MyMathLab & WebAssign: Students’ Perceptions of their use in Mathematics

Year 2019, Volume: 13, 1 - 4, 31.08.2019

Derar Serhan Farouq Almeqdadı

Abstract

Enhancing
students’ conceptual understanding and encouraging them to be involved in the
classroom discussions are important for instructors of mathematics. The use of
technology is an essential part in teaching and learning mathematics as
emphasized by The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Principles and
Standards for School Mathematics. Web-based homework management systems
provide alternatives to the traditional pen-and-paper based approaches. These
systems provide a flexible instructional tool that offer students immediate
feedback, track their performance, facilitate student-centered environment,
allow instructors to give students more frequent assignments, provides the
instructors with the ability to create multimedia enhanced questions that can
include video, animation, or audio and facilitate students’ communications with
their instructor. The goal of using these programs is to enhance students’ learning
and understanding of the different mathematical concepts. The purpose of this
paper is to present students’ perceptions of the advantages and disadvantages
of using web-based homework management systems, in particular MyMathLab and
WebAssign.

Keywords

MyMathLab, WebAssign, Mathematics education, Web-based systems

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