Dive Brief:

• Pearson has released a report with case studies touting college student performance improvements tied to its online Writing Space tool.
• According to Pearson, studies show positive results from use of the tool for general education social sciences, humanities, and business courses.
• The Writing Space tool allows professors to create writing assignments, track student progress, grade the assignments, provide resources, and exchange feedback with students.

Dive Insight:

Among the results, Houston Baptist University used Writing Space with its redesigned general psychology course, boosting students’ understanding of course material and their average final exam score by 8%. Another example provided by Pearson: Des Moines Area Community College redesigned its introduction to sociology course by adding the Writing Space tool, which helped students prepare better for class, improving class discussions, while instructors saved time with auto-grading and provided immediate feedback to students on their writing.