Join Us at ICTCM

Friday, February 17, 2012 - 13:15 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: Events

At the 2012 International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM) in Orlando, March 22-25, we will be offering a series of Hands-On Strategy Workshops in the Walt Disney Dolphin Hotel. Below is the schedule of workshops (all of which will be in Asia 4). Please join us.

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Tags: ICTCM, mymathlab, mystatlab, training

Finding the Humor in Regression

Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 11:36 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: Product Updates

I never thought I'd say this, but I just watched this great video that explains regression--and it's funny. What am I talking about? Pearson's new StatTalk videos by Andrew Vickers, author of What is a p-value Anyway?. Fun-loving statistician Andrew Vickers takes to the streets of Brooklyn, NY to demonstrate important statistical concepts through interesting stories and real-life events.

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Tags: andrew_vickers, mystatlab, stattalk

Computer tutor: Students get helping link to mastering a daunting challenge of calculus

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 21:19 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: Press

Erika Northcutt, 18, has not had a math class since she was a junior in high school, more than two years ago.

The freshman at the University of Memphis was anxious enough about college calculus that she considered changing her major.

Nearly three weeks into the semester, her calculus homework scores are averaging 98 percent, she's confident she can pass and plans to register for calculus 2.

"I think I can get an A, actually," she says, relief shining in her eyes.

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Tags: calculus, mymathlab, tutor, university_of_Memphis

Math Emporium: Higher Education's Silver Bullet

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 14:49 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: Press

The primary reason many students do not succeed in the [traditional math] course is that they do not actually do the problems. As a population, they generally do not spend enough time with the material, and this is why they fail at a very high rate. Learn more about this in the full article by Carol Twigg, President and CEO of the National Center for Academic Transformation, which was published in Change Magazine, in the May–June 2011 issue.

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Tags: emporium, mymathlab, mystatlab

Changes to Tutoring

Monday, January 9, 2012 - 15:56 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: Product Updates

As of January 2, 2012, all MyMathLab and MyStatLab courses now offer 24/7 online tutoring, and no longer offer phone-based tutoring. All registered MyMathLab and MyStatLab students will have an opportunity to sample the online tutoring service (one free session of up to 30-minutes) at no charge. Further optional tutoring sessions will then be available for purchase. Some of the benefits of this new model include: 

• 24/7 online tutoring

• No additional registration  needed from MML/MSL

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Tags: mymathlab, mystatlab, tutoring

Measuring Your Students’ Learning

Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 13:54 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: Presentations

With increasing focus on program assessment and accountability, Pearson offers support for instructors interested in quantifying their impact on student learning. In each of these online sessions, you’ll explore topics such as how to get started with gathering and analyzing your student success data, what to consider, and helpful tools provided by Pearson. MyMathLab and MyStatLab users will share their experience with student success data and the impact it had on their teaching. Please join us for one of the following sessions.

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Tags: mymathlab, mystatlab, student_success

What's Coming for January 2012?

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

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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Tags: mathxl, mymathlab, mymathtest, mystatlab, new features

The Importance of College Prep

Monday, November 14, 2011 - 15:04 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: Press

Check out this great video about how Middlesex Community College in Massachusetts is using MyMathLab to help their students succeed.

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Speaking About Math + Stats -- October 21

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 21:15 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: Events

Looking for new teaching strategies and techniques? Interested in Course Redesign and new technology? Learn from your colleagues for FREE and from the comfort of your own home or office! Join our Speaking about Math & Stats Online Conference – Friday, October 21st from 10am-5pm Eastern.

This full day online conference is filled with sessions given by mathematicians and statisticians.

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Tags: mymathlab, mystatlab, speaking_about, statcrunch

Worst Practices in Data Mining by Dick De Veaux

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 21:07 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: Events

Every day, organizations accumulate data from a variety of sources. Savvy enterprises fuel strategic decision-making with insights from data mining. After uncovering trends and patterns in vast amounts of data, they can build predictive models that help them reach their goals. But much can go wrong in the data mining process, even for trained professionals.  

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