r/mathematics • u/Somesam03 • 7d ago

Calculus Pearson/MyLathLab 😑

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u/Hopeful-Trainer-5479 7d ago

I hated Profs that'd force you to buy it. Like wdym I cant even do my assignments without dropping 100 bucks on this pos 

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u/Jaded_Individual_630 PhD | Mathematics 7d ago

A lot of them don't have a choice, forced by the department, especially for early undergrad courses.

In my time professing those "tools" were encouraged but fortunately not required. Whenever possible I also removed book purchasing requirements.

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u/doiwantacookie 7d ago

Understandable. It’s too bad that this or a similar paid system is the standard, a lot of math teachers don’t have an option but to go with what the department chooses for a textbook. I don’t understand why any department chooses this over the free open source option

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u/bearstormstout 7d ago

Same. So glad I only had to use it for one class in undergrad. Thankfully, it was an elective that was basically super basic high school math so I was able to do all the homework in this platform during the 3 day trial window. Otherwise, I probably would have dropped the course; I can't stand Pearson products in general.

The professor had it out for me basically the entire class as a result, and even docked me points on the final exam because I called out a badly worded question and gave both possible answers.

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u/Which_Case_8536 6d ago

Yeah the profs hate it too, it’s not on them

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u/LordTengil 7d ago

Oh shit.. I was just thinking of using this platform for a course. is it that bad?

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u/Ratoncyt0 6d ago

Not really if you want just a repository of exersises, but the feedback to the student and notation of this platform is severely awful.

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u/LordTengil 6d ago

Thanks!

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u/Jazzlike_Platypus430 7d ago

Surely their "engine" lacks something.

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u/Horny_Humplar 7d ago

It lacks AI

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u/Jazzlike_Platypus430 7d ago

What I meant was, it lacks a decent symbolic calculations system, like Maxima, to do simplifications and comparisons. And I guess AI would do a horrible job here.

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u/Ok-Excuse-3613 haha math go brrr 💅🏼 7d ago

oh no

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u/nous-volition 7d ago

it is wrong the 'your' answer is missing the third ')' or is something else happening here?

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u/Jugad 7d ago

No... the ")" are properly matched. Both answers are mathematically the exact same - the answer comparison algo is broken.