Proven Results: Faculty Advisors

The MasteringPhysics Faculty Advisor Program is built upon the proven effectiveness of peer-to-peer advising. Faculty Advisors are available to relate success stories, share best practices, and provide tips for successfully integrating MasteringPhysics into your curriculum.

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  Brian Anderson
  Gogebic Community College
  Ironwood, MI

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  Delana Bell Gatch
  Georgia Southern University
  Statesboro, GA

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  Scott Hildreth
  Chabot College
  Hayward, CA

  “MasteringPhysics helps my students to learn, and enjoy, physics - and it helps me to teach the subject even more effectively. Students like the 24x7 access, instantaneous feedback, and layers of hints available in the problems. I value how the system gives me information on what students didn't understand. I walk into each class empowered, already aware of what needs additional explanation and attention. MP makes my teaching better because I can concentrate on teaching physics, not grading.”

• William McNairy
  Duke University
  Durham, NC

  “Mastering Physics has served several purposes with homework assignments. Skill Builders and Ranking Tasks help to develop and refine student understanding of a difficult concept in depth that cannot be obtained in either a lecture or recitation. End of Chapter problems test mastery of the concepts while providing gentle guidance for multiple student attempts.”

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  Beatrice Rasmussen
  University of Texas at Dallas
  Dallas, TX

  “In my physics class, I emphasize the concepts of the material and problem solving skills utilizing these concepts. Therefore, problems are a very important part of my class. The homework is crucial. I assign MasteringPhysics problems (or my own that I write to emphasize something from class) that contain multiple concepts so the students can see the connections between different ideas.”