Mastering Biology at University of Essex
This Educator Study presents key findings around the impact Mastering Biology had on attainment, experience and engagement at the University of Essex.
Success stories
Take a look at the testimonials from educators and students who have shared their experiences of using our other products and services.
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MyLab at Cranfield University
“The objective of a university is to help students to improve their knowledge and their skills. And MyLab does help students to obtain this objective. So, universities should use or advise their students to use MyLab.”
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University of Hull: Mastering Engineering Study
University of Hull introduced Mastering Engineering in 2011 and this study shows the positive impact it has had.
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Revel: Innovating to improve student experience and engagement with reading
The teaching team found many benefits to adopting Revel including an increase in student engagement and satisfaction.
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Reading for academic success using Revel - Nottingham Business School
Students at Nottingham Business School without a marketing background need to complete a pre-learning course before starting the full programme. The university chose Revel to bring the students up to speed, reduce barriers to learning and monitor engagement.
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Developing managers of the future with Revel
With growing student numbers, lecturers in Management at City's Business School wanted an accessible tool that would improve independent study skills. They introduced Revel in 2018 and this report shows the effect it has had on learning and engagement.
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Self-efficacy, performance and the role of blended learning at University of Greenwich
University of Greenwich published a paper which investigated the self-efficacy of students who are non-maths specialists and explored the student experience.
What students say
"We get set homework every week. For me the benefit of MyMathLab is actually working through the examples that we've been taught in class. That's how I learn maths."
- Llinos Owen, student, Engineering Maths, University of Liverpool, UK (MyMathLab)
"I just wanted to let you know how helpful the Mastering Biology is! It makes me study better, almost forces me to it! And it is a perfect combination between pictures, videos and text. It's genius!"
- Renee Bakkemo, student, University of Essex (MasteringBiology)
"It is like having a teacher by your side, you learn it a lot quicker than usual homework!"
- Jannick Mikkelsen, student, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark (MyEconLab)
"[MyFinanceLab is] like a personal tutor laying the path toward your learning finance."
- Fredrik Hannfors, student, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden (MyFinanceLab)
What educators say
"What really helped was that fact that [MasteringEngineering] was online, available 24/7. That really helped; students these days want to decide when they study. That's when we really saw our pass rates go up."
- Gillian Saunders, lecturer, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, using MasteringEngineering with Hibbeler: Statics (MasteringEngineering)
"The average mark is approximately 10% higher than it was previously. Furthermore, the failure rate has decreased significantly - from 32% to 5-14% in recent years."
- Marion Birch and Niels Walet, Manchester University (MasteringPhysics)
"Since I've been using it my pass rates have gone up - the first year I used the system it was quite striking."
- Carrie Rutherford, London South Bank University, UK (MyMathLab)
"Results show that these students performed on average 10% better on the final exam."
- Matthew Olczak, Aston University, UK (MyEconLab)
"The percentage of students who passed the course increased from 55% to 80%."
- Carrie Rutherford, London South Bank University, UK (MyMathLab)
"The number of low performers was lower than in the corresponding exams a year ago."
- Jouko Karjalainen, Aalto University, Finland (MasteringPhysics)