Closing the Math Achievement Gap: Institutions Find Success with MyMathLab

Submitted by Becky Anderson on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 16:30 | By: | Category:

In the spring of 2008, Dr. Maria Fernanda Botelho, a professor at the University of Memphis, was determined to improve the success rate in her elementary calculus course, so she was open to trying new methods. “My observation was that by the third or fourth week I would have only 40 percent of the [enrolled] students left,” Botelho recalls.

Computer tutor: Students get helping link to mastering a daunting challenge of calculus

Submitted by Becky Anderson on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 21:19 | By: | Category:

Erika Northcutt, 18, has not had a math class since she was a junior in high school, more than two years ago.

The freshman at the University of Memphis was anxious enough about college calculus that she considered changing her major.

Nearly three weeks into the semester, her calculus homework scores are averaging 98 percent, she's confident she can pass and plans to register for calculus 2.

"I think I can get an A, actually," she says, relief shining in her eyes.