Summary:  

MathXL^® is a powerful online homework, tutorial, and assessment system that accompanies Prentice Hall textbooks in Mathematics and Statistics. With MathXL, instructors can create, edit, and assign online homework and tests using algorithmically generated exercises correlated at the objective level to the textbook. They can also create and assign their own online exercises for added flexibility. All student work is tracked in MathXL’s online grade book. Students can take chapter tests in MathXL and receive personalized study plans based on their test results. The study plan diagnoses weaknesses and links students directly to tutorial exercises for the objectives they need to study and retest. Students can also access supplemental learning aids, such as animations and video clips, directly from selected exercises.

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Features:

• A powerful Homework Manager MathXL^®'s Homework Manager lets you create and manage online homework assignments. You can create Homework assignments by previewing and adding exercises from an online test bank. You can also import homework assignments from another course. Homework assignments are automatically graded, giving your students immediate feedback, and saving you time. Homework exercises include guided solutions and step-by-step examples to help students understand and master mathematical concepts.
• Flexible assessment system - Using the Test Manager MathXL's Test Manager lets you create and manage your online math tests. Pre-built into each course are sample tests for each chapter of your book. You can preview these tests, copy them, and assign them to your students. Or you can create your own tests by choosing items from an online test bank. Instructors can also upload TestGen tests created using the TestGen^® application. You can assign a start and end date to tests, include a password, set a time limit, and allow students the ability to review after the test is finished.
• Custom exercise builder The MathXL Exercise Builder (MEB) is a powerful tool that allows instructors to create both static and algorithmic online exercises for a wide variety of topics. A library of sample exercises provides an easy starting point for creating questions, and instructors can also create questions from scratch. Exercises can include elements such as number lines, graphs, and pie charts, and you can also create custom feedback messages that appear when students enter correct and incorrect answers. Once you've created your custom exercises, you can assign them in homework and tests for courses using the MathXL Player.
• Comprehensive Gradebook Tracking MathXL's Gradebook lets you view test, homework, and tutorial scores and averages for the whole class and for individual students. You can view this information in a variety of ways. You can view results in these areas by test, homework, or section, respectively, or you can view results in any of these areas by student. You can also view an overview of how your class is performing in all three areas. For each student, you can also view the amount of time spent in each online tutorial. All MathXL grades can be exported to a spreadsheet-style program, such as Microsoft Excel.
• Self-paced tutorial practice for students - Using the Study Plan MathXL creates personalized Study Plans for your students based on their test results. Tutorials, accessed in the Study Plan, offer unlimited (algorithmically generated) practice exercises correlated directly to the exercises in your textbook. The study plan diagnoses weaknesses and links students to the areas they need to study and retest. Students can work unlimited practice exercises and receive tutorial instruction for areas in which they need improvement.
• Guided Mathematical Instruction In MathXL, course material is organized and tracked by objective as well as by chapter and section. This means that you can create homework assignments and tests that cover material for specific objectives. The Study Plan can also measure student mastery and offer assistance at the objective level. In addition, the MathXL Player offers guided solutions and step-by-step examples correlated at the exercise-level. The MathXL Player also offers an easy-to-use palette for mathematical notation. The new math palette makes it easy for students to enter math notation in their answers. The palette is "smart," meaning that it displays only those symbol templates that are appropriate for the level of math in the exercise including a few distractors.
• Multimedia Learning Aids In courses that use the MathXL Player, selected tutorial and homework exercises link directly to multimedia resources, such as videos and animations, that are associated with the exercises. For example, a tutorial exercise may have a video clip of an instructor giving a portion of a lecture, or there may be an animation that helps demonstrate a concept. From any homework or practice exercise, students can link to the online pages of the textbook for the section they're working in.
• Course Customization MathXL's Course Manager lets you create and customize courses. The Course Manager page lists your name and the name of your school, and lets you create and customize courses, install plug-ins and players required for your courses, edit your course information, and copy and delete courses.