Proven Results: Making the Grade

A recent report, Making the Grade: A Report on the Success of MyMathLab in Higher Education Math Instruction (2005), illustrates MyMathLab's consistently positive impact on the quality of learning and cost reduction in higher education math instruction.

The report presents several case studies that examine how MyMathLab has been successfully implemented in both distance and on-site learning environments. Interviews, statistical data, and feature analysis illustrate how MyMathLab is reshaping the way math is taught and learned in college mathematics courses.

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Report Highlights

Institutions are finding they can save money without jeopardizing quality. Faculty are finding more time for students and spending less time on mundane administrative tasks. Most important, students are more motivated to do more homework, they’re retaining more knowledge, and they’re passing their classes the first time around.

85% of students said they were very satisfied using MyMathLab

“This type of preparation has increased my preparedness for every math test that I have taken since using the program. This has pretty much been the only thing ever to help me grasp concepts in math, and I hope that you keep it for future semesters.”
Student at University of Missouri–Columbia

Instructors rely on MyMathLab

• 90% agreed that MML helped students score better on exams
• 90% agreed that MML helped students better understand course material
• 88% agreed that MML made it easier to create, assign, and grade quizzes and tests
• 88% agreed that MML may have helped increase student retention

Results after adding MyMathLab to courses

University of Missouri–Columbia

• Increase in the average homework grade: 43%
• Decrease of D/F grades in college algebra: 49%
• Decrease of D/F grades in intermediate algebra: 30.2%

University of Wisconsin–Stout

• Increase in the pass rate in beginning algebra: 18%
• Increase in the pass rate in intermediate algebra: 12%
• More than 95% of MML students in beginning and intermediate algebra turned in 100 percent of their daily homework assignments, with an average score of more than 95%.

Community college in the Chicago area

• Increase of pass rates after use of MML: 87%

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