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What People Are Saying About MyWritingLab
Students Feel That MyWritingLab Improves Their Grades

What People Are Saying About MyWritingLab

Students

In a recent survey of MyWritingLab users, MyWritingLab scored a 97% satisfaction rating. Pearson asked these students what they liked most about MyWritingLab. Here’s a highlight of what they had to say!

“I get so excited when I had to work on my MyWritingLab assignments, it’s like playing a game, I want to get all the answers correct and understand it.” – Emerita Foshee, Pulaski Technical College

“I can now write without fear.” – Tochukwu Anorue, Tarrant County College

“I liked MyWritingLab because it really helped me to refresh what I thought that I had forgotten. I have more confidence to move on to the next class thanks to MyWritingLab.” – Lynsey (no last name given), Rend Lake College

“I like that when you get a wrong answer, MWL shows you the correct answer and shows you the strategy in which to get to the correct answer. Also, even when you get the right answer it shows you why and how you got the right answer.” – Anonymous, Coppin State University

“It just really helped me to relearn things from high school that I really didn’t get then, but I do now.” – Josh Gibson, Jackson State Community College

“It had some good activities that can help with sentence formation and overall writing.” – Betsy Hamilton, Cedarville University

“It was at my own pace and you only had to do the stuff that you didn’t know.” – Anonymous, Cedarville University

“All the practice it gave me in the areas that I was weak in. It made me a better, more rounded writer.” – Justin Smith, ECPI

“That it would always explain how [an] answer was wrong and give examples.” – Itsara Suannakhan, Merced College

“I liked that it helped me with a lot of grammar that I had forgotten.” – Katreeva Campbell, Parkland College

“It helped me with my preparing for essays and other assignments by the teacher.” – Terri Brothers, Youngstown University

“That it improved my writing, and I saw the improvement with the post-diagnostics.” – Steven Alvarez, Miami-Dade College West

“It helped improve my writing.” – Bryant Rolfe, Valencia Community College

“How it is easy to understand everything!!!” – Henry (no last name given), Central Piedmont Community College

“It’s very helpful on my grammar.” – Annie Tiu, Pasadena City College

“This program helped me with all of my writing assignments, and it became very useful when I needed some help.” – Charesse Alexander, Youngstown State University

“The pre and post test, so you can see how much you’ve learned.” – Morgan McTiernan, Jacksonville University

“The way it helped improve my writing.” – Leslie Pittman, Edgecombe Community College

“I like MyWritingLab because it’s fun and it’s also very useful for me. I really enjoy the system which corrected me right away when I’m done with the answer.” – Veronica (no last name given), Mt. San Antonio College

“It helped me refresh what I was learning in class.” – Guadalupe Campos, Pulaski Technical College

“It helped me get through some areas that I usually struggle through.” – Jiyeon Yoo, CPCC

“I like the fact that there are numerous sets for every designated exercise.” – Nina Wong, Pasadena City College

“It helps you with the grammar, and it provides you with a lot of practice.” – Maria Cordero, Valencia Community College

“I like most about MyWritingLab that it was easy to review the material during the exercises, and easy to go between the material as needed.” – Fran Brunn, Cuyahoga Community College

“I think it’s a fun homework assignment.” – Amanda Lake, Johnston Community College

“The exercises were very useful and helped me in all my studies!” – Heather Christman, Youngstown State University

“It makes you think.” – Anonymous, Coppin State University

“[It] helped build confidence in my writing.” – Chris Beckett, Lehigh Carbon Community College

“It prepared me and helped in writing essays.” – Kristen Venditelli, Jefferson Community College

“How it explains each detail thoroughly.” – Coty Bilsky, Youngstown State University

“It helped me with grammar and punctuation. These were my hardest things in English class.” – Isabel Nuttall, University of New Mexico – Valencia

“It is very easy to use, yet very helpful. Many areas covered in MyWritingLab, that are crucial to writing, many instructors lack to teach thus students either do not know, or they forget, the fundamentals of writing. MyWritingLab was very effective to my understanding of standard English.” – Kristin Jabola, Merced Community College

“That it was there to help those of us who needed it.” – Ms. Neely, Merced Community College

“The one thing I liked the most about MyWritingLab was its ability in allowing me to learn at my own pace.” – Anonymous, Olive Harvey College

“To be able to practice on a subject we are weak on, improving [our] weak points.” – Celyda Jaramillo, Pasadena City College

“I really enjoyed using the program. I was able to review materials the instructor went over in class and use MyWritingLab to build my strength in areas I needed improvement in.” – Jammie Friedman, Valencia Community College

“It helped me to remember and refresh my memory on everything.” – Abigail Gruenbacher, Jacksonville University

“A lot of sets of exercise to practice.” – Lihua Mao, UDC

“I could access homework wherever I needed to.” – Sylvia Hutson, Blinn College

“I was able to have multiple attempts at each assignment.” – April Davis, Johnston Community College

“The overall learning experience.” – Brandon Jordan, Macon State College

“It was very accessible. I could use it at school and at home.” – Laureana Forrest, Valencia Community College – West

“It enhanced my writing skills.” – Gabrielle Humphrey, Lenoir Community College

“MyWritingLab helped me to learn the basic steps of writing. MyWritingLab was very easy to understand.” – Necole Gladney, Lawson State Community College

“I liked that I was getting an amazing review of things that I already knew and being taught things that I didn’t know. I liked the gradebook so I knew exactly what I was good at.” – Christina (no last name given), Merced Junior College

“How it helps me improve my English skills.” – Kathryn Kelly, Jacksonville University

“MyWritingLab has helped me get better grades and I have completed the course. It is well put together, as my own personal study course to work on.” – Dorothy Daniel, Northeast Alabama Community College

“I learned more from MyWritingLab than I did in all of high school. Very easy to use and I learned a lot.” – Austin Walker, Collin County Community College

“It was easy to use.” – Donna Davis, North Florida Community College

“The fact that I got to see where I needed to improve in my writing.” – Ruben Rodriguez, Merced College

“It helped build confidence in my writing.” – Aaron Berger, Lehigh Carbon Community College

“If I did not understand a certain sentence and how to use commas and other grammar stuff, I could go on MyWritingLab and look it up and recall it.” – Kari Bolick, Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute

“I like that it was very easy to get to and I learned a lot from MyWritingLab.” – Lakia Sparks, Lawson State Community College

“That it would always explain how an answer was wrong and give examples.” – Brooke Chavez, Merced Community College

“It helped me understand major writing concepts.” – Jonathan Murphy, Lehigh Carbon Community College

“It prepares you for your test.” – Sarah Bauserman, Lenoir Community College

“I liked the recall exercises – they were fun to do.” – Charles Fell, Luzerne County Community College

“It helped me realize what I need to work on.” – Amanda Conner, Angelina College

“I could use it anytime I needed a quick briefing on writing skills.” – Shane Haley, Pulaski Technical College

“I like MyWritingLab because it’s fun and it’s also very useful for me. I really enjoy the system, which corrected me right away when I was done with the answer.” – Mai Der Vang, Delta College

More from students

What comes to mind when I hear MyWritingLab? Studying, reviewing, learning, and more learning. MyWritingLab helped me in many aspects of writing. One way that it was helpful was the Applysection of MyWritingLab. In Apply, I was put on the line to test my skills and find out where my strengths and weaknesses were, which helped me become a better person academically and made me feel better about myself, because I knew that my writing would be clear and mistake-free to the reader.
—Luis Nunez

I am a freshman at Pima Community College. I started using MyWritingLab a couple weeks into the semester. MyWritingLab taught me things on writing that I had no clue about. It helped me with run-ons and comma splices. It helped me understand what those were, and how I could prevent them from being in my paper. I thought the Recalls helped me the best. It showed the right and the wrong answer, so when you missed it, it would show you the right answer.
—Joseph Joey

It helped me work on some of the grammar things that I didn’t know. It gave me some exercises that were helpful and if I didn’t get a good grade on it, it would let me try again.
—Veronica Acosta

Here is a sample of comments we received from students using MyWritingLab who participated in the MyWritingLab Survey during the fall of 2007. The question was What do you like most about MyWritingLab?

“It was extremely helpful and it helped me achieve a better grade.”
– Christa Novotny, Youngstown State University

“It had some good activities that can help with sentence formation and overall writing.”
– Betsy Hamilton, Cedarville University

“It was at my own pace and you only had to do the stuff that you didn’t know.”
– Anonymous, Cedarville University

“All the practice it gave me in the areas that I was weak in. It made me a better, more rounded writer.”
– Justin Smith, ECPI

“That it would always explain how [an] answer was wrong and give examples.”
– Itsara Suannakhan, Merced College

“How it was explained.”
– C. Rhodes, Parkland College

“I liked that it helped me with a lot of grammar that I had forgotten.”
– Katreeva Campbell, Parkland College

“It helped me with my preparing for essays and other assignments by the teacher.”
– Terri Brothers, Youngstown University

“That it improved my writing, and I saw the improvement with the post-diagnostics.”
– Steven Alvarez, Miami-Dade College West

“It helped improve my writing.”
– Bryant Rolfe, Valencia Community College

“How it is easy to understand everything!!!”
– Henry (no last name given), Central Piedmont Community College

“There was not just one thing that I liked about the program. I liked it all.”
– Bethlatee Washington, Tyler Junior College

“It was to work on my weak points.”
– Frances Castanar, Pasadena City College

“It gave me time and tools to finish my papers, received help.”
– Edilberto Imperial, Jr., Pasadena City College

“It’s very helpful on my grammar.”
– Annie Tiu, Pasadena City College

“This program helped me with all of my writing assignments, and it became very useful when I needed some help.”
– Charesse Alexander, Youngstown State University

“It was very helpful.”
– Jimi Olowokere, UAB

“The pre and post test, so you can see how much you’ve learned.”
– Morgan McTiernan, Jacksonville University

“It just really helped me to relearn thing from high school that I really didn’t get then, but I do now.”
– Josh Gibson, Jackson State Community College

“The way it helped improve my writing.”
– Leslie Pittman, Edgecombe Community College

“I like MyWritingLab because it’s fun and it’s also very useful for me. I really enjoy the system which corrected me right away when I’m done with the answer.”
– Veronica (no last name given), Mt. San Antonio College

“Everything.”
– Stephanie Torres, Pasadena City College

“It helped me refresh what I was learning in class.”
– Guadalupe Campos, Pulaski Technical College

“It helped me get through some areas that I usually struggle through.”
– Jiyeon Yoo, CPCC

“I like the fact that there are numerous sets for every designated exercise.”
– Nina Wong, Pasadena City College

“Helps out.”
– Jeff Desler, Youngstown State University

“Extra practice.”
– Kathie Sutton, Lenoir Community College

“The exercises.”
– Angelis Ortiz, Valencia Community College

“The exercises that help me to practice more on improving my writing as well as my reading skills.”
– Chanell (no last name given), Valencia CC – West

“Everything.”
– Brock Shirley, Rend Lake College

“It helps you with the grammar, and it provides you with a lot of practice.”
– Maria Cordero, Valencia Community College

“It helped in areas that I needed help in.”
– Mary Demmer, GCC

“I like most about MyWritingLab that it was easy to review the material during the exercises, and easy to go between the material as needed.”
– Fran Brunn, Cuyahoga Community College

“I think it’s a fun homework assignment.”
– Amanda Lake, Johnston Community College

“It’s well organized and offers a lot of helps.”
– Anonymous, Ivy Tech Community College – Terre Haute

“I liked everything on MyWritingLab.”
– Elizabeth Hurd, Central Texas College

“The exercises were very useful and helped me in all my studies!”
– Heather Christman, Youngstown State University

“How easy it was to use.”
– Christina Azzouni, UAB

“It makes you think.”
– Anonymous, Coppin State University

“It’s the best!”
– Anonymous, UALR

“[It] helped build confidence in my writing.”
– Chris Beckett, Lehigh Carbon Community College

“Exercise and the post tests.”
– Chan Chun Yiu, Mt. San Antonio College

“It prepared me and helped in writing essays.”
– Kristen Venditelli, Jefferson Community College

“How it explains each detail thoroughly.”
– Coty Bilsky, Youngstown State University

“It helped me with grammar and punctuation. These were my hardest things in English class.”
– Isabel Nuttall, University of New Mexico – Valencia

“It’s fun!”
– Anonymous, Pasadena City College

“That it was there to help those of us who needed it.”
– Ms. Neely, Merced Community College

“The one thing I liked the most about MyWritingLab was its ability in allowing me to learn at my own pace.”
– Anonymous, Olive Harvey College

“To be able to practice on a subject we are weak on, improving [our] weak points.”
– Celyda Jaramillo, Pasadena City College

“I really enjoyed using the program. I was able to review materials the instructor went over in class and use MyWritingLab to build my strength in areas I needed improvement in.”
– Jammie Friedman, Valencia Community College

“It helped me to remember and refresh my memory on everything.”
– Abigail Gruenbacher, Jacksonville University

“A lot of sets of exercise to practice.”
– Lihua Mao, UDC

“I liked everything on MyWritingLab.”
– Braulio Torres, Central Texas College

“I could access homework wherever I needed to.”
– Sylvia Hutson, Blinn College

“It’s very easy to use.”
– Chelsea (no last name given), Jacksonville University

“I was able to have multiple attempts at each assignment.”
– April Davis, Johnston Community College

“The overall learning experience.”
– Brandon Jordan, Macon State College

“I learned a lot.”
– Katreeva Campbell, Parkland College

“It was very accessible. I could use it at school and at home.”
– Laureana Forrest, Valencia Community College – West

“It enhanced my writing skills.”
– Gabrielle Humphrey, Lenoir Community College

“MyWritingLab helped me to learn the basic steps of writing. MyWritingLab was very easy to understand.”
– Necole Gladney, Lawson State Community College

“I liked that I was getting an amazing review of things that I already knew and being taught things that I didn’t know. I liked the gradebook so I knew exactly what I was good at.”
– Christina (no last name given), Merced Junior College

“It’s a good learning experience.”
– Doria King, College of the Sequoias

“How it helps me improve my English skills.”
– Kathryn Kelly, Jacksonville University

“MyWritingLab has helped me get better grades and I have completed the course. It is well put together, as my own personal study course to work on.”
– Dorothy Daniel, Northeast Alabama Community College

“I learned more from MyWritingLab than I did in all of high school. Very easy to use and I learned a lot.”
– Austin Walker, Collin County Community College

“It was easy to use.”
– Donna Davis, North Florida Community College

“It was an easy way to do your English course so you didn’t have to go to class at night.”
– Phyllis Ecret, Shelton State University

“Everything – it improved my skills in every aspect.”
– Anonymous, Angelina College

“Helped me with grammar skills.”
– Anonymous, University of Alabama – Birmingham

“It helps me improve my writing better.”
– Marcus Jackson, Cleveland State University

“It was fun.”
– Matthew Oddis, Cedarville University

“It helped me to remember what I learned of grammar.”
– Anonymous, Merced Community College

“The fact that I got to see where I needed to improve on in my writing.”
– Ruben Rodriguez, Merced College

“It was easy to use.”
– Megan Smith, Vincennes University

“It helped build confidence in my writing.”
– Aaron Berger, Lehigh Carbon Community College

“The fact that our teacher gave us grades for something that helped me out a lot.”
– Kenny (no last name given), CPCC – Levine

“If I did not understand a certain sentence and how to use commas and other grammar stuff, I could go on MyWritingLab and look it up and recall it.”
– Kari Bolick, Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute

“It helped me.”
– Amanda Cash, Spartanburg Community College

“I like that it was very easy to get to and I learned a lot from MyWritingLab.”
– Lakia Sparks, Lawson State Community College

“That it would always explain how an answer was wrong and give examples.”
– Brooke Chavez, Merced Community College

“I liked everything in MyWritingLab.”
– Anya Lopez, Central Texas College

“It helped me a lot in my writing exercises.”
– Colin R. Stafford, Pulaski Technical College

“I liked MyWritingLab because it really helped me to refresh what I thought that I had forgotten. I have more confidence to move on to the next class thanks to MyWritingLab.”
– Lynsey (no last name given), Rend Lake College

“It helped me understand major writing concepts.”
– Jonathan Murphy, Lehigh Carbon Community College

“It prepares you for your test.”
– Sarah Bauserman, Lenoir Community College

“The exercises.”
– Mahoganie Medley, CPCC – North

“I liked the recall exercises – they were fun to do.”
– Charles Fell, Luzerne County Community College

“It helped me realize what I need to work on.”
– Amanda Conner, Angelina College

“I could use it anytime I needed a quick briefing on writing skills.”
– Shane Haley, Pulaski Technical College

“It helped me all around.”
– Chris Horne, Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute

“I get so excited when I had to work on my MyWritingLab assignments, it’s like playing a game, I want to get all the answers correct and understand it.”
– Emerita Foshee, Pulaski Technical College

“It was easy.”
– Carlos O., University of Texas – Arlington

“I can now write without fear.”
– Tochukwu Anorue, Tarrant County College

“I like MyWritingLab because it’s fun and it’s also very useful for me. I really enjoy the system, which corrected me right away when I was done with the answer.”
– Mai Der Vang, Delta College

“It was very good practice.”
– Katelyn Fuller, Gordon College

Instructors

In a recent survey of MyWritingLab, Pearson asked instructors if they would use MyWritingLab again. Almost 90% told us YES! Here are some highlights of their reasons for continuing with MyWritingLab:

It helps my students. Out of the 16 students who completed the class—15 improved. The one who did not show improvement seldom attended class. On the average my students improved from pre to post test by more than 14%; one student actually went from 56 to 82 and another from a 64 to an 86. But not only did their grammar improve but also their writing did as well. Because they are more confident in their basic grammar skills--and can now punctuate a complex sentence correctly--they feel more confident in their sentence-making and no longer feel the need to "dummy down" their prose just to make sure they don’t have any grammatical errors.
—Richard Dice, Shelton State Community College

I think this is one good way to address the wide range of individual issues with grammar, mechanics, etc. The students ACTUALLY DO the exercises, and I can require proof of mastery.
—John Galligan, Madison Area Technical College

MyWritingLab is excellent at allowing the students to identify grammatical and sentence patterns within writing on their own and in a way that lecture or text instruction simply cannot.
—Mark Latta, Ivy Tech Community College

MyWritingLab enhances students' grammatical skills. I like it because of the independence it gives me as an instructor, as many assignments are self graded. Students enjoy the online component of it, as they like using computers to complete assignments.
—Vicky Kalivitis, West Valley College

There is greatest value in having the ability to tie a student's Study Plan to the student's true areas of need (as discovered in the diagnostic pre-test). By focusing the student on his or her area(s) of need and by eliminating topics in which the student has demonstrated mastery, I was able to eliminate the "busy work" that so often frustrates students who already feel "behind" their peers and friends who are taking the standard Freshman English composition course.
—Randy Maxson, Grace College

It provides a great tool for the grammar instruction, and remediation, but most of all it provides an inter-active environment for revision.
—Charles Young, Bethel Park High School

My favorite aspect of this product is the immediate feedback it gives students on grammar and punctuation exercises. Students enjoy the hands-on approach and feel a sense of accomplishment when they master a topic. The three levels -- Recall, Apply, and Write -- allow students to first practice mechanics in isolation and then build on those skills. I use the video clips and Recall exercises in class, and the students work on Recall and Apply exercises in our Writing Lab and at home.
—Susan Todd, Jefferson College

My working adult students appreciated the flexibility of being able to do their lab work anywhere they had internet access and at any time and not having to come to the lab to do their assignments.
—Melissa Rayborn, Valencia Community College

The students are challenged and respond to that challenge. They become more computer literate along with learning the concepts taught.
—David Webster, Marion Technical College

The students have enjoyed doing lab since using MyWritingLab.
— Karen Brown, Wallace Community College – Selma

My writing lab enhances a student's understanding of terms and concepts in the textbook, that need to be reinforced.
—Donna Lucas, Lawson State Community College-Bessemer

MyWritingLab allows THOSE students to go beyond what they could do if they were working in just a textbook alone.
—Ellen Gilmour, Genesee Community College

There are several features that are very important to the students that I teach including being able to submit essays to a tutor for comments before I grade the finished essay, having the individualized lesson plans to strengthen weak areas of their writing skills, and the focused topics work wonders to help them stayed focused on each individual essay that is written for the entire semester.
—Betty Dobry, Redlands Community College

{MyWritingLab] frees up more class time to work with the students rather than doing basic grammar and writing instruction. Also, students who already have mastery of set skills do not have to sit through a mini lesson on the skill; they can focus on the areas that they most need to focus. This would be extremely time consuming and inefficient if the instructor were to do it throughout the semester (create an individual study plan for each student and monitor progression through it.)
—Kelly Butterbaugh, Lehigh Carbon Community College

The best part of MWL is that students get instant feedback on their work and we don't have to spend a lot of class time checking homework exercises.
—Paula Khalaf, Lone Star College-Cy Fair

It is a very useful tool.
—Jeremy Owoh, Pulaski Technical College

Doing exercises online is attractive to students because they're always on the computer anyway - having this online supplement is much easier for them in order to do practice exercises.
—Shannon McBurnette-Arguelles, Texas A&M International University

It brings grammar practice alive. Well, as alive as it could be.
—Fredric Ball, Southwestern College

It helps me monitor student progress anytime and from anywhere. It instantly tells me what student is struggling.
—Pamela Smith, Macon State College

I liked it. The students who did the assigned exercises benefited from them. The ones who didn't were the ones who got hurt in the long run.
—Angela Messenger, Youngstown State University

The program is quite easy to use and allows me to monitor student progress as students are working.
—Christy Cardwell, Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College

I find my students are more likely to do on line assignments. I particularly like giving them the option to improve their grades by having several sets for many of the activities.
—Linda Noblin, Cedar Valley College

When students do the MyWritingLab work, I do see significant improvement in their grammar skills.
—Francie Quaas-Berryman, Cerritos College

A wonderful tool for all teachers.
—Serge Laraque, San Joaquin Valley College

I believe that it is a tremendous help to student learning.
—Linda Landes, Owens Community College