MYMATHLAB / MYSTATLAB: Simplicity, dependability, choice...proven success!

MyMathLab® is a series of text-specific, easily customizable online courses for Prentice Hall textbooks in mathematics and statistics. Powered by CourseCompass™ (Pearson Education’s online teaching and learning environment) and MathXL® (our online homework, tutorial, and assessment system), MyMathLab gives you the tools you need to deliver all or a portion of your course online, whether your students are in a lab setting or working from home.   MyMathLab provides a rich and flexible set of course materials, featuring free-response exercises that are algorithmically generated for unlimited practice and mastery. Students can also use online tools, such as video lectures, animations, and a multimedia textbook, to independently improve their understanding and performance. Instructors can use MyMathLab’s homework and test managers to select and assign online exercises correlated directly to the textbook, and they can also create and assign their own online exercises and import TestGen® tests for added flexibility. MyMathLab’s online gradebook–designed specifically for mathematics and statistics–automatically tracks students’ homework and test results and gives the instructor control over how to calculate final grades. Instructors can also add offline (paper-and-pencil) grades to the gradebook.   MyStatLab, part of the MyMathLab series, includes all the great features of MyMathLab, but is customized for Prentice Hall textbooks in statistics. MyStatLab courses include essay questions that can be assigned for online tests and quizzes; Java™ applets; statistical software; and other resources designed specifically to help students succeed in statistics.   MyMathLab is available to qualified adopters. For more information, visit www.mymathlab.com, go to http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showtell/mymathlab/ , or contact your sales representative.

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What are instructors are saying about MyMathLab?   Observations Regarding The Effect Of MyMathLab  Students got immediate feedback while doing their homework assignments.  If unsuccessful, they received help online through four different modes of learning.  They were thus given every opportunity to be 100% successful on every task required on their graded assignment. Students rarely asked questions in class over their homework. We used the extra class time to slow down during our lectures and to involve our students in activities that enhanced their learning and problem solving skills. There was more time for in-class practice. With more free time on hand, and more interactive sessions, our teachers were able to better gage their students’ learning, thus identifying and assisting those who needed help the most. Students worked independently on homework. No homework was copied from someone else, as all homework problems in MML are algorithmically generated.  In the past, it was not unusual to see students copying homework from each other during the 10 minutes preceding class time, and all our teachers have consistently witnessed this phenomenon as they entered their classroom on days when homework was to be collected. The help online, which was provided to the students while doing homework, was efficient and effective enough to be a good motivator and a good incentive for independent work. The students who seem to have benefited the most from MyMathLab were our students with learning disabilities.  Their testimonials via e-mail and via personal contact were overwhelmingly positive. Some described MyMathLab as “Simply Awesome!" Some stated that this was their second time through the course, and claimed that if they have had MyMathLab when they took the course the first time, they would have passed the course then. Students had more flexibility than in the past in submitting their graded assignments. They were given 3 to 5 days of a leeway to do so.  However, if they missed the final deadline, they knew that under no circumstances they could get another extension.  Very quickly students learned to do and submit their work on time. The automated electronic grading and delivery system provided by MyMathLab was outstanding.  All human errors in the grading of the assignments were eradicated.   Not a single complaint was voiced about the grading of the assignments and all grading was consistent from section to section. We had no need for graders in Intermediate Algebra & College Algebra for Fall 2004 and Winter 2005.  A cost savings. Universityof Missouri, Columbia     "My responsibility is college algebra.  We are now part of the R2R program and are using a modified emporium model.  We piloted the MyMathLab software this fall and were extremely pleased with the content and the technical support.  We could not use this approach without it! Eighty-two percent of the students in the pilot actually admitted that it helped them learn the mathematics." Phoebe Rouse, LSU   The increase in student success is 27%. Students that would have been lost with a nontransferable 'D' or an 'F' are now passing the course. Community College in the Chicago area   Other MyMathLab instructors say…. “IMPROVED HOMEWORK HABITS/ STUDY SKILLS: Under the new system, more than 95 percent of all students enrolled in these two courses are turning in 100 percent of their daily homework assignments. The average score on those assignments is more than 95 percent correct.”   “IMPROVED GRADES: Through it all, students are getting better grades and getting through more content because more work is getting done. And since the instructors are able to track how many times students have visited the online math site and can see what work students have done and what they've had trouble with, instructors are better able to help students who may be having problems.”   "The computer can give instant feedback to students. It's amazing in this age of video games how that feedback encourages students. They're spending more time on their homework." Jeanne Foley, U of WI @ Stout    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN @ STOUT  ·         18% increase  in pass rate in Beginning  Algebra courses. ·         12% increase in pass rate Intermediate Algebra courses.   My exam averages and course pass rates our up. Students are actively engaged in practicing math, ask more and better questions, and enjoy the learning process. They appreciate the instant feedback and aren’t satisfied until they get 100 percent on the homework assignments. When it comes time to register for the next class, most students who have done both lecture-based and MyMathLab hybrid classes, seek out the MyMathLab sections. They feel a real sense of accomplishment because they recognize and can take credit for the role they’ve played in their success.” Jill Shirley, Cal Poly Pomona     "After teaching with MML I wouldn't want to go back to the traditional way of teaching Math.  MML stimulates better student/teacher interaction in a lab setting.  It tracks and grades homework for you.  And it's a great tutorial for students when they get stuck." Sheila Pisa, Riverside Community College (CA)   “MML is one of the most reliable of all online Math programs.” Sheila Pisa, Riverside Community College (CA)    “I absolutely love MML.  I believe whole-heartedly that it has made a definite improvement in my students' grades and understanding level.  I have fewer students dropping out of the courses I am teaching using this method than in the past - before MML.  I recommend it to everybody I know!!”  Susan Hutchinson, Florence Darlington Technical College: