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“Worst and rudest professor I've had so far at UWL by a long shot”
ECO336 - 1.0 rating“She is a nice enough lady but not a good teacher”
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Smokin' Hot!
The class is very hard to stay awake in, however, she doesnt take attendence and you dont really have to go if someone will give you their notes.
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The material is not that hard, but she does not answer your quetions well and will give homework that is not relative to the material or what will be on the test. You have to teach yourself a lot of what is on her quizes and tests
I liked her, she was a really nice lady. It seemed as though she should maybe teach elementary school kids- she's just very smiley and gave us popcorn and snacks while we watched a movie! I didnt think the tests or quizes were that hard either. take her.
If I was a first grader, I would like Anderson as my teacher. But, since I am a college student and have to pay for my education, I hate her as my teacher. She is not even smart enough to teach her own material.
i wonder why she stares at the back wall all class?
Total space case!
The material isn't bad, but she doesn't teach it and than gives you hard tests. Coming to class really isn't worth it.
I think she leaves her brain at home. Total space cadet...and treats you like children. I was surprised she didnt say "Ok class, it's story time." Tests are a little difficult but gives plenty of class time to work on your group projects.
VERY nice and easy to talk to.
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i agree with my friends who are doing this too. this is fun. she is friendly and nice and tries to wake us up by making us talk.
what i remember is loads of time to talk in class about work and other stuff and she left you alone.
Class is boring and tests are hard. she is also inconsistent with grading. she's good for lower level classes but avoid at all costs when taking upper level classes
Tests are hard. The questions are really wierd and hard to understand. She treats you like you are in first grade. I do not recommend her if you like things explained clearly.
I think that she is a good teacher, she is fun and up-beat. Tests are pretty easy and she is an easy grader.
Easiest econ class I have ever taken!!! Quizzes and tests are easy. She doesn't believe in grades as long as you understand the marterial you'll get an A. Particpate a lot in class and she'll love you.
I thought she involved the class wonderful and was a wonderful prof. I'll definitely take her again.
We do lots of interactive activity which is loads better than just listeining to boring lectures. Helpful.
Dr. Anderson is the best teacher you will ever have. She is kind of disorganized but her classes are great, mostly seminar style. Tests are multiple choice and short answer, they're pretty easy and she is extreemly helpful. Take her class if you want to learn, not just memorize.
Mixes up the class with movie clips, newspaper articles, group work. She does a campus event deal that actually gets the class up and moving and talking. The textbook is a drag, tho.
I agree. She certaintly is not your traditional stand-up-in-the-front-and-lecture-type. She mixes things up. Its refresshing.
Did not like her. Tests are hard and she can't explain to you why she took off points on your test. I had this class at 7:45 am and she would conveniently cancel class at the last minute when you already dragged yourself out of bed. Nice.
she used to confuse herself... I dont know if that has changed in 4 years since I took her class. She's a sweet lady...
fantastic,bighelp
Dr Anderson is without a doubt the coolest professor on campus. Classes are actually fun, since they are usually discussions, and she lets you say what you think, even if its not what she wants to hear. Her tests are so easy, and she is so helpful (she essentially writes papers for you) that anyone can get A with a little effort.
Classes were easy, as long as you showed up you knew exactly what was on the quizes. No tests, just had to complete two papers; a group paper and then for the final it was an individual paper stemmed off the group paper. Awesome Professor!
had the class set up stupid. im still not even sure what i was graded on. for some reason i was suppose to go to a campus event for a economics class that didnt make sense. didnt really teach anything and made it harder than it should have been to get a good grade.
Not great but not bad. Better then some econ classes I've taken.
She comes off as a sweet little lady that treats you like you are in kindergarten--Then she is unclear of what is expected and grades rediculously hard on her "quizzes" that are 5 pages long.
She seems as though she doesn't know what she's talking about at times, which is scary. Lots of assignments are assigned but they are easy. Only a final exam and three quizzes during the semester.
Very liberal and imposing with political ideas. Hard quizzes that are much of the time unfair. Grades very hard but you will learn much about liberal politics that do have a point. Insulting to conservative based political voters at times. If you get on her good side you will get a good grade. I went up a letter grade because I sucked up to her.
This lady must rides a broom to work. Still not sure what she was trying to teach. Expects more from students than she ever teaches. Bleeding heart liberal ignorant to the views and feelings who believes the contrary. She faults any of your failure on lack of preparation rather than her subpar teaching methods. BOOOOOOOOO for Donna
A kind woman, a little scatterbrained, but very smart. Always willing/available to help if you're lost. Do the work and show up because much of test/quiz material is from discussion. Ask questions and participate, you will be ok. Only thing I didn't like-there was no schedule, so we didnt know what to expect daily, a little confusing, but bearable.
Very Flakey. We would end up teaching her how to do the problems. I recommend getting together in study groups and learning the material that way.
Definately expects you to know way more than she is willing to teach. You can almost see her grind her teeth when someone has a different opinion.
Nice, funny, and encouraging us to talk. I love starting class talking about news. She is irreverant. And hard. But worth it.
HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE. This is the fourth class that I've had with Dr. Anderson. Usually in her class you can teach yourself since the material is easy. The material in ECO 308 was not easy and she did not teach it at all. Just group work. She did not even know answers to questions.
The best teacher I've had at uwl.
THIS CLASS IS HARD. Lots of group work in class to get us "to think for ourselves".
Donna is very nice and knows her stuff, but comes off as kind of an airhead. Sometimes she isn't as prepared as other professors, but she gets the info to you. The quizzes are easy as long as you study a bit. She literally tells you what to write in the paper after the background section. Writing emphasis, but doesn't seem like it. Recommended.
Awesome! Totally Approachable. Easy to talk to.
She's a decent Prof. All you have to do is show up and talk a bit in class and you'll be fine. She makes the material interesting, Recommend...
Booo this lady is horrible. i learned more in the first 20 minutes of my high school economics class than i did all semester with Dr. Anderson she comes to class unprepared and doesn't seem to know what shes talking about. take her if your just taking a gen ed but if you want to learn go somewhere else.
very easy, a few quizs, easy you did it or u didn't do it assignments, pretty easy final and she brings in snacks
She is a nice lady. As long as you do the assignments (check mark for doing it) and the quizzes are easy as long as you study a little. no exams just a research paper and final at the end. Overall, I recommend her.
During the class time, you talk about current events for the first 25 mins and the rest of the time its a hit or miss on whether or not you'll actually learn something. I felt as though she was teaching herself at the sdame time as teaching us. Quizzes were hard. Papers were easy. She's ditzy and unprofessional.
She's an ok teacher. She bashes men a lot, but the class is pretty easy. As long as you go to class you'll be fine. The fist half hour is spent on current events. There's only 1 research paper at the end, and she walks you through the whole thing. Take her--it's easy!
Excellent professor! Her class is challenging but if you do the work assigned you will be just fine. Subject matter coordinated wonderfully with politics & culture.
Brings in a lot of current events. Encourages discussion. Overall great prof!
interesting, fun, nottoohard¬tooeasy-justright!
FINALLY, a class that gets students outside!!! Great combo of internet clips, articles, and lots of discussions!
kinda hard but really cool!
I think she is a really good teacher. She cares about what students think on issues we talk about in class. I highly recommend her if you want to learn.
nice, helpful, gets students to talk, encourageing to Chinese students.
One of the best profs I've had for letting students give their opinions without passing judgement (even though she is obviously a lefty but not obnoxious about it).
Definitely recommend taking Donna Anderson. ECO 336 tests were a bit challenging, but if you attend class and participate , you will do fine! Final research project initially seems difficult, but is actually easy. I ended up getting an A, but expected a B- she obviously bumps grades up!
SUPER easy class. Lots of outside busy work and pointless assignments though. You get to drop a test grade which is nice. Overall good/easy class!
She's unprepared, unclear, and disrespectful to students more than I have ever seen a professor be. There was no progression to the class and very little was learned. Overall the class was a disappointment because I was actually quite excited for this course. It was unfortunate to come away with almost no new knowledge.
She is very disrespectful to students who think more conservatively.
She is nice but if you don't write the exact words she is looking for on exams you get the question wrong. very few assignments. she is a little unprepared for class sometimes
Professor Anderson was the worst gen-ed class teacher I have ever had, she made an easy course 10x harder than it should have been. Everytime I e-mailed her asking a question about an assignment she would reply with e-mails that were short and came off as if she was annoyed by students contacting her. Would NOT recommend her to anyone.
One of the worst teachers I have had in my 4 years at UW-Lax. She was confusing and was very unorganized. The tests were nothing like the class, they touched on things we talked about but were much more difficult. Most of my class received D's on the exams. She grades you on attendance, and you're participation. DO NOT TAKE HER !! Very unhelpful!!
By far the worst teacher at UWL. Do not take her class!
She's very nice and respectful to students. However, she is not very clear when explaining subjects and also does not award partial credit on short answer problems, which make up the majority of her tests.
I learned absolutely nothing from this class. There are no exams through the year but the quizzes are basically impossible. No partial credit on essay questions. AVOID
There are 2 exams and a final along with participation points every class period. The tests are really hard since all you do in class is sit in a big circle and talk. She doesnt really teach and you need to have her opinion to get correct answers. Really hard. She is a nice enough lady but not a good teacher.
She is the most unorganized professor I've had. You have to participate every day in class. Random exercises on readings. She grades tests based on her opinion, so if you don't say what she wants, you get all the points off. DO NOT TAKE HER
Worst and rudest professor I've had so far at UWL by a long shot. Embarrassingly biased on every topic that you discuss and will talk down to you and grade things wrong on tests if your opinion differs from hers at all. Tests weren't horribly difficult, but participation in every class is required. Stay away if at all possible!
Be prepare to read a big too much bunch of reading each classes. Super Duper unorganised teaching. her hand-writing handouts. Disorder and mess up stuffs on projector. Too many stuffs to read.
It seems like she never knows what she's doing. She makes up her lecture as she goes along and it seems like we teach her more things than she teaches us. Microeconomics is pretty easy stuff but she makes it complicated. I wouldn't take one of her classes again.
Don't take it at 7:45. You have to participate and you have to show up. Class itself is pretty interesting and I like the topics. You have to keep up with everything she assigns and for the research paper she's not entirely clear on what to do. The tests are mostly short answer questions and you really have to know what you're talking about.
Grades based off of her opinion, and even having one word wrong in an answer will get points taken off. Assumes you didn't do the readings if you don't regurgitate something from them in your answers. Not helpful, and you will likely not learn much of anything related to actual economics.
AA - Absolutely Awesome!!!
Nice, respectful of students, listens.
Anderson's class is discussion based and attendance is required, so do not take this class if you don't expect to attend. But you will be rewarded with good discussions.
Loads of class discussion
super nice and helpful
Knows her stuff. And funny. Gets pissed if you don't do the reading but its bc she cares. highly recommend!
We all sit in a big circle and talk. Good discussions for an intro econ class. Worked well for me.
Now that the final is done I must admit that it was a good class. Didn't expect much but got a lot out of it.
It is very hard if not impossible to be inivisible in her class since she sits us in a circle. Don't take her if you want to sit in the back of the class and surf the net on your computer, which she doesn't allow in class either. But it is kinda refreshing to be called by name after only the first week. Recommended.
She has a grading policy that includes participation and in-class quizzes and two tests plus final. If you go to class and say something about the news you will get maximum participation points. and sorta fun.
Great prof. I had prof Anderson for 110 and 346 and enjoyed all classes. She ranks among my favorite profs!
Liberal with a capita L but it doesn't overwhelm the class. And pittsburgh fan. Not a bad class. IMO.
Best by far in CBA!
She makes up her own lectures on the spot and expects her exact words on the exam. One of the midterms is dropped which is nice. Not recommended if you are not an Economics major, like myself. Don't take her if you are in it for the gen ed.
There is no real structure to this class. Would not suggest taking this course as an Economics major. Class was mostly based on reiterating news articles, and "thinking like an economist" - as most professors would describe - was not a skill that was strengthened through this course.
Ask a question and response will be : "I don't know; does anyone else know?" Her tests are unclear and poorly written. She will take off points even if your answer is correct, because it is beyond her understanding. Its difficult to sit through lectures, having to correct her on core econ applications. She should try her hand at teaching preschool.
No structure really at all. She will show you the graphs and gives you the info, but doesn't emphasize what will be tested on. She has a tough time getting points across.
Sometimes her lessons seem disorganized and she seems a little spacey, but overall, I really enjoyed her class. You get 1 point each class for just showing up and 2 points if you participate in class. I didn't think her exams were difficult because she takes a lot questions from previous in-class exercises and homework assignments.
Professor Anderson is one of the sweetest professors I've ever had. Very approachable, and makes class enjoyable. You get points just for showing up, and she drops one of the midterms. I'd definitely take her again!
Would not recommend this class to anyone, nor would I recommend Dr. Anderson to anyone. Her classes are brutally boring and she has no idea what she's talking about most of the time. A lot of one-sided opinions. Her tests are based on things out of the textbooks that are never once reviewed during class, you're just expected to know them.
This class is called "Women in the US Economy" but really it should be called "History of Racial and Sex Discrimination." because you never, ever, talk about women in the US Economy. The class is incredibly difficult and if you don't like reading long articles every night where you have to memorize everything, do not take this class. It is awful.
Anderson teaches one class at UWL and it's for good reason. She is a terrible professor with LOADS of one-sided opinions. I know multiple students from class who have filed actual complaints against her because of how terrible of a job she did at teaching our class. Extremely tough grader on tests that are mainly essay questions. Avoid at all costs
Her class is enjoyable, though it feels more like a literature class, because most of class is spent in a circle discussing readings rather than drawing graphs. Enjoyable, and brought up a few good points, but I didn't learn a lot. To be fair, I already knew a lot on the subject matter, but the course didn't go into the depth I expected.
Very interesting class material. Most of the points come from 2 exams (you get to drop one) and a final. You also write a paper and get daily participation/exercise points. If you've had Dr. Anderson before, you know what you're getting into, but overall, I thought the class was very enjoyable.
She's very specific on what she wants for answers on exams, but is very good on helping you learn and memorize what she wants. Participation is very important to her and you're graded each day on your participation. Overall, her lectures are very clear, and you can tell she wants all of her students to succeed.
Took Micro with her, she is a great teacher, very caring, and will help outside of class. She explains everything very well, and makes sure you understand it. You have to talk once a day for part of your grade, and there are easy daily exercises also. You take 2 midterms, and a final exam, and the lowest of your 2 midterms gets dropped.
I thought Dr. Anderson was an excellent professor. She was very straightforward with what will be on her exams and has practice exams that correlate to the real ones almost exactly. If you pay attention in class you will do well for sure.
Donna is a kind, caring, and fair professor. She is far left-leaning, however she is open to and respectful of differing opinions. She respects others' opinions and encourages conversation in the class. She made ECO 336 enjoyable and interesting. She has only a mid-term and final, and grades them toughly. Participation matters but is easy.
We had 100 points total. We were supposed to be learning about sustainable business principles but we spent more time talking about environmental studies issues rather than business. Donna is a super cool professor to talk to just not my favorite person to learn from. Classes were quite scattered as well.
She has a number of good discussions that come up in class, she is VERY blunt about her political views and tends to make some somewhat snide comments. She also grades homework and quizzes somewhat harshly, on a 2 point scale. 2 points for full credit, 1 point if you get more than half of them right, and 0 if you get less than half right.
Don't take Donna. Just trust me, don't do it. Spent one class making peanut butter sandwiches, spent another arguing with her about an answer the whole class found word for word in the book. When she realized it was in the book she shrugged and said, "Well, I like my answer better," and proceeded to mark everyone wrong. Avoid taking The Donna.
ECO 110 with Donna is a fairly easy class, so I'm not sure about the negative reviews. You don't get much homework, lectures have a lot of discussion (not just note-taking), and the exams are fairly easy. This class with Donna has been very enjoyable and pretty easy, only dislike I have is her obvious anti-conservative views in class. TAKE HER.
I enjoyed Dr. Anderson as a person, but was not a fan of her teaching style. We talked about current events more than the actual class material. When it was time for exams, it felt like she would cram information in the class before. She is a very tough grader. Papers handed out in class were never brought up again until you find an exam q on them.
Very stubborn, short deadlines (5-10 minutes) and does not like to co-operate with students. She has a terrible attitude and listens to no none but herself. Other than her being insufferable, her class is not hard, and I passed but would not recommend taking her unless you can stay on top of your work and block her out.
she's good
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