Pearson MyLabs and Mastering Tutorial & Assessment Programs Helping you and your students find out what you don’t know Helping you learn what you need, when you need it. Promoting research in student efficacy What’s New in Product Development Greg Tobin Mary Ann Perry
Contents Introduction to Pearson MyLabs New Products this Year MyMathLab for eCollege MyMathTest Closer Look at Online Analysis & Reporting Mastering MyMathLab
Pearson Themes Excellence in Online Products: Proven Content, Efficacy, Ease of Use, System Performance Service & Support: Support is a core value - Increasing program and institutional services Partnership with Campus, Faculty, Students A Global Perspective
Discipline-Specific Development
Using MyLabs with Campus Systems
MyMathLab Has Led the Way MyMath in CourseCompas MyMathLab for Blackboard MyMathLab for Vista Newest addition: MyMathLab for eCollege
eCollege Recently acquired by Pearson Nationally hosted, on-demand course management system, bundled with Program Administration System and services eLearning solutions to post-secondary and K-12 programs Leading choice for online programs Premium choice for emporium or hybrid on-campus courses 24/7 Support
Campus management of all courses in eCollege for Single log in to campus eCollege for all MML content Campus management of all courses in eCollege Campus management of all student enrollment One-time student access code entry or purchase Complete MyMathLab experience MML and eCollege gradebook integration: Scores from MML pass to eCollege gradebook 24/7 Support - administrators, faculty, students
MyMathLab for eCollege - Home MML-eCollege courses include the same MyMathLab features
MyMathLab Homework Assignments Students access MyMathLab homework assignments from the eCollege course
Doing Homework in MyMathLab Easy math palette Free Response exercises Multimedia learning aids
MyMathLab Instructor Tools The MyMathLab instructor tools are all accessible from the eCollege course (Instructor tools are unavailable to students)
MyMathLab Gradebook The MyMathLab gradebook is available with detailed tracking, reporting, and grade management features
MML-eCollege Integrated Gradebook The MyMathLab and eCollege gradebooks can be synchronized for management of scores in the eCollege gradebook.
MyMathTest - Placement with Diagnostics & Practice
MyMathTest A testing and placement tool Assesses students’ strengths and knowledge gaps Also for short-term refresher courses Not text specific
Create a MyMathTest Program
Students Take Test
Check Grades & Place Students
Place Student
Personal Study PLan
Access & Purchase Model Six-week subscription Bookstore Online purchase Institution Purchase
A Look at Analysis & Reporting
MasteringBiology Student Home: Students click on Assignment List to do homework
Option to print; work off line MasteringBiology’s List of Assignments Student clicks on Homework Assignment
MasteringBiology’s Current Assignment Student clicks an Item to begin
This Tutorial Reviews Cellular Respiration Student has the option to watch the BioFlix 3D Animation
BioFlix: 3D Animations BioFlix\ProteinSynthesis\ProteinSynthesis.mpg
Student begins the activity The first step asks the student to sort the various compounds into their correct bins for glycolysis.
Different Feedback Boxes appear for different common errors. The feedback address the student’s specific error, providing targeted coaching. Different Feedback Boxes appear for different common errors. Students can try again or ask for Hints
Student selects just the amount of help she needs. Hints break the question down in to simpler parts, the way you would during office hours Students can choose just the amount of coaching that they need. A smart student may never use a hint; thereby completing her homework quickly and efficiently. A struggling student may need to open every hint. Any student in between may self-select hints to provide just the right amount of scaffolding she needs to solve the question. Many of the Hints are Socratic in nature, emulating the Instructor / Student office hour experience.
Student is successfully coached to the correct answer Follow up reinforces learning CORRECT
Tutorials use Answer Types unique to each discipline Draw Molecules or Lewis Structures Sort Items Mastering Tools Match the Needs of Each Discipline Each Mastering product has tools unique to its discipline. For example, chemistry requires building molecules or Lewis Structures. Every Item is graded and reported to an Instructor’s Gradebook. Enter Chemical Equations
Click on Student’s Score, See time on task, show all work Check class performance at a glance – shading shows students below class avg The Mastering Gradebook highlights in shades of pink to red the students below class average. This OPTIONAL color coding lets you identify struggling students quickly. Horizotal line? Student having problems. Vertical line: class stuggling. Click on an Individual Student’s Score to see her work. Click on Student’s Score, See time on task, show all work
The most difficult problems The top student performers. Diagnostics-At-A-Glance: Instructors may customize data into easy-to-view graphs. They see students who are under performing, the easiest question, or the problem that took the most time. Click on a Student’s Name or Question Title to drill down for more data 7 different customizable graphs let you see the data quickly. Find out who the struggling students; find out which problem took the longest, was the hardest… The most difficult problems The top student performers. (You can sort to reverse the order.)
Compare Your Class Data to System Statistics: Difficulty and Duration Color Bar Statistics: System Average: My Class Average: Green: 99% Solved the Item 99% Solved the Item Red: 1% Gave Up 1% Gave Up Orange: Avg of 3.62 Wrong Answers per student Avg 2.85 Wrong Answers Yellow: Avg of 0.85 per student Used Hints Avg 0.65 Used Hints Optional Views to compare your Class to National Statistics.
MyMathLab Analysis & Reporting
Course Design Based on Learning Outcomes
You create assessments based on course learning outcomes
Students take a test, Study Plan is generated – by objective
Pre-Test Item Analysis – Most objectives not mastered
Post Test Item Analysis – Most Objectives Are Mastered
Export Multiple Sections at Once – Reporting Course Outcomes
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