Instructor Testimonials

For the faculty, the ease with which you can generate tests and export the results to a spreadsheet is fantastic.

Trudy Streilein, North Virginia Community College

For the faculty, the ease with which you can generate tests and export the results to a spreadsheet is fantastic.

Trudy Streilein, North Virginia Community College

Observations on MyMathLab's effects:

• 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....
• 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 had 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 leeway to do so. However, if they missed the final deadline, they knew that under no circumstances could they 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.

Faculty surveyed at University of Missouri, University of Missouri