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Marcus Roper
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Spring 2025 - Do not ignore the other reviews on this page for S25. The class felt like a mess and much of it has to do, in my opinion, with some questionable decisions by the professor. - Replacing discussion sections completely with limited 1-on-3 "tutoring sections" was in no way helpful to students' learning. The discussion format worked for every other lower division math course perfectly well. - The test questions are very similar to those on the worksheets given in class, which sounds good until you learn that there will be no solutions posted, and obviously with the volume of questions per class there isn't time to solve all of them during them, so what can students do to prepare? You're on your own! - Tests are graded (or, more "factored") on an arbitrary scale. No, seriously, I don't know how my grades are calculated even though I know my score on every single homework, quiz, and test, along with the weights. Honestly if you do end up in this class, your biggest challenge will probably be his tests. They are hard, but not insurmountable. I genuinely hope that some of these mistakes will be fixed in the future to give the students a better learning experience.
Spring 2025 - Do not ignore the other reviews on this page for S25. The class felt like a mess and much of it has to do, in my opinion, with some questionable decisions by the professor. - Replacing discussion sections completely with limited 1-on-3 "tutoring sections" was in no way helpful to students' learning. The discussion format worked for every other lower division math course perfectly well. - The test questions are very similar to those on the worksheets given in class, which sounds good until you learn that there will be no solutions posted, and obviously with the volume of questions per class there isn't time to solve all of them during them, so what can students do to prepare? You're on your own! - Tests are graded (or, more "factored") on an arbitrary scale. No, seriously, I don't know how my grades are calculated even though I know my score on every single homework, quiz, and test, along with the weights. Honestly if you do end up in this class, your biggest challenge will probably be his tests. They are hard, but not insurmountable. I genuinely hope that some of these mistakes will be fixed in the future to give the students a better learning experience.
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