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Teacher Profile:
Robert Jantzen Average Overall Grade: B - |
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professor in the Mathematics department. There are a total
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Name: Dustin Getz Grade Level: Class of 2008 Class Taken: Calc III & Diffy Q Posted: December 16th, 2005 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: A Value of Homework:
A Access Outside Class: A Quality of
Instruction: A Punctuality: A Use of
Required Materials: A |
Handwriting of
Professor: A Value of Attending Class:
A Personality of Professor: A Speaking
Skills of Professor: A Organization:
A Presentation Format: A |
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Full Review: Dr.
Bob knows his stuff. He puts emphaisis on understanding
the material and his tests reflect this. Weekly quizzes
are easy and don't count for much, they are deigned to
help you learn. Do the homework, you need to keep up with
him, if you fall behind you will struggle to catch back up
come exam. Dr. Bob is very accessible outside of class, is
in his office all day and wants to help if you give him a
chance. If you are looking for an easy A this is not the
guy to take, but he is by no means a grade grinch, and if
you make an effort a good drade is well within your reach.
Keep on top of the material like you should and you will
be in good shape. He is an extremely fair grader. Dr. Bob
uses Maple extensively, which is also a good thing because
if you bother to learn it you can check your exams and
final with it (and no more integrating nasty functions by
hand ala Calc II). There are three Maple HW assignments
but you do them in groups, gives you maple template files
to show you exactly how to do them, and he lets you
resubmit until you get a perfect score. If you don't like
math, and aren't in the class to learn, you should
probably take an easier teacher, because you will do
poorly without motivation to learn. If you play
minesweeper in class then you deserve to
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Name: Engineering Major Grade Level: Class of 2008 Class Taken: Diff. Eq with Lin Alg Posted: May 19th, 2005 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: A Value of Homework:
B Access Outside Class: A Quality of
Instruction: A Punctuality: A Use of
Required Materials: A |
Handwriting of
Professor: A Value of Attending Class:
A Personality of Professor: A Speaking
Skills of Professor: A Organization:
A Presentation Format: A |
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Full Review: Dr.
Bob is a great professor. Granted, he is a bit difficult
to take, but that is also because it is a difficult class.
Like any good math teacher, he doesn't just teach the
formulas, but rather the ideas, theories and principles
behind what you're learning so as to give you a better
understanding of the concept so that it's easily applied
to more things. But all bias aside, the details of the
class I took are as follows (in random thoughts about the
class): 100% of your grade comes from Quizzes and Exams.
There is a weekly quiz, about 10 total, that are all
extremely easy if you even remotely follow what is going
on in class that week or even just read over the
worksheets (which basically explain the theory of the
lesson of the class) that he gives out during most
classes. Homework is neither collected nor checked, and
thus is only of the value that the student makes it - that
is, he or she can learn from homework or do none of the
homework, but the value of your homework will change
accordingly. Dr. Bob is easily available outside of class;
he hands out his office hours on the syllabus and is also
readily available for an appointment. He had three tests,
one of those a take home test and then a final. If the
first or second of the tests is the lowest of the three,
he gets rid of that test grade. He also gets rid of the
lowest of the 10 quiz grades. Generally his quiz and test
questions aren't difficult at all: for each question, he
separates it into parts A, B, C, etc and guides you
through what you need to do (he doesn't just ask for the
final answer, he tells you what to do first with part A,
then tells you what's next with part B, etc) which is
EXTREMELY helpful. He is also big into using technology
and requires use of Maple (accessible through the
computers in the classrooms) which (if you are good with
computers) can be an EXTREME advantage or a small
hindrance. Again he is available for help with this -- he
even puts up a maple worksheet of useful maple commands to
help. Cons: Dr. Bob talks VERY fast and it is often times
difficult to keep up if you don't quite understand what's
going on. Make sure to at least have some idea of what's
going on... The way the questions are worded are
very...esoteric...that is, the questions are difficultly
worded -- you may not have an exact idea of what it is
you're supposed to be doing (but ask him and he'll tell
you). Aaaand it's easy to get distracted in class -- with
the computers in front of you available for maple, it's
really quite easy to go online and play a game, and when
your entire class is doing it, it's even harder to pay
attention. Overall, Dr. Bob teaches well and expects a
moderate amount of work from his students, but should be
taken by people that WANT to take a math class. If you
want an easy A without much work, it's not that this isn't
the professor for you, it's that DIFF EQ W/LIN ALG is not
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Name: Anonymous Grade Level: Class of 2004 Class Taken: Calc I Posted: November 15th, 2004 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: B Value of Homework:
A Access Outside Class: A Quality of
Instruction: C Punctuality: A Use of
Required Materials: B |
Handwriting of
Professor: A Value of Attending Class:
A Personality of Professor: A Speaking
Skills of Professor: C - Organization:
A Presentation Format: C - |
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Full Review: I
took calc in High School so I knew a lot of the material
coming into this class, but I can't really understand why
everybody gives Dr. Bob such bad reviews. Yes, he goes
through the material quickly, but we spend the entire
begining of class asking questions AND he is really
accessable outside of class. This guy is SO smart so its
worth it to get what you can out of him. His quizzes are
tough sometimes because the homework problems are more
straight forward than his are, but he gives you as many
points as he can for partial creadit, etc. Tests grades
are awesome...we only have three and we drop one and the
third is take home. How his class is doing is really
important to him. Super guy, read your book though.
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Name: anon
anon Grade
Level: Junior Class Taken: something much higher than calc 1
:-) Posted: May 3rd, 2004 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: A Value of Homework:
A Access Outside Class: A Quality of
Instruction: A Punctuality: A Use of
Required Materials: A |
Handwriting of
Professor: A Value of Attending Class:
A Personality of Professor: A Speaking
Skills of Professor: A Organization:
A Presentation Format: A |
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Full Review: he's
not THAT bad. OK, he's kinda a genius and it's hard to
understand the concepts from his explanations. But, it
should be obvious that his classes are for math majors. I
had him and enjoyed it thoroughly. I think I learned alot,
too. You have to focus on what he is telling you,
though. | |
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Name: Arts
& Sciences Major Grade Level: Freshman Class Taken: Calc I Posted: February 19th, 2004 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: A Value of Homework:
F Access Outside Class: A - Quality of
Instruction: F Punctuality: A Use of
Required Materials: D - |
Handwriting of
Professor: C Value of Attending Class:
F Personality of Professor: C Speaking
Skills of Professor: D Organization:
C Presentation Format: F |
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Full Review: Give
me a break. Do not take this teacher. I'm a mathetmatics
major who received an A in High School for Calculus, came
to Villanova (a poor mathematics majoring school by the
way) and took him, i received a C-. This guy is
ridiculous. It's nothing except the fact that he can't
teach and REQUIRES the use of MAPLE. You have to use Maple
in order to do well in his class. I am not about to learn
a computer progrma to pass a class as easy as Calc. He
should be fired soon, if not tomorrow.
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Name: Anonymous Grade Level: Freshman Class Taken: Math 1500 Posted: January 11th, 2004 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: D Value of Homework:
D Access Outside Class: A - Quality of
Instruction: F Punctuality: A - Use of
Required Materials: D |
Handwriting of
Professor: A - Value of Attending Class: C
- Personality of Professor: C Speaking
Skills of Professor: C Organization: A
- Presentation Format: C |
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Full Review: Dr.
Bob is a very intelligent man, but can not possibly
understand how people do not understand calculus. I went
for extra help and he completely insulted me, and it was
of no academic value. He can not explain things well at
all, and going to class and paying attention will just
confuse you more about calculus. If you do take him, make
sure you do the homework, and ask very basic questions, or
else you will not get an interpreable answer.
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Name: Engineering Major Grade Level: Freshman Class Taken: Math 1500 Posted: December 23rd, 2003 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: C Value of Homework:
C Access Outside Class: A Quality of
Instruction: C Punctuality: A Use of
Required Materials: C |
Handwriting of
Professor: B Value of Attending Class:
C Personality of Professor: A Speaking
Skills of Professor: A Organization:
A Presentation Format: C |
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Full Review: Dr.
Bob is a brilliant man, but maybe just a little too
brilliant. He is very caring and truly cares how his class
is progressing, but he is too hard to understand. He
wizzes through complicated application problems and seems
agitated when someone asks a question on it. The tests are
some of the hardest I've ever taken, especially the final.
If you have a good understanding of calc before this class
it is very possible to get an A, but it will take more
work than expected. If you haven't taken calc before you
will struggle greatly in this class. I looked at tests
from other teachers and they were a joke compared to Dr.
Bob's. | |
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Name: Anonymous Grade Level: Freshman Class Taken: Calculus I Posted: December 16th, 2003 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: D Value of Homework: A
- Access Outside Class: A Quality of
Instruction: D Punctuality: A Use of
Required Materials: B - |
Handwriting of
Professor: B Value of Attending Class:
A Personality of Professor: B - Speaking
Skills of Professor: B - Organization:
A Presentation Format: C |
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Full Review:
alright, here we go...dr. bob is a very kind hearted,
extremely intelligent, sincere guy, his door is always
open and he is always accesible..HOWEVER, he cannot relate
to the students on their level of understanding math. he
speaks and does math problems way too quickly, is
unwilling to listen to students arguements, and cannot
possibly understand why ANYONE, i mean especially college
students, cannot grasp the concepts of derivatives, i
think that he is just finds that mindboggling. he doesnt
know how to use a graphing calculator (gasp!) but rather
relies on an evil evil evil evil computer program named
MAPLE....AHHHH i think that its creators seriously didnt
understand the concept of simple language and basic
format. another thing: dr bobs tests suck, i mean hard. he
teaches you the basics and funementals in class, and when
it comes time for the tests, you have to relate all the
information into some crazy application, its impossible.
FOR EXAMPLE: this years final....ABSOLUTLEY RIDICULOUS
(period). 8 problems, no a single person finished within
the 2 1/2 hours but rahter had to stay an extra hour to
completely finish about 5 out of the 8, unbelievable. i
took ap calc last year and got an A and it doesnt matter
how much effort i put in this year, i will probably get a
C, and i have no idea what the person who last wrote a
review is talking about, for math dont take this man,
youll just find yourself playing mindsweeper all class.
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Name: Arts
& Sciences Major Grade Level: Freshman Class Taken: Calculus I Posted: December 13th, 2003 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: A Value of Homework:
A Access Outside Class: A Quality of
Instruction: A Punctuality: A - Use of
Required Materials: A - |
Handwriting of
Professor: A - Value of Attending Class:
A Personality of Professor: A Speaking
Skills of Professor: A - Organization:
A Presentation Format: A |
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Full Review: Dr.
Jantzen, also referred to as Dr. Bob, is one of the best
math teachers I had. This does not mean that his class was
easy, on the contrary it was probably the hardest class I
had during for first semester at Villanova. However, Dr.
Bob's door is always open when you a question ranging from
differentiation to maple (an evil computer program). Dr.
Bob's assistance is always available, but it is the job of
the student to take the initiative.
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Name: Engineering Major Grade Level: Freshman Class Taken: Calc I Posted: December 10th, 2003 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: C Value of Homework:
C Access Outside Class: A - Quality of
Instruction: F Punctuality: B Use of
Required Materials: B |
Handwriting of
Professor: D Value of Attending Class:
D Personality of Professor: C Speaking
Skills of Professor: C Organization:
C Presentation Format: C |
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Full Review: Dr.
Bob, as most will come to affectionately refer to him, is
a smart guy, really, but he can't communicate to lamen at
all! I didn't have calc in high school and I couldn't
understand anything he talked about. If you don't
understand calc very well or haven't had it before: AVOID
THIS MAN AT ALL COSTS! He's one of the nicest professors
I've had here, but you could not pay me to take class with
him again. | |
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Name: Arts
& Sciences Major Grade Level: Junior Class Taken: CALC I Posted: April 3rd, 2003 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: D - Value of Homework:
D Access Outside Class: B Quality of
Instruction: F Punctuality: A Use of
Required Materials: B |
Handwriting of
Professor: A Value of Attending Class:
F Personality of Professor: F Speaking
Skills of Professor: C Organization:
C Presentation Format: B |
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Full Review: This
guy thinks hes Jesus! DO NOT TAKE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!
He is the hardest calc teacher ever and you will get a D
knowing less then when you started!
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Name: Charles Ziegler Grade Level: Junior Class Taken: calc3 Posted: November 6th, 2002 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: A Value of Homework:
A Access Outside Class: A Quality of
Instruction: B Punctuality: A - Use of
Required Materials: A |
Handwriting of
Professor: C Value of Attending Class:
A Personality of Professor: B Speaking
Skills of Professor: A Organization:
A Presentation Format: A |
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Full Review: Dr
Bob is the smartest man in the world. No joke. He has
published a million things, but only 2 people inluding
himdelf can understand them. Check out his website, he's
got cheesecake recipes up there and pictures of his wife!
Hubba Hubba. No wonder, he goes to the gym on west all the
time with the funniest tank tops i've ever seen. I can't
say he is a great teacher skill wise but he really does
care about the class and students. He is a huge liberal
and grades very fairly. He actually drops one test grade,
WOW! He is just too smart and he cant put the material
into understandable words. His speed is amazing though. He
can do four examples on the board at one time. One in each
hand and one with each foot. If you like teachers that are
very flexible and where socks with sandles, Dr. Bob is
right for you!!! | |
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Name: Anonymous Grade Level: Junior Class Taken: Calc 1 Posted: November 6th, 2002 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: C Value of Homework:
F Access Outside Class: A Quality of
Instruction: F Punctuality: A Use of
Required Materials: A |
Handwriting of
Professor: D Value of Attending Class:
N/A Personality of Professor: C Speaking
Skills of Professor: F Organization:
F Presentation Format: F |
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Full Review: I
had Dr. Bob for calc 1. He talks really really really
incredibly fast and never gets anywhere. He runs around
the room like gerbil in a wheel and goes crazy when maple
doenst work. However he is a very smart man but I would
never take another class with him. He gets so into his
math he sometimes ends up with marker on his face, this is
they enjoyable part of class. All in all I learned one
thing from taking class with him: MAPLE IS THE DEVIL!!!!
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Name: Anonymous Grade Level: Junior Class Taken: Calculus 1 Posted: November 1st, 2002 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: C Value of Homework:
D Access Outside Class: B - Quality of
Instruction: F Punctuality: C Use of
Required Materials: B - |
Handwriting of
Professor: B - Value of Attending Class:
F Personality of Professor: D - Speaking
Skills of Professor: D Organization: C
- Presentation Format: F |
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Full Review: Bob
sucks. If you ever get stuck with this sick freak you
better switch out as fast as you can. He doesnt explain
anything in an understandable way. He just rattles off his
knowledge and leaves students clueless. His test show
nothing of what you know. You may think your gonna get a
100 back on your test and you get a 75. He is obsessed
with maple and his little friend(the projector). He talks
and things in "wizzy wig" mode and "pretty" mode. He has
referred to some math problems as cute. Just save yourself
some time and get out of his class NOW!
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Name: Anonymous Grade Level: Freshman Class Taken: Calculus 1500 Posted: November 1st, 2002 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: D Value of Homework:
C Access Outside Class: A Quality of
Instruction: F Punctuality: C Use of
Required Materials: C |
Handwriting of
Professor: D Value of Attending Class:
F Personality of Professor: D Speaking
Skills of Professor: F Organization:
F Presentation Format: F |
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Full Review:
Calculus was my best subject coming out of high school.
Dr. Jantzen is nice in the sense that he's available when
you need him, but you shouldn't have to end up going to
him everyday because he can't teach in class, which is how
it practically is. DON't take his class. Transfer if you
can. If not, and you've had calc before, just don't pay
attention or else he will confuse you even more.
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Name: Engineering Major Grade Level: Freshman Class Taken: Calc I Posted: October 31st, 2002 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: F Value of Homework:
F Access Outside Class: F Quality of
Instruction: F Punctuality: F Use of
Required Materials: F |
Handwriting of
Professor: F Value of Attending Class:
F Personality of Professor: F Speaking
Skills of Professor: F Organization:
F Presentation Format: F |
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Full Review: I
was assigned this class in the beginning of the year, but
when I read these reviews on Jantzen and talked to
upperclassmen, I wanted to transfer even before classes
started. "Terrible" is what I heard from everyone I asked
when inquiring about him. I decided to give him a chance
so I went to the first few classes but my friends were
right, he was the worst ever. He started teaching MAPLE
right away to freshmen that had no clue what it even was.
Plus, his personality is nil. I transfered out to Joyce
Longman's class and I'm much happier.
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Name: Arts
& Sciences Major Grade Level: Sophmore Class Taken: Calculus II Posted: Spring 2002 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: F Value of Homework:
D Access Outside Class: B Quality of
Instruction: F Punctuality: N/A Use of
Required Materials: N/A |
Handwriting of
Professor: C - Value of Attending Class: D
- Personality of Professor: F Speaking
Skills of Professor: D Organization:
N/A Presentation Format: N/A |
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Full Review: Dr.
Bob (as he calls himself) is a very strange human being.
He has no teaching skills what-so-ever and the quizzes and
tests do not reflect your knowlege of the material. He
loves MAPLE which is almost as worthless as his teaching.
Do not take unless you want to drive yourself insane.
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Name: Anonymous Grade Level: Sophmore Class Taken: Calculus 3 Posted: Spring 2002 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: F Value of Homework: D
- Access Outside Class: A - Quality of
Instruction: F Punctuality: N/A Use of
Required Materials: N/A |
Handwriting of
Professor: B Value of Attending Class:
F Personality of Professor: F Speaking
Skills of Professor: F Organization:
N/A Presentation Format: N/A |
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Full Review: This
man cannot teach his way out of a wet paper bag. He
encourages you to come see him only to further humiliate
himself as a professor. I do believe he is very adept at
mathematics, he just cannot convey it to students. Also,
he's a MAPLE (poor-man's MathCAD) freak.
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Name: Anonymous Grade Level: Freshman Class Taken: calc 3 Posted: Spring 2002 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: A - Value of Homework:
A Access Outside Class: A Quality of
Instruction: B Punctuality: A Use of
Required Materials: A - |
Handwriting of
Professor: B Value of Attending Class: A
- Personality of Professor: A - Speaking
Skills of Professor: B Organization:
B Presentation Format: B |
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Full Review: i
know a lot of people don't like dr. bob but he helped me a
lot and his teaching worked for me very well. although he
may seem unorthodox at times i think he really cares about
the students and will help you as much as you want.
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Name: Anonymous Grade Level: Freshman Class Taken: calc 3 Posted: Spring 2002 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: A Value of Homework:
A Access Outside Class: A Quality of
Instruction: A Punctuality: A Use of
Required Materials: A |
Handwriting of
Professor: C Value of Attending Class: A
- Personality of Professor: B Speaking
Skills of Professor: A - Organization:
A Presentation Format: B |
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Full Review: Dr.
Jantzen is just a misunderstood individual. The guy is a
pure genious and knows what he is talking about. His
handwriting is hard to read sometimes. Tests were pretty
easy if you did the work. Do the work and you will
succeed. The only thing I didn't like was maple, it is
useful however to check tests with it. Outside of class he
is pretty cool. I think a lot of people blame him cause
they dont get an easy A for not doing the work.
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Name: Anonymous Grade Level: Sophmore Class Taken: Calculus III Posted: Spring 2002 |
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Value of
Quizzes/Exams: F Value of Homework:
F Access Outside Class: B Quality of
Instruction: F Punctuality: D - Use of
Required Materials: C - |
Handwriting of
Professor: F Value of Attending Class:
F Personality of Professor: B - Speaking
Skills of Professor: F Organization:
C Presentation Format: F |
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Full Review: The
vote is in... Dr. Bob is the worst teacher at Villanova. I
am not an angry student of his. I actually think his is a
nice guy, but he can't teach. It seems that he really
doesn't care about his students; he just cares about
getting the lecture over with. Don't bother asking him to
go over an assigned homework problem because he will speed
through it, it just seems that he just wants to get it
done. He always says that he will slow down if you just
ask. Others and I have asked, but there is no change. He
gives out so many problems that there is no chance of you
actually understanding them all. If you ask a dumb
question, something you really just don't understand, he
gets mad. After taking this course, I have come to the
conclusions: 1) Maple is dumb, 2) Dr. Bob has no teaching
skills whatsoever, and 3) With him as a teacher, this
course is worthless. | |
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