MyLab Math Interactive Assignments positively contribute to student success
Pearson | October 7, 2021 in Meaningful Outcomes
by Pearson
How MyLab Math contributes to student success
From Fall 2017 to Spring 2018, Professor James Lee from the College of Southern Nevada partnered with Pearson to investigate the impact of MyLab™ Math for Interactive Developmental Mathematics by Rockswold and Krieger on student success in his Intermediate Algebra course.
Researchers found that:
- Students who earned higher scores on Interactive Assignments also earned higher scores on quizzes and homework assignments.
- There’s a strong correlation between MyLab Interactive Assignments and
- final course scores.
- Students who earned at least 80% on Interactive Assignments in MyLab Math scored an average of 22 percentage points higher on other course assessments.
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Why does Professor James Lee utilize MyLab Math?
After using different Pearson texts and an alternate digital product for his Intermediate Algebra course, Lee was looking for a solution that would support a flipped classroom model. He learned of MyLab Math at a conference in 2016 and thought it might work well in improving student performance and engagement in his course.
How was MyLab Math implemented?
Lee delivers the Intermediate Algebra course in a flipped format. Classes meet twice per week for 80 minutes each period. The MyLab Interactive Assignment is the main learning tool, providing lectures and examples. Once students have finished the Interactive Assignment, they move on to a MyLab quiz on the corresponding section of the text. A personalized homework is then generated in MyLab based on the student’s performance on that quiz.
In addition to the MyLab Interactive Assignments and homework, there are in-class assignments, three chapter exams and a final exam. MyLab assignments account for 15% of the total course grade.
Were students successful in the course?
Data show MyLab Math work completion contributes to student success.
- There are very strong correlations between student performance on MyLab Interactive Assignments and both the subsequent MyLab quizzes and MyLab homework assignments.
- There’s a strong correlation between student performance in the MyLab Interactive Assignments and final course scores
In addition, students were grouped into two categories: those earning at least 80% on Interactive Assignments and those earning less than 80%. Those who earned at least 80% on homework scored:
- 35 percentage points higher on homework assignments,
- 27 percentage points higher on quizzes, and
- 19 percentage points higher on the final course score.
Did students like using MyLab Math?
When asked which assignments, projects, and learning opportunities most contributed to their learning, one student said:
“The online homework has helped me understand the topics more because it provides lots of information and examples.”
