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Find out what's happening with MyMathLab and MyStatLab. What conferences are we going to? When are the new features going to release and what are they? And how is this technology changing the way people teach and learn mathematics and statistics?

What's Coming for January 2012?

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 15:17 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: mymathtest

Rolled-up Item Analysis for Exports
Item Analysis Exports are now available for course groups from both the Quick Exports and Advanced Exports pages. If a coordinator-instructor exports Item Analysis for a course group, he/she can get a summary of student performance across all course sections in the course group, and also student scoring details for each student. Question metrics (difficulty, median time, correct on first try) are also included in Advanced Exports.

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PERT + Pearson

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 22:44 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: mymathtest

Does your state have standards in place for what students should know at the conclusion of a particular course or sequence of courses? We at Pearson have been working to align a number of our courses and textbooks with the outcomes determined by states for higher education. For example, Florida has developed the Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT) as the primary placement assessment used by The Florida College System. We now have four different MyMathLab courses that include the PERT Standards, for easy instructor assessment of student understanding of the objectives.

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What's Coming for January 2011

Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 17:07 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: mymathtest

New Design for MML and MSL Courses
Instructors will notice an updated look-and-feel in MyMathLab and MyStatLab courses for 2012 copyright titles as they are released. This new, intuitive design offers more direct access to XL pages (Gradebook, Homework & Test Manager, Home Page Manager, etc.) and provides enhanced functionality for communicating with students and customizing courses. Fewer pop-up windows will ensure that students always know where they are in their course.

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Making the Grade: How to Improve Your MyMathLab Implementation through Personalization and Best Practices (Version 4) is Out!

Monday, August 9, 2010 - 15:14 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: mymathtest

A recently-updated report, Making the Grade: How to Improve Your MyMathLab Implementation through Personalization and Best Practices (Version 4, Summer 2010), illustrates the consistently positive impact of MyMathLab products on the quality of learning and cost reduction in higher education math and stats instruction at 35 colleges and universities.

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Newly Redesigned Instructor Exchange

Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 12:02 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: mymathtest

Did you notice? We've moved and updated the Instructor Exchange site (http://instructorexchange.com/) in order to take advantage of all the capabilities that Ning offers. So go ahead and join other educators to discuss teaching math and stats, especially with the MyMathLab family of products. Share ideas and experiences, ask questions, exchange tips and tricks, and engage in conversation with colleagues--and don't forget to upload your picture when you register!
 

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File Upload Now Available for MathXL and MyMathTest

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 21:24 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: mymathtest

Have you been wishing you could include your syllabus in your MathXL course? Want to include information about the testing center in your MyMathTest program? Well now you can! As of Friday, instructors using MathXL and MyMathTest can now upload files to any of their courses/programs and have students access them in specific announcements or the new dashboard. There are limits on the size and type of files that can be uploaded, but in general videos, MS Word docs, and PowerPoint presentations are allowed. Enjoy!

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New Features for Winter 2010

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 16:34 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: mymathtest

 

New Features as of December 2009

Gradebook

Item Analysis for Pooled Tests and Quizzes
On tests and quizzes that use pooled questions, instructors now have item-level student performance statistics. This will allow them to analyze how the class and individual students performed by test question and objective and also gauge the relative difficulty of questions from the same pool.

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