How MyLab Marketing contributes to student success

In Fall 2018, Professor Rebecca Reczek from Ohio State University partnered with Pearson to investigate how MyLab™ Marketing for Principles of Marketing by Kotler and Armstrong impacted student performance in her Principles of Marketing course.

How MyLab IT contributes to student success

In Fall 2018, Professor Lois Blais from Walters State Community College in Morristown, TN partnered with Pearson to investigate how MyLab IT with GO! Microsoft Office 2016 Volume 1 by Gaskin, Vargas, Geoghan, and Graviett impacted student success in their Computer Applications course.

How MyLab IT contributes to student success

In Fall 2018, Professor Michelle Craddock partnered with Pearson to discover whether MyLab™ IT with Exploring Microsoft Office 2016 Volume 1 by Patsy et al. and Visualizing Technology by Geoghan contributed to student success in her Microcomputer Applications I course.

How MyLab MIS contributes to student success

In Fall 2018, Professor Rita Reagan-Redko from Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, NY partnered with Pearson to investigate whether MyLab™ MIS positively impacts student success in her Technology in the Workplace course.

MyLab IT user best practices and transition to a Learning Management System

In Fall 2018, Professor Barbara Fogle from Trident Technical College in Charleston, SC utilized MyLab™ IT with Exploring Microsoft Excel 2016 Comprehensive by Patsy, Mulbery, Davidson and, Grauer, and decided to pilot Learning Management System integration to facilitate a seamless experience for students accessing course technology in her Microcomputer Spreadsheets course.

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How MyLab IT contributes to student success and students’ response to Pearson Inclusive Access/LMS integration

In Fall 2018, Professor Robert Huyck at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, NY partnered with Pearson to investigate whether MyLab IT™ and eTexts GO! With Office 2016 Volume 1 by Gaskin, Vargas, Geoghan, and Graviett and Technology in Action by Evans, Martin, and Poatsy positively impacted student success in his Computers and Society course.

How MyLab IT contributes to student success

In Fall 2018, Pearson partnered with Professor Susumu Kasai at Salt Lake Community College to investigate whether MyLab™ IT with Microsoft Office 2016 (custom edition) positively impacted student success in their Business Computer Proficiency – Spreadsheet & Database course.

How MyLab Marketing contributes to student success

In Fall 2018, Pearson partnered with Professor Karen Loveland from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, TX to determine whether Mylab™ Marketing for Marketing: Real People, Real Choices by Solomon positively impacted student success in her Principles of Marketing course.

How MyLab IT contributes to student success

In Fall 2018, Professor Daniel Ciomek from San Francisco State University in San Francisco, CA partnered with Pearson to investigate whether the custom package of MyLab™ IT, Information Systems Today: Managing in the Digital World by Valacich and Schneider (primary eText), Exploring Microsoft Access 2016 Comprehensive and Exploring Microsoft Excel 2016 Comprehensive by Poatsy impacted student success in his Information Systems for Management course.

How MyLab Finance contributes to student success

In Fall 2018, Pearson partnered with Professor Kathy Towle from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM to investigate whether MyLab™ Finance for Fundamentals of Corporate Finance by Berk, Demarzo, and Harford positively contributed to student success in her Financial Management course.

How MyLab IT contributes to student success

In Fall 2018, Professor Regina Harley at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC partnered with Pearson to investigate how MyLab IT™ with Exploring Microsoft Office 2016 by Poatsy, Grauer, Mulbery, Krebs, Hogan, and Rutledge contributed to student success in her Essential Business Tools and Technologies course.

How MyLab Management contributes to student success

In Fall 2018, Professor Irene Wilder from State University of New York (SUNY) at Jefferson, Watertown, NY worked with Pearson to discover whether MyLab™ Management for Modern Management: Concepts and Skills by Certo and Certo impacted student success in her Principles of Management course.

From 2012 to 2015, Professor Hector Enríquez at the University of Texas El Paso utilized MyLab Spanish in his five Elementary Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, and Spanish for Spanish Speakers courses. He partnered with Pearson to investigate how MyLab Spanish supports his students’ success. Through this research they found that:

• Students who scored an average of 80 percent or higher on MyLab Spanish homework had higher composition, exam, final exam, and final course scores than students who scored lower than 80 percent on MyLab Spanish homework.
• The correlation between student performance on MyLab Spanish homework assignments and final course scores was strong.

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Goals for courses utilizing MyLab Spanish

As coordinator of the lower division Spanish courses, Enríquez is challenged to meet many goals including:

• Meet the learning needs of both non-native and heritage speakers while delivering a uniform learning experience that can be personalized
• Offer students sophisticated learning tools at a reasonable cost
• Improve students’ overall performance, raising both pass rates and course completion rates

With these goals in mind, Enríquez adopted MySpanishLab for the introductory and intermediate Spanish sequences and has been utilizing it for over a decade.

How was MyLab Spanish used in the course?

The five Elementary Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, and Spanish for Spanish Speakers courses are face to face, hybrid/intensive, and online. Content, homework, and assessments are pre-assigned with due dates through the MyLab Spanish master course shell. Pearson exams are used, and questions on MyLab Spanish homework are similar to the questions that will appear on exams.

Per textbook chapter, all machine-graded exercises are assigned in MyLab Spanish over the course of (approximately) two weeks. This includes some tutorials and one chapter practice exam. Students have unlimited attempts on homework. In Elementary and Intermediate Spanish MyLab Spanish accounts for 15% of the course grade, while it accounts for 20% of the course grade in Spanish for Spanish Speakers.

Were students successful over the semester?

Examination of student results data across all five courses shows a strong correlation between MyLab Spanish scores and final course scores in the face-to-face* course format.

Students who scored 80 percent or higher on MyLab Spanish homework had higher average scores on compositions, exams, final exams, and final course scores than students who scored less than 80 percent on MyLab Spanish,

How MyLab Spanish supports students

At the end of the day, Enríquez’s goal is to help students become proficient in the language. He maintains:

• “MyLab Spanish has worked well for our students. When our students use MyLab Spanish, they become responsible for their own learning, and they succeed.”
• “MyLab Spanish meets the needs of heritage speakers with a range of exercises that target vocabulary and writing skills. With such a deep resource of activities and multimedia resources in MyLab Spanish, I can easily customize our course to address the unique strengths and weaknesses that heritage speakers bring to the course.”

Conclusion

In addition to helping students become proficient in Spanish, MyLab Spanish also had a positive impact on teaching. Enríquez notes how it saves grading time, it allows instructors to better use in-class time, and it gives instructors the opportunity to see where students’ strengths and weaknesses lie in terms of understanding the content.

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How MyLab Math contributes to student success

Between Fall 2016 and Spring 2017, Professor Kathy Nabours at Riverside City College partnered with Pearson to investigate whether MyLab™ Math for Intermediate Algebra by Martin-Gay positively impacted student success.

How MyLab IT and MyLab Accounting contribute to student success

In Spring 2019, Professor KD Hatheway-Dial at the University of Idaho in Moscow, ID partnered with Pearson to investigate whether MyLab IT™ for Skills for Success for Office 2016 by Adkins and MyLab Accounting for Horngren’s Financial and Managerial Accounting by Miller-Nobles, Mattison, and Matsumura positively impacted student success.

How MyLab Economics contributes to student success

In Spring 2019, Pearson partnered with Professor Jeff Johnson at Athens State University in Athens, AL to investigate whether MyLab Economics™ for Essentials of Economics by Hubbards and O’Brien positively impacted student success in his Modern Economics course.

How MyLab IT contributes to student success

In Fall 2018, Professor Patrick Logue at South Plains College in Levelland, TX partnered with Pearson to investigate whether MyLab IT™ supported student success in his Business Computer Applications course

How Pearson eText and MyLab Education benefit instructors and students

Professor Dr. Peggy Goodson Rochelle at Tusculum University in Tennessee sees many benefits for instruction and a positive impact on student success since she has utilized Pearson eText and MyLab™ Education. She emphasizes the following benefits of these products:

• They are vetted, saving her the time investment of checking that the reading she assigns is accurate.
• Pearson offers strong product support, allowing her to get assistance from knowledgeable staff when she needs it.
• They offer many conveniences to students, including:

    Access to the text from the very start of the course;

    Use of the products on their preferred devices; and

    The opportunity to take practice quizzes.

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About Pearson eText and MyLab Education

Pearson eText and MyLab Education offer access to course readings from multiple devices. The embedded videos of teachers in the classroom with actual students provide real-world demonstrations of the text’s concepts. Students have multiple options for reinforcing their understanding of the material, including practice quizzes. Instructors can make use of an array of assignments—quizzes, multiple-choice questions, short answer questions, writing assignments, and others—to assess student learning.

Why does Professor Dr. Goodson Rochelle utilize Pearson eText and MyLab Education?

Peggy’s courses use Pearson eText or MyLab Education for three main reasons: they’re vetted, Pearson staff provide quality support, and the cost can be covered by financial aid.

How are Pearson eText and MyLab Education implemented?

She has used direct integration since 2018, which allows her to incorporate Pearson eText and MyLab into her courses. She will eventually switch to partner integration because it will offer consistency across the university while still allowing her to add deep links for her courses. Assignments differ between her courses, but she often assigns video case studies and self-check quizzes. Assignments within the products that students submit generally contribute 20% to 40% toward their final grade in the course. Other assignments that are not part of MyLab include having her students evaluate teaching videos and giving feedback on samples of elementary and secondary student work.

She allows students to engage with practice quizzes and other parts of Pearson MyLab that do not count towards their grade as many times as they like. She makes some tests and quizzes untimed in the product if she wants to encourage students to read or reread the text. Additionally, she often takes advantage of the product’s feature that randomizes the order of questions on quizzes.

Instructor experience and perception

When summing up her overall experience as an instructor using MyLab, Peggy again offered praise to Pearson’s product support and she described direct integration as “seamless”. On the topic of student reactions, she shared her view that students appreciate Pearson text. “They like having options,” she stated, referring to the options to use Pearson text on a phone, computer, or tablet and the ability to take practice quizzes and other ways to study before completing graded assignments. She added that students seem to appreciate not having to go to a physical or online store to purchase a book.

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How Mastering A&P supports student learning

In Summer 2021, Professor Ty Bryan at a community college in Southern United States met with Pearson to discuss how he uses and experiences Human Anatomy & Physiology, 2nd Edition by Amerman and Mastering A&P™ in his Anatomy & Physiology I and II courses.

Ty Bryan finds many benefits utilizing the Pearson textbook and Mastering A&P in his courses including:

• High quality artwork, diagrams, and animations help students solidify knowledge that will translate to success in clinicals.
• Better textbook that delivers concepts in a concise way thus encouraging students to read without feeling overwhelmed.
• Dynamic Study Modules prepare students for discussion in class and help develop a deeper understanding of concepts.
• Students are better set up for success in A&P II.
• Top-notch customer support that facilitates a smooth course delivery.

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Why did Professor Ty Bryan adopt Mastering?

In schoolyear 2016/2017, his department switched from McGraw Hill to an OER resource called OpenStax in an effort to reduce the cost of textbooks. Once adopted, faculty further reviewed the OER textbook and found it lacking in artwork and diagrams, as well being heavily bogged down with unnecessary content.

In early 2020, faculty compared a variety of textbooks and publishers and decided to adopt Pearson’s Human Anatomy & Physiology, 2nd Edition by Amerman along with Mastering in Fall 2020. They landed on Pearson because of the superior way it was written and its concise, well laid out material. Anatomy & Physiology I and II are traditionally taught face-to-face, but due to the pandemic, course models had to be shifted. In response, courses had to be taught fully online, which meant faculty needed their Pearson textbook earlier than anticipated so it was adopted in Spring 2020.

How Mastering A&P implemented?

While Bryan incorporates Mastering content as optional for extra credit, he does strongly encourage its use and explains to his students its many benefits. He narrows down the sections from each chapter he wants them to read and includes Dynamic Study Modules.

Outside of optional Mastering content, Bryan’s assessments in A&P I include four quizzes, six lecture exams and one standardized final exam. Students must receive a minimum of 50% on the final exam to pass the course.

The instructor experience

One of the main benefits Bryan has noticed since switching from OER is the improvement in artwork quality. OER lacked detailed artwork that is so crucial for students in A&P courses. Another highlight for Bryan is the readability of the Pearson text. He believes his students are better understanding concepts with the Pearson text because it’s concise and easy to navigate without being too tied down with unnecessary and disjointed material.

Bryan finds the Pearson textbook sets A&P I students up for success in A&P II better than their previous OER textbook, with Bryan saying: “I think they are getting a better idea of chemistry from the Amerman textbook than they were getting from OER. (OER) is written by multiple people at multiple times. They go in there and do their little bit and it’s not easy to read. At least with the Pearson textbook…they’ve got a shot because it’s giving them something they can read, something they can understand, and the diagrams are plainly laid out.”

Bryan never had anyone to reach out to with OER, no support to go with the textbook if he needed any type of assistance. In contrast, with Pearson, he feels he has been supported every step of the way. There was plenty of training when initially adopting Mastering with step-by-step instructions.

Conclusion

When deciding to switch from OER to Pearson, Bryan and fellow faculty wanted a more effective way for students to develop a foundational knowledge of anatomy and physiology concepts that would prepare them for their clinicals. With Pearson, he finds the quality animations, diagrams, and concise wording all combine to help students be successful. As the instructor, he finds the continuous support Pearson offers to be invaluable in being able to offer his courses as seamlessly as possible.

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How Revel Abnormal Psychology contributes to student success

In Fall 2019, Pearson partnered with Professor Lee Kooler at Modesto Junior College to investigate whether Revel for Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World by Nevid, Rathus and Green impacted teaching and her students’ success in Abnormal Psychology.

How did MyLab Math contribute to student success?

Between Fall 2017 and Fall 2018, Professor Dr. Scott Demsky at Broward College in David, FL partnered with Pearson to determine how MyLab Math™ for Mathematical Ideas for College and Finite Mathematics (custom edition) by Miller impacted student success in his Foundations of Mathematical Reasoning and Survey of Mathematics courses.

How MyLab Math contributes to student success

In Fall 2017, Pearson partnered with Steven Hair at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA to investigate whether MyLab Math™ with Algebra and Trigonometry, 2nd by Trigsted impacted student success in his College Algebra II course.

How Revel Sociology contributes to student success

In Spring 2017, Professor Laurie Linhart at Des Moines Area Community College partnered with Pearson to investigate whether Revel for Sociology: The Basics by Macionis supported student success.

How Revel Introduction to Java Programming contributes to student success

Between Spring 2018 and Fall 2019, Pearson partnered with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro to explore how the use of Revel for Introduction to Java Programming by Y. Daniel Liang is related to learner outcomes related to achievement on assigned tasks, tests, and the course as a whole.

How Revel Psychology contributes to student success

Manda Williamson at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln partnered with Pearson to determine if Revel for Psychology, 1st Edition by Marin and Hock could enhance student engagement and success in her Introduction to Psychology Course over the Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 semesters.

How Revel Writing Arguments contributes to student success

In Fall 2017, Professor Robert Carlson at Texas Southmost College worked with Pearson to investigate whether Revel for Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings, 10th Edition by Ramage, Bean, and Johnson could increase student engagement in his Composition II course.

How Revel Criminal Justice Today contributes to student success

In Spring 2017, Pearson partnered with Professor Bill Brogan at McHenry County College to investigate whether Revel for Criminal Justice Today by Schmalleger promoted student success in his Introduction to Criminal Justice Course.

How Revel InMicro contributes to student success

In Spring 2018, Professor Dr. Austin Boyle at Pennsylvania State University partnered with Pearson to investigate whether Revel InMicro by Hubbard and O’Brien could enhance student success in his Introductory Microeconomic Analysis and Policy course.

How Revel InMicro contributes to student success

In Fall 2018, Pearson partnered with Professor Melissa Hendrickson at North Carolina State to discover whether Revel InMicro by Hubbard and O’Brien could increase student success in her Introduction to Agricultural and Resource Economics course.

How Revel Accounting Information Systems contributes to student success

In Spring 2018, Pearson worked with Professor Deborah Hable at Wayne State University to investigate whether Revel for Accounting Information Systems by Romney and Steinbart supported student success in her Accounting Systems Design and Control course.

Associate Professor Catherine Medrano at College of the Sequoias worked with Pearson to understand whether Revel Sociology could help increase student success.

How Revel Strategies for Successful Writing contributes to student success

In Spring 2018, Pearson partnered with Dr. Heather Eaton McGrane at Daytona State College to investigate whether Revel for Strategies for Successful Writing by Reinking and von der Osten increased student success in her Introduction to Composition course.

How Revel Sociology contributes to student success

In Summer 2018, Pearson worked with Associate Professor Catherine Medrano at the College of the Sequoias to investigate whether the use of Revel for Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach by Henslin supported student success.

Pearson’s Efficacy and Learning team reviewed six of the top OER competitors and evaluated Pearson’s strengths against each of these offerings.

Through this work we found that Pearson excels with supporting instructors and helping student achieve personalized outcomes.

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Low Cost, High Quality, Trusted Results

Pearson’s solutions are low-cost, and we are committed to measuring our impact on the outcomes that matter most to learners and educators. Efficacy is central to Pearson’s design and evaluation process.

In 2018, Pearson was the first education company to publish third-party audited and independently reviewed reports in an effort to establish transparency and ensure confidence that is unmatched in commercial education. We continue to publish research that investigates our impact on outcomes.

This is opposed to no-cost solutions that do not have comparable efficacy research on impact and engagement. Pearson’s commitment to efficacy is a key differentiator against OER resources.

Instructor Flexibility

Pearson content is designed for impact and offers customization opportunities. Instructors can:

• Exclude assessment items or add their own items
• Alter the number of attempts that students are allowed
• Weigh grades according to their needs
• Include adaptive features and exclude chapters as required.

This high degree of flexibility supports instructor’s needs while not compromising on quality.

Personalized support for all learners

Pearson offers embedded practice and personalized support to all levels of learners.

In addition, Pearson provides low stakes, embedded, non-graded assignments to help students gain personalized practice. This is not something OER resources can do.

Free, all-in-one solutions lack the degree of adaptivity and personalization Pearson products offer. This means a Pearson product is more likely to meet the diverse needs of a large class in a more supportive, personalized way.

Learner Support and Next Generation Solutions

Pearson regularly creates new features that support student learning, deeper understanding, retention and personalization.

Revel includes features competitors don’t have such as shared writing, journaling prompts, and video quizzes – all shown to deepen learning and improve learning gains.

Further, Pearson offers relevant, engaging content that often incorporates current events that help learners see the application in their day-to-day lives.

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Learn more about Efficacy and Research at Pearson

Pearson surveyed 7 instructors and conducted 3 interviews in spring 2021 to better understand how they used and experienced Revel’s “Organizational Behavior: Developing Skills for Managers” by Lamm & Tosti-Kharas during a pilot period.

Through this work, we found that Revel delivers an engaging learning experience with high-quality content that promotes student success and supports instructors.

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In Fall 2017, Pearson worked with Associate Professor Eileen Taylor at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC to investigate whether the use of Revel for Accounting Information Systems (AIS) by Romney helped students succeed.

In spring 2018, Pearson worked with Lecturer Donald Fisher at Dixie State University in St George, UT to investigate whether the use of Revel Marketing by Solomon, Marshall, and Stuart helped students succeed.

In Fall 2017, Pearson worked with Lecturer Jacki Brucher Moore at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, IA to investigate whether the use of Revel for Communication: Making Connections by Seiler and Beall helped students succeed.

In Fall 2017, Pearson worked with Dr Wurie at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA to investigate whether the use of Revel for Criminal Investigation: The Art and the Science by Lyman helped students succeed.

In Spring 2016, Pearson worked with Associate Professor Sara Beaudrie at Arizona State University to investigate whether the use of MySpanishLab helped students succeed.

In fall 2015, Pearson worked with St. Catharine College in Kentucky to investigate whether the use of MySpanishLab helped students succeed.

In fall 2013, Pearson worked Leslie Goldstein, Senior Lecturer at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, to investigate whether the use of MyLab Math helped students succeed.
 

In fall 2015, Pearson worked with Yolanda Manzano, Professor of Mathematics at Richland College in Dallas, TX to investigate whether the use of MyLab Math helped students succeed.
 

In spring 2018, Pearson worked with Professor Mike Puopolo at Bunker Hill Community College to investigate whether the use of badging within MyLab IT is beneficial for students.

In Spring 2015, Pearson worked with Professor Tim Green at Miami Dade College to investigate whether the use of MySpanishLab helped students succeed.