• We can create customized test cases for a given assessment test.
• It is very economical to our organization.

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• Reports can confuse students
• Limited ways to solve a problem
• Can lead to mimicry

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• Code editor should be more responsive for auto suggestions.
• Practice environment should be located in such a way that it should be found easily.
• A transparent and publicly available pricing.

We did not need much support because installing and running ALEKS on Schoology was relatively easy; the department followed the steps outlined in the user manual on how to install ALEKS and were able to do so quickly. ALEKS help team has been helpful, but overall we did not need their help.

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I was not able to find any other products on your list, that I feel are really like ALEKS. I think of ALEKS as more of a teaching platform whereas other platforms I have used--MyMathLab, WebAssign, Knewton--are more of a homework platform.

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Compared to HackerRank, HackerEarth Assessments offers a similar coding assessment platform with a focus on tailored challenges for technical hiring. While both platforms assess coding skills, HackerEarth Assessments excels in remote evaluation and diversity outreach. There wasn't the much of a difference, but the UI of HackerEarth was nicer and we got a better price.

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• Improved foundational math skills
• Improved student engagement in math courses

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• Helps in understanding the coding skills of a candidate before an interview
• We don't have to explicitly set up a filtering round for the candidates
• Extremely User friendly

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