ALEKS has, underneath each question (in learning mode, but not during assessments) a button marked Explain. We don't really use it though. When I've looked at it, it has seemed to me that it does a good job of explaining what steps to go through to get the right answer, but doesn't attempt to explain why that's what you do. So it might possibly be useful if the child just needs a reminder, but I'd really not recommend it for initial learning. In practice I sit with DS when he's doing new stuff in ALEKS and explain as necessary. For doing it in school obviously that won't work; you could, I suppose, have your DD do new topics at home with you and then just do review at school. If she hated it before, though, I guess you'll be better off trying something else. We have recently received the Ed Zaccaro Challenge Maths books, which do have good explanatory chapters before the problems; of the things I've seen, that would seem like the best bet. Maybe someone else knows something online that would work though.
