Mastering Reviews & Product Details

I like that teachers are able to offer material through this medium and also test students through it. It helps students better understand the material overall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the website can be slightly buggy, but this is a very minor issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing it is flat out terrible I would not recommend it to anyone ever. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Everything about mastering is terrible it does not give you any feedback, and when it does, it is not helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the variety of questions and the detailed information about a question's topic, difficulty level, and standard. With some question sets, the system will calculate an estimated time it might take for a student to complete the assessment you have built. You can either use the assessment right within the Mastering interface (if your students have paid access) or you can export the assessment items to an assessment management tool of your choice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The inability to easily retrieve saved assessments.

In addition, if you would like to combine assessment items from more than one textbook or service provider, you're stuck! You can only build an assessment based upon assessment items from one textbook. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The integration of Mastering with the textbook is nice. The hints (when they are AVAILABLE) are helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Everything else. MyLab is so easy to use, you can try similar problems, and you can at least reverse engineer the process to the answer (if you know your formulas/etc).

None of that is true with Mastering and it's extremely irritating. There are no walk throughs, there are answer attempt limits, there is no explanation for answers. Essentially the process you would be taught to use for, say Physics, where there would need to be explanation and a showcasing of your process, is thrown out the window. The system sucks and the only reason I use it is because it's required, and even then I don't want to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It streamlines the homework grading process for professors/TAs, which is probably the only reason it is used instead of other programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This program abuses its monopoly to charge students (that are already paying for tuition, housing, etc.) ludicrous prices for a homework completion and turn-in system that could be done on a website like Canvas. Mastering does not teach you anything; you will have to buy the textbook and study it for yourself or look for another website that actually teaches you. Mastering does anything but its name. You won't master anything with this service. It doesn't even let you know what you did wrong and penalizes you instead. It is a complete scam. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's easy to navigate and the design is nice Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be hard to get the right answer and it's finicky Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The system works hand in hand with the required course readings. This allows students to reinforce content that they are reading about in a more hands-on and active manner. They can do practice problems of various types and the ability to assign these practice problems can be a useful too for an instructor. My students were also very fond of the videos available. They were able to see the abstract concepts rather than simply trying to imagine them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The greatest dislike is the overall price of the package. It is simply too expensive for me to require in good conscience. While the review questions are a great tool for instructors, the quality of the questions is uneven. Many seem to be arbitrary and address odd "facts" from the lesson, rather than hammering home core concepts. And with some of the written responses requiring exact answers, the grading time was extended as exceptions for correct (though slighted differently worded) answers is required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have personally been in multiple classes in which quizzes and homework submission goes through Mastering software. Most of the time the software is quite flexible and understood answers or give out hints that really helps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Print function needs improvement, navigation is outdated, e-text feature is unnatural, some might prefer a physical textbook. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how easy it is to stay on top of school work through the platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I feel like it is easy to breeze through assignments without understanding the material Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform is extremely reliable and intuitive. I teach in an entirely digital classroom, so it's incredibly important that tools are not "down for service." In the grew years I've used Mastering, it's never been unavailable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Creating assignments can be a bit cumbersome, but primarily because there are many customizable options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.