Propero/Pearson courses

[armyb77]

Update to review:

I thought I would provide an update to the English Comp II course that I have been taking. Lessons 1-3 concentrate primarily on research, lessons 4-6 concentrate on plagiarism, and citations, lessons 7-9 concentrate on revision editing, and lessons 10-12 concentrate on APA, MLA, and Chicago Formatting.

Multiple quizzes and exams have issues with the wording of questions. Some questions only provide the example and choices, but not the actual question. Other questions don’t specify what style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) the question derives from. On Test 4, it was so bad I got a 53%. This is after receiving 93% or higher on all the quizzes and 100% on the practice quiz. I emailed my academic advisor to ask for a protest on the exam. Hopefully I will be able to take a retest without penalty because no less than 6 out of the 15 questions were worded poorly and there was no reference material to support the questions and answers provided.

I have now completed all of the requirements except the 3 out of the 4 writing assignments and the Final Exam. I have ordered hard copies of the books so that I can highlight and study again before taking the final. As far as the papers go; I am currently writing the 10 pager. The other 2 assignments should go much faster as the reference material is already provided for those. I believe that once I turn in the 10 pager and take the final exam it will be impossible for me to get below the 70% even if I completely bomb the last 2 writing assignments. Once i'm done I can start to figure out how to get the course accepted on my ACE transcripts.

It is very obvious that Propero is new. They are continuing to work through multiple issues. Every lesson brings new problems, to include submissions of papers. On a positive not; the academic advisor that Propero provides is outstanding. She takes the time to listen to the problems and gets them resolved so I can progress through the course. Some of the problems that I am experiencing (wording of questions) however will be out of her control. I think that as long as Propero is proactive in making improvements they will become a great resource for alternative higher education learning.