Teachers can create custom exercises to accommodate students’ needs.

Since using this online product, we have noticed an increase in the passing rates for all of our computer based courses. Students become active learners and get instant feedback.

This shifts the responsibility of learning to the student and helps the instructor feel like their coach encouraging them to set higher standards for themselves.

I teach Introductory Algebra and my students love using this tool. They find the online homework and resources very useful in helping them learn the material. They like the text/online correlation as well. This has helped several of my students be successful in math for the first time.

This math technology product empowers students to take control of their own learning. It expands the traditional classroom to include the entire college campus, work, home and even travel. It provides access to learning resources during times students need it most.

After many years of using MyMathLab, our Developmental Education Department began using the MyLabsPlus program this past fall. It includes MyMathLab, MyReadingLab and MyWritingLab for our Developmental Education Students. It’s been great to have the students pre-enrolled by our University so that all they have to do is put in their purchased access code and have their online access right away. I also really like the email feature better with MyLabsPlus and easy way to post (or delete) notes from class each day to the site, since I am a daily user of a SmartSympodium to save lecture notes for students to refer back to. I've began using the provided Mini-Lecture notes from Pearson for each section which I can post for students to print and bring to class. I can easily cut and paste those into my SmartNotebook file to make notes on during my lectures. I have attempted to use other online homework programs in the past and find MyMathLab superior to them all as do my colleagues. It is so user friendly, even to an “old gal” like me. Our Director of our Academic Success Center has really liked having it available for her tutors to help our students too.

I have more class time thanks to MyMathLab/MyLabsPlus products. I would spend 15-20 minutes answering homework questions before starting the new material. Now I rarely spend more than 5 minutes on questions before beginning the class topics. Students are using the help features. They are able to get help when they need it instead of waiting for the next class. Their assignments are more complete when they come to class. This is important when new concepts extend topics from previous classes. This found time permits more one-on-one interaction with the students, group work and group projects. My classes are no longer solely lecture format. They are more active environments for learning.

Over the years, MyMathLab has become an integral tool in our math service courses. Even before enrolling, students take the Mathematics Placement Test (MPT) using MyMathTest. With the help of members of the Pearson Team, we developed a placement procedure which basically is “MPT meets math boot camp.” The preliminary data suggests that students, who review math and display mastery of it on our test, do well in their math class. Once in class, students find themselves enrolled in a well coordinated system. The course team leader, a faculty and/or instructor, is in charge of curriculum design, mentoring TAs and Instructors assigned to teach the course, and managing the MyMathLab portion of the course. The team leader coordinates the assignment of homework, quizzes, tests and exams for all sections of the course. As the Vice Chair of the Mathematical Sciences Department, it is my job to make sure that everyone has the tools they need to be successful. We find that MyLabsPlus is an important tool not only to educate individual students but also to enable the TA and instructors to focus on teaching and learning.