Instructor Testimonials

Rudy Roberts, San Joaquin Valley College

Rudy Roberts, San Joaquin Valley College

My students are really learning and working hard because they are getting the help and reinforcement that they have always needed in a math class. They get explanation in the math lecture, and then it is up to them to get the homework done in MyMathLab by the deadline date. They love knowing they can re-do the homework problems until they get 100% (until the deadline date, of course). So the deadlines motivate them to come for help and to ask questions. They can take the assigned tests over and over until they make a perfect score or until time runs out. It is wonderful! I am truly enjoying this semester more than any other semester because so many students are getting motivated and they are enjoying math! This is a teacher's dream!

Linda T. Wright, Sam Houston State

As director of the Math Teaching and Learning Center at UW-Stout, I've been extremely pleased with the results we've been getting since we began using MyMathLab in 2004. Failure/withdrawal rates have decreased by 62% in Beginning Algebra and by 32% in the Intermediate course. A large factor in this turnaround has been the online homework: we've achieved a 96% homework submission rate, with an average homework score of 94%. The immediate feedback, multiple chances to re-do a new version of missed problems, and the many avenues for online help have motivated these formerly math-phobic students to put in an average of 95 minutes a day on ALGEBRA homework--amazing!

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, University of Wisconsin Stout

My highlight this week was a student who had previously failed Math 200 (in my class) and has been placed in Math 100. She came in very stressed on Monday. I got her started on Chapter 7 in MyMathLab and by midweek, she said: Wow--I never thought I would say this, but this is kind of fun… I am starting to like math.

Rudy Roberts, San Joaquin Valley College

MyMathLab is the most exciting thing to happen to our preparatory math program in years. I was skeptical at first, wondering how a tool that requires self-motivation and discipline would ever work for our students, particularly since they have nothing to gain by finishing the coursework early; but now that I've been able to compare my computer-mediated sections with traditional lecture-based classes, I am sold. Students are too. My exam averages and course pass rates are 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% 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