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Hard to understand...very unclear when teaching the topics...
I thought I was getting Mr. Alaca, who is amazing, Mrs. Alaca cant teach at all
just takes a bit gettin used to the accent, but she sure as hell can teach good
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Accent takes getting used to, but otherwise very clear/informative, fair marker.
Office hours at better times needed
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She cannot speak english. Her vocabulary of math terms comes from a doritos bag
****y in the mornings, HORRIBLE accent, but surprisingly decent at teaching during office hours. Needs a better webpage with notes ONLINE, PLEASE!!
might be a bit hard to understand her at first, but you get used to it. One thing for sure, she can teach and is very helpful also.
thanks for reading the internet lecture slides off of the internet...i could read in grade 3 but thanks for the helping hand
Difficult to understand. We might know that she knows her stuff if we could understand her...
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Learn to speak english please. I'm sure she's a very smart lady, but she sounds like she's crying when she talks.
Does a million examples which she should just put on a web page instead of having students attend her class in hopes of decifering whatever it is shes saying. Has the most annoying screechy voice EVER!!!!!
wuts up with all u people, accent doesnt matter. u might wana check how smart u r and if ur actually willing 2 learn before u open ur mouth. and if 1 person can ace a test it means u all can... aww im so sorry about the HUGE destruction in ur brains..NOT!
LoVe HeR!
Knows her stuff and gives lots of examples if you need them. Explanations are ok, but you need to read up afterwards to really understand. Sometimes hard to understand and seems grumpy at times. Didn't answer my questions via email.
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She seems like a nice woman... but not a great prof I must say. First of all, she doesn't reply to any of your e-mails. And she is impossible to understand. Why is she so uptight? This class has been completely self taught.
One of the best professors to take first year algebra with @ Carleton.
awesome teacher, lots of examples, fair exams and tests. boring but really straight forward lectures.
no cpy notes?... online notes are not as specific...
Very smart, but not particularly good at teaching.
Since when do we have to divide "ecs scared by toh"?
Nobody, and i mean nobody, should sit through a 1 hour lecture, listening to a prof read her calculus notes of power-point. It's math for god's sake. No wonder people kept dropping out.
TRY TEACHING WITHOUT SLIDES!
...Absolutely boring and absolutely insistent on stopping you from getting away from that boredom.... Speaks funny English and doesn't teach ANYTHING that's not on her precious slides...
Wow knowing english in her class is not necessarily an asset!
Apparently, you don't need to know any english to get a teaching job. Terrible.
Horrible english...just terrible! Sitting watching her read calc slides for over an hour should be used to punish ppl.
She is very nice. Her english is not the greatest. If you can get past that, then she is not that bad of a teacher. She is very helpful and her test are fair.
Not a horrible teacher but I only say this because she has decent slides most of the time. However many times they are error laden and of course I must mention that she does like to make up words and her pronunciation of some words will drive you nuts!
she is an alright prof. she needs to learn how to explain things better, but if you want to do well, you should show up at lectures and make sure you walk away understanding something that was brought forth... all around, she is not bad
sometimes hard to understand (for speaking that is)... but has great slides. she answers questions fairly well and tests are easy.
just reads the slides, no point in going to class. hard to understand, switch into her husbands class.. saban's the man
The worst math teacher I ever had
He is not a qualified to teach student at all
she sucks, hard to understand, can't be considered a teacher, she reads the slides that her husband probably made.
I had her last semester for MATH 1007, and she did a really good job. She definitely has an accent, but she speaks clearly and I found her easy to follow. She works through problems most, which I think is the best way to teach a math class.
Drones on and on, asked that students not write in her classes and instead print out her pdf notes only.
shes different... good test though.
Professor Alaca is one of the nicest and most understanding profs at the school.
Ayse is horrible. Her inability to speak english and her "teaching" by encircling answers with the cursor is unacceptable. BOO!
She is the worse of all the prof I ever had at carleton... She can't even talk properly.. and she is a very mean proff..........!!!:(
Very clear notes that goes to the point and you don't need to buy the book (If you can't copy the exercises)
Wow, worst prof ever. Unexceptable is right. I cant figure out why carleton allows teachers, especially math profs, to teach when they cant speak english. I am dissapointed with her and carletons choice of professor. I feel that I should be reinbursed. Poor poor selection.
Welcome to canada where we speak ENGLISH, not muck-muck. Couldn't understand a damn word outa this prof... if it were up to me, FIRED!
I can understand her just fine (I'm not middle eastern) and she was always there when I needed help.
great teacher :)
You know, I actually have no idea if this prof is any good. She didn't speak clearly, so I stopped going and I never asked her for help. I got 6 hours of tutoring before the final and got a 'B' after going in with about 30% in the term work.
just no.
Way too fast, not good at explaining steps, skips many steps assuming the class knows them, takes slides away too fast
This teacher is awful. Avoid at all costs. Never answered my emails, been 3 weeks now, hard tests, goes way too quickly in class and is rude when people ask her to slow it down, etc, etc.
AWFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL , you can't even imagine
Avoid having this prof if u possibly can
Worst teacher ever
Wow... terrible... Dont bother taking a class with her. You might as well do it yourself. Caletons U's math department is a joke and she might be the worst of all of them.
I really try to biased for profs and not complain. I am actually doing well in the class itself... but not going to any of the lectures. Reading the notes and avoiding the lectures are a great strategy for success with her as a prof. I don't like to sound mean, but it is true that the lectures are a waste of time. I personally love math but... MEH!
Just Terrible all around can't understnad her and the text book does a better job of teaching that material then she does.
She posts her notes and spends most of the class doing examples. Her tests are long and hard so make sure you do your homework and learn the material. She has an accent that makes her hard to understand sometimes.
Not as bad as people say, but still pretty bad. Not thorough enough and only uses examples from her slide show, would be helpful if she elaborated on theories and concepts more to help increase the test marks. Exam review was REALLY helpful. Not too bad of a prof...
it's simple: if you study her slides, do the assignments, and once in a while study off the book, you WILL ace the course. she's very helpful if you actually bother to go ask her for help
SUCKER
She was awesome and very approachable!!
she was really good and i think if anyone saw her making versus the other then you would never say she is horrbile. she is fiar and her exams were good too
One of the best for 1005... Goes through a lot of examples and explains well (frequently uses the board), but keep in mind this course requires a lot of work.
Alot of people say negative things about Ayse, but you should seriously go to her office and ask for extra help. She explains it extremely well, even better than she does in class. Also, she is really friendly which is a unseen trait in alot of profs. If you stop and think about it, shes an awesome prof. One of the bests I've had in CU so far.
Although she has an accent, she is not overly difficult to understand. Her notes and examples are helpful, making it easy to follow the course material.
Seriously shes a very good prof a void all the complaint take my advice... the course is loaded so she has to go through it a little quick.. and trust me u dont need the book just do her example tht she does in class u will be find the test is the same thing I swear...She also know wut is she teaching PHD so respect
She teaches clearly enough. She never finishes her examples on the board however. She didn't teach a major component of the course, which was worth a lot of marks on the final. If you do her practice problems you should be fine.
A lot of my family having been immigrants, I'm all for equal opportunity. However, if you can't CLEARLY speak one of the two official languages in this country, you shouldn't be lecturing. I'm usually good at interpreting accents, but I didn't catch a word this prof said. ("sickle = is equal" ???)
Worst math teacher I've ever had. Didn't learn a thing!
i had her for both 1007 and 1107. she's not the most interesting prof in the world, but she gets the job done. she posts excellent lecture notes online, and if you're up to it, you can learn the entire course through these notes. just be sure to attend class if you're having difficulty. she does expound on the notes with good examples in class.
i had her for both 1007 and 1107. she's not the most interesting prof in the world, but she gets the job done. she posts excellent lecture notes online, and if you're up to it, you can learn the entire course through these notes. just be sure to attend class if you're having difficulty. she does expound on the notes with good examples in class.
she is useless
She's not good at explaining on a level you can easily understand. If you're stuck with her I recommend you learn from the textbook.
Watch out, she's bad at explaining topics, speaks in a math language only 4th year math students would understand. Tests are fair, and the assignments are helpful, very helpful. Learned everything in the class off peers and the TA.
Nice prof. Helpful. Examples were relevant and helpful. Had no trouble understanding her. The book is handy though. Easy course.
great prof, very helpful, tets are fare, if you need any help go to her and she will be more than happy to help, go to class do the asingments and you should be fine
She's a good prof, although her accent is a bit thick and it can be hard to understand her. One great thing about her are her online notes, they're very clear and concise. Don't bother buying a textbook if you get her.
Doesn't seem to speak english.
good prof
This prof is definitely not slow when she is teaching. The material itself is quite difficult especially later on in the course regarding Series. You must keep up with the classes and can not afford to miss any. If you want an A, you must do all homework assigned. NOTE: THE HOMEWORK IS MUCH MORE CHALLENGING THAN HER TESTS.
Has thick accent, and can be hard to understand. "is a quarter" means "it equals to", etc. Occasionally seems that she doesn't herself understand what she is teaching, especially if you ask her a question about what she's copying from her notes onto the board. Tests are based on material covered, occasionally same questions as she explained.
All this professor does is read off her slides and occasionally does questions on the board. You are better off attempting to learn from the book. Her tests are okay but the exam reflects nothing of what she teaches.
No point paying attention in class. However before every test she provides a test review which will be exactly the same as the test. If you do your homework on your time then it is a very easy class.
Her accent and slow speech might not be best suited to some. Just make sure you follow her slides/chapters and attend the exam review class (the final's exactly the same)
can't speak English.
amazing prof just need to go over her review test and exams to get an A+
Has thick accent, and can be hard to understand. Seems that she doesn't herself understand what she is teaching, especially if you ask her a question about what she's copying from her notes onto the board.
Tests are extremely fair. Gives questions exactly like the ones we do in class. Copy examples down and study them and you are golden. Gives very good directions and tips on how to solve equations. Math profs often get bad reps as being difficult but its the course not the prof! She does her best to make the course as clear as possible.
i took 3 courses with her, i got 2 "A" and "B+" i'm graduating this semester and planning to be a special student next year if she teaches night classes tests are fair if you attend classes and go to her office hours and you will find her very helpful i like her
Initially took this class with a different prof and had to drop it due to the difficulty. Alaca made this class a lot easier to grasp, and I ended up with an 'A' when I took it with her. If you can, take this course with her instead of IB, I went from D to A after switching sections.
Great prof! She is very intelligent when it comes to teaching the subject and does enough examples so you can study them for the tests. Tests are all fair, and if you go to class she will give you hints of what is on the test! And the final was very similar to the review.
I thought she was a great prof and her accent wasn't as strong as people are saying. You wouldn't expect it from your first impression, but she's actually quite humorous and interesting. Just make sure you go to every class because the examples will be the exact same as on the tests and exam. If you go to class you'll get an A.
The tests werent based on the content stated. Also said during class, Dont stop to think, just write when talking about the first test of the semester. You can learn the content just by doing the practice problems in the textbook, as she just reads verbatim from a PDF as her lecture slides. Assumes you know the content before she teaches it.
Honestly I disagree what most people here are saying. She is a tremendously caring professor that ensures you do well in her course. Course expectations are clear and you'll know what to study for a test/exam, and there are no surprises in the assessments. Attend lectures, do a few of the practice problems, and you'll get an easy A.
Never take a class with her. The weekly quizzes are harder than most final exams.
Awful prof, easy tests if you study her examples. She really doesn't care about her students, doesn't answer anybody's questions or respond to any emails. She basically just reads off her notes in class.
During lectures, she read off lecture notes. After the first few weeks, the average attendance was 10 students. Weekly quizzes on MyLab Math, but the questions were taken from the Study Plan questions so I would recommend doing those. Go in with the mindset that the course is self-taught and make a study group to practice with others.
Ayse has been a fair instructor for this course but my main gripe is that she doesn't record her lectures! Her notes are easy to follow but not as a standalone resource. I do find 2108 to be much more self-taught than algebra courses I've taken with other instructors, but the textbook for this course is good and free if you look carefully.
teacher does not answer any questions. read off from the slides and expect students to show up knowing the material. the attendance rate dropped significantly after few weeks starting the course.
Relies too heavily on automatic systems that don't give partial marks even for final exams.
Does not care about her students at all. Do not take classes with her.
Do not take classes with this Prof. Simple as that
she is not that bad as everyone says. her notes are good for tests and she is really nice with her response to her emails
made it so it's impossible to contact classmates, reads off notes in a way that makes it even harder to understand than just reading the notes yourself, doesn't record lectures, no proper communication with students about anything
Horrible. The content of the course isn't even that complicated, but prof makes this such a challenging course. She also does not care about students at all. She didn't even let us review our bi-weekly quizzes (which were very difficult) to study for the exam. Then proceeds to make the final exam ridiculously tough. Unfair. Avoid.
Horrible professor.
Awful prof. Lectures just involve her reading off slides. The content is not that complicated, but she purposely makes everything as hard as she can for students. For example, the quizzes and exam were almost entirely fill in the blank questions. A cruel format as there is no way of getting part marks on questions for even tiny arithmetic errors.
Professor Alaca may have faults like any other professor, but she makes up for it in being caring and understanding. In this recent semester, I had an unfortunate situation come up, that caused me a lot of stress. Professor was extremely understanding and went above and beyond to help me out. She is definitely a great prof.
As a teacher unfortunately I did not have any fun in her class nor did I learn anything, she's mostly reading slides and the explanations are shallow and not to the point, I would say she is a great person and cares but as a teacher not so much, I wouldn't recommend taking a class with her.
Professor alaca is one of the worst professors I have ever had. She reads off slides, refuses to record lectures, and skips multiple steps per explanation, clearly exasperated when someone dares to ask a question. Her solution to extra help is to "google it." If i could rate a 0, I would. Avoid at all costs.
Doing the questions in the textbook aren't that helpful, cause she bases her tests completely off the content in her lecture notes. Her phrasing for questions is not overcomplicated in comparison to the textbook, so if you think doing the textbooks questions will help, don't. Just practice the examples in her notes.
Refuses to record any of her lectures, against the recommendation of her entire class, her notes are just pulled pages from the textbook, which she just scrolls down and reads, nothing much more. Advice: Give up attending her lectures, they're terrible. Just use the textbook and MathLab study plan. Better yet, find a different prof lol
Lectures are not recorded but she's just reading the slides anyway and doesn't give clear examples/practices. Be ready for self-study
This course is 50% tests and 50% final exam. That's it. Tests are either fine or very difficult and there's no in between. The lectures are very boring and monotone. Public chat isn't open either so if you take this online, you're going to be working by yourself for everything. There is no access to peers to discuss concepts with.
As a professor, she is alright. Attending lecture is not necessary, she just reads the slides. Sometimes drops helpful tips. As a person, she is genuinely very nice though (unlike most profs at Carleton). Anytime I emailed a question/issue she replied quickly and was very helpful. If you do and understand the textbook problems you'll be fine.
Lectures are not recorded which is a little frustrating. I struggled to keep up with lectures from the start so I ended up taking a self-directed approach. Tests are tough but fair. Even without attending lectures, the course outline and slides are very concrete and I know exactly what I need to learn.
Don't bother going to her lectures because she just reads off the lecture notes, which she posts online. I stopped going to her lectures and my grades improved. Tutorials help because there's actual examples other than the lecture examples.
She made my favourite Mathematics subject awful. Like for Gods sake, how can a math professor not write anything at all on the board? Be ready for for self study. Thats all!
It was hard to practice the class material because she does not post any practice for tests or exams. I ended up doing the lessons and textbook questions multiple times, which made it hard to succeed well.
Prof just reads off the slides, and rarely writes anything on the board. Although her notes are clear and so are most of the examples in them. Tests were average and were based off the examples in her notes, so reading through them and teaching yourself the material is enough to get an A-. She made the final exam worth 62% but it was not that hard.
The worst prof I've had through 3 years at Carleton and it's not particularly close
Terrible slides and textbook for this class very little explanations given. Talks to fast and does not answer questions in class. Ta sessions are good but learning in this class is very hard
Just take my advice and self teach, (I used organic chemistry teacher)
Her slides are awful and she dashes by all the lectures without properly explaining and answering any questions Also has no prep review for tests so everything is by yourself
Terrible slides with a lack of explanation behind them and rushed with no clear criteria on what to follow. The melkonian texbooks for this class are just as terrible
Great professor!
Just make sure you can do the lecture slide examples for tests and you'll be good, for learning concepts use organic chem teacher then go through practicing with lecture notes. Final was easy and fair if u can do the lecture notes it was multiple choice and long answer. My term grade was like a 70% going into the exam but still got an A
in terms of the course itself, just do the textbook problems, and maybe past exams if you can find them online, and you'll be fine. when it comes to the prof though... ngl this is a very much teach yourself type of course. i didn't really care bc i was just doing this to get a credit, but if you want to actually learn, it's not great tbh.
I could not understand her during class. She also barely answered questions. I honestly learned more from The Organic Chemistry Tutor than her. She would go so quickly during examples I could not write them all down and she never explained.
Brutal. Had to teach myself everything
This prof is pure caca. Like what is she even saying during her lectures? She has a thick accent and to top it off she decides to wear a mask, so I can't even understand anything. At least her slides are somewhat decent enough to teach yourself.
This professor gives solutions to almost all the questions covered in class and no curveballs on tests! They also are very helpful during student hours.
thick accent + not very good at explaining anything or answering questions
The lectures are pretty dry, but if you stay focused and use resources like the textbook and Unstuck ai, you can do well. Tests are tough, so make sure to practice the examples from class. Overall, a challenging but manageable course.
Would never recommend taking up her lecture, I had taken MATH1005, I had to study all of it by myself through youtube and other platforms. Waste of time going for her lecture even if you take it rather you can study all that Maths at home. And she just reads the maths notes in the lecture, not solve it on the board.
can't get worse! No explanation, just reads off the slides. Notes aren't clear, just has answers. Don't bother going to the lectures because she just reads the slides.
Doesn't explain how she get where she got in the math, says things are clear and easy even if they aren't and doesn't help show how it's clear.
Her lectures aren't clear at all. She reads from the slides, and skips alot of steps in the notes. Had to learn everything by myself.
Girl don't walk run the other way. The worst.
Absolutely the WORST prof in the campus, lectures are completely unable to understand. Avoid ANY courses with er
Try your best not to take this professor. It sounds harsh but if she really was passionate about teaching this course it wouldn't have so many bad reviews. She reads from slides and skips many steps to get to the solution, you won't realize this until you actually watch other people teach it. Use the MS LAP in brightspace, they go over the textbook
I have nothing to say but this is by far the worst quality professor I have ever had. Find a different prof. If there isn't one, find a different course. If there isn't one, graduate a semester later, trust me.
The worst math professor. Lectures are uselss, she just reads them as if it's a story not calculus. She doesn't answer all emails. Her tests are tough. You have to learn eveything by yourself. Don't recommend at all
I wasted my gas for this.
Class was better because I did not waste my gas this time(I didnt go at all)
Paid to read lecture slides, not paid to teach.
Bad very bad
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
21%
Textbook Required
42%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B+
Grade Distribution
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Rating Trend
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