great teacher

the best math teacher I've ever had

No Comments

I had her for vector calculus. She is an amazing math teacher, people from other sections have come to our class just to get her notes because she's so good at explaining the concepts. Especially if you're taking vector, try to get her, she's the best.

Great teacher. Very clear with her notes and explanations. Her class has had the highest grade on the final every semester she's taught business math. Definitely the best of the business math teachers.

I'm so glad she was my vector teacher. She made strange concepts seem easy, and her notes were amazing. She expects a lot of her students, but if you even do a majority of the class work the tests will be pretty easy. TAKE HER CLASS.

She is a great professor!!! her style is really efficient and it makes you do very well in the class!! she is the best math professor I ever had!!! take her class

She is the best math professor I ever had, the way she explains things and the way she makes you work hard prepares you very good for the final, which the most important grade. If you take this class, I really recommend you to understand the DEMOS she explains in class, that will really help a lot.

Very thorough and explanatory. She never dug too deep into theory so as to confuse you with concepts while trying to tackle applications problems. The textbook is esoteric (just like all in its series) but she really helps you understand a topic that is not really well presented in this textbook series.

Donna is the best math teacher at the UA. Her class is not easy by any means, but if you are willing to work for your grade, you can get through the class. In class examples are actually relevant to the homework and the tests are very fair. She has lots of office hours, and is very helpful during office hours or ever email. If you can, get Donna!

If you have the oppurtunity to take donna's class by all means DO IT!! You will not regret it. She is readily available outside of class and is so helpful. I would say she grades very fair...

Excellent teacher, gives very clear notes and explanations of topics. Clear diagrams. Easy to contact outside of class. Kind and cares about student success. Grades homework on accuracy, which is a bit difficult to get used to and brought down my grade, but it forces you to learn the material very well. After taking her class, the final was easy!

Calculus isn't the best of classes, but Donna makes it reasonable. She's nice, presents the material in an understandable and organized way; she's fair, her in class examples and presentations are relevant to the homework, she will go over some of that in class, and it's all relevant to the tests and the final. She knows whats up. Take DONNA!!

Excellent at explaining concepts in class. Very accessible with long office hours and fast email response to questions. Teaches every material that you need to know for exams and department final. Super-effective at helping student understand calculus.

Donna is the best math teacher I have ever had. She's extremely helpful, always available and really does care about her students. Definitely take her if you can.

Its a hard class and a hard teacher but she is really nice and really helpful. She is a great teacher and will try to help you as much as possible. She is funny and pleasant and made the class better than it should be (being a hard math class). She is very fair but you have really have to earn your grade.

Superb teacher. Very organized and prepared. Knows her subject very well. I was a bit disappointed that she didn't teach vector calculus during the spring because she was such an excellent teacher.

Simply put. The best.

Very good prof. She's always helpful, and she replies to email extremely fast. Tests are fair, and HW and quizzes are easy if you do the work. She's also very clear in her presentations, which really helped a lot. If you can, take this professor. You'll be happy you did.

Donna is an amazing teacher -- her examples, notes, and homework assignments are clear. Even though she isn't going to give out free points, she wants the students to learn. Her tests aren't complicated and she grades fairly. She is, by far, the best 223 teacher at UA.

Donna was a great teacher! The best math teacher I have had at UofA by far! Calc is a hard class, there is no way around that, but Donna is the most helpful teacher and really cares about her students!

Vector calculus is very challenging. However, Donna is a great teacher, easily one of the best at UofA- she shows enthusiasm, is extremely knowledgeable, and is very helpful during her office hours. Get into one of her classes if possible.

Donna is one of the best profs at UofA. No joke. Most of the math dept is arrogant, unable to speak english, unable to teach, etc. Donna is the opposite. AMAZING CLARITY, cool person, knows math as well as anyone, and tests are challenging but you can do well. SO come final time, her class has higher grades AND knows the math better!! Donna/BEST

Donna is probably one of the best math teachers you can get at UA. She is extremely helpful and definitely knows her stuff. She has a good enough understanding of mathematics so that when you ask her to do a problem, she will make up one "similar" to it, and let you work your question out yourself. Outstanding teacher overall.

Donna was an excellent Calc teacher. I had problems going to class everyday and getting some work done, but she is very understandable. She gave me extensions on homework and didn't dock points because of my poor attendance. She is entertaining and super super nice!

This class was as hard as it gets. I struggled the whole time and got a B cause I did every homework assignment. Donna is a really good teacher but the Math department screws you in Calc I so most kids are so far behind in Calc II. There are Honors Assignments, Written assign., and Webassign. So unless u like homework, take regular Calc II.

Great teacher! Hard but definitly worth it!

Donna is one of the best math professors I have ever had. She really cares that her students learn the material that she teaches. She explains things very clearly. If you have to take a math class, try to get her as your professor!

The best math professor I ever had! She's very clear and helpful. Her tests are not complex. Get her as your professor if you can.

Donna is probably the best math teacher at UA. Stats is a very tough class and she makes it very clear and if you don't understand, she is willing to help and very approachable. Take advantage of her office hours and tutoring hours, it shows that you care about your grade and she does take that into account when it comes to the end of the semester!

The best math professor! Super helpful and clear!

This teacher is really fantastic! I decided to retake Pre-Calculus to freshen up, so it was a fairly easy class. The teacher was entertaining and very open to questions. She also knew all of the students in class, which was a nice change.

Donna knows how to teach. Not only is she brilliant but she has the experience to present all of the information clearly. She keeps class time entertaining and is always available to clear up any confusion. She writes the BEST exams I have ever taken-clear and comprehensive. If you have the opportunity, take her class.

Donna was by far one of the best math teachers I've ever had, she was helpful, nice, and she really did a great job at presenting the material in a way that everyone could understand. She cared about all of us and really wanted us to succeed in her class.

Forget just being an amazing math instructor. Donna is by far the best instructor, period, I have ever had in my life. She knows the course material inside and out and makes even the most confusing concepts easy to understand. She also really prepares you well for the final exam. I highly recommend this class.

Great teacher, best math teacher at UA hands down. Get into her class at all costs! Her tests are very difficult, but she really prepares you for them. She is extremely dedicated to making sure you learn the material.

One of the only good math professors at the U of A. She is very knowledgeable on the concepts and is very helpful during class and outside of class. Very friendly and fair. Probably one of the best professors in the math department. You are good off having her for any math class you take.

Really great teacher, this is the vector calc teacher to have! Good teaching style and very good understanding of subject, and goes out of way to help students. Plus, instantaneous email response, even late at night!

Professor Krawczyk is the best calculus teacher at the UA. She is very fair with her grading, very prepared for class, and has a lot of tutoring times. Going to class is must because you don't need to use the book then to learn. She makes calculus crystal clear with her teaching... I highly recommend her for any calc class!

Great teacher, super clear and knows her stuff. She writes the final and all the webassign so she knows the answers and is very good at teaching. Would love to have her for calc 2

Great professor. She knows her stuff and can teach it too. Not an easy class, but get Donna if you can. I got an "A" in the Honors section, and I'm a business major... nuff said

This honor's section went at a nice and fast pace. We did not have to do book HW, so that was awesome. Make sure to put effort in the WebAssign work and Honors HW. Those two can help your grade alot. Donna is a fun and upbeat teacher. She was fun. Worked at a usual honor's level for my A. (The final grade replaces the lowest test score-usually)

Amazingly helpful professor. It's so nice to have had an instructor as dedicated as she was.

Donna is the best professor at the university of Arizona, hands down. Let alone the best math teacher I have ever had. She is always available to help out of the class and made learning vector calculus enjoyable and possible. If there is a spot in her class, get into it.

My first 2 math teachers at U of A were condescending and had major accents. They also didn't seem to care whether I succeeded or not, and I constantly wondered if I would survive. Enter Donna, best teacher of my life. Thank goodness I got her for vector.

Brilliant lecturer, extremely patient, caring, and fair. Just about the best professor one could ask for.

Donna is simply the best math teacher I've ever had. She's a really nice person and she's always willing to help her students. Her teaching style is excellent and her way in presenting the material is just amazing. I highly recommend her class.

Donna is a really good instructor but I don't think that I did well with her style. I felt as though she didn't show enough examples in class and wasted a portion of the class chatting. She is an extremely nice lady, but I may have done better in a different class since the material is so challenging with so little class time.

Online Calculus 2 cannot be easy for anyone, but she was extremely helpful and considerate. She definitely helped me out considerably. It should be noted this is the second time I took this class and the first time I had to withdraw because I couldn't understand the material. Second time with her, I understood much better and got through it.

Math 122a is hard if you are not ready because it assumes you remember precalculus and now have to be ready to apply it. Donna pushed us to apply what we were supposed to remember, but I struggled because I couldn't remember quite a bit.

The subject makes you think, but Donna teaches so well, I didn't need to learn from the textbook at all. Her tests are very clear and concise (no trickiness). Homework is not tedious whatsoever (WebAssign only). Ask her anything via email (or office hrs) and she responds VERY quickly and thoroughly. She will prepare you VERY well for the final.

If you put more than 6 hours of studying for her tests you will get a low A. She goes through everything very fast, so ask questions if you are not sure. She rarely makes mistakes (maybe 3 the whole year). If you need calculus (engineering, physics,Math,Computer Science) in the future take her class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Donna is fantastic. She is a department head and as such is able to articulate what the Math department is trying to teach you and as such, what it will be testing you over. She will challenge you with quizzes throughout the year, but drops enough that they don't hurt you. Homework load is perfect and she is always ready to help via emailD2L video

Always replies to emails. There isn't much homework. However, DON'T EXPECT ANY EXTRA CREDIT OR CURVE AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER!

Very nice, helpful and understandable if having trouble with math problems.

Simply put: stunning. Donna is the perfect professor. Outside of class, all resources to attain success are conveniently made readily available. Her lectures are brilliant and filled with information both engaging and inspiring. My perspective of math has completely altered. So it goes, I absolutely recommend taking her class.

She's a gem, very willing to put in the effort. Now listen, you'll fail if you don't take the time to reciprocate the effort. That's just how the department is. Prepare well to go fast on the exams, or drown in the process. People think calculus is easy, that's fine. But those of you who know it isn't: Use all of your resources. WORK. VERY. HARD.

She is an amazing instructor. I've had 3 other instructors for math at U of A and she is the best by far!! Explains everything clearly and makes the class enjoyable. I took online math 129 with her and want her for vector as well. Just when I was about to give up on math i took 129 with her and loved it.

Amazing Math Professor

This professor is wonderful! She makes math very easy to understand, and the lectures move quickly. She goes into very fine detail about writing notation which, although a pain, only helps in the end. Good math teachers are extremely hard to come by at the U. She is the second professor I have taken calc 2 with, and by far the superior.

Donna is the best math teacher at UofA. I got my first A in math in several years... and its in Calc 2. Quizzes almost every lecture but they're not too bad. Tests are longish but very straightforward. She's a head of the math department so she knows what she's talking about. Put the work in and you get good out.

I never had this professor, but let me tell you. I went to one office hours session with my friend whom was taking her class and I learned more in this meager period of time than I did in a semester with my own professor. She was very thorough, walked students through problems rather than handing out answers and truly made an effort to educate.

Vector calc isn't easy in general, especially as an online course, but she gives many videos and explains it really well. She responds to your emails almost immediately. All we were graded on was the activities each week, the four tests, and the WebAssign homework. It really was a great class and I would recommend taking vector calc with her

Freshman, major in astronomy and physics, from China. Online class. Notice homeworks' dues. Donna is nice because she tries her best to give you points if you know the strategies to the problem. Also, she is very patient. Chap. 18-20 is difficult and easy to confuse. Arrange your own schedule to prepare concepts. And don't wait to last minute.

Donna is by far the easiest and best professor for Vector Calc. Her videos are concise and contain everything you need to know for the quizzes and exams, and her assessments are always fair and doable. You can easily get an A with her if you dont procrastinate.

Good lectures!!

Great video lectures. A little curt over email.

Great video lectures and responds to emails promptly

Provides clear and careful explanations of even the most complex topics. A joy to learn from. Sometimes a bit difficult to talk to outside of class, but generally replies to emails quickly.

Her recorded lectures were informative, relevant to the quizzes, and could be skipped forward. Gave online tests using smart platforms, so not a big deal. Willing to answer questions; responsive via emails. Suitable for self-learners. Took it fully online, so no live classes. The textbook might help, but the videos and PDFs are sufficient.

This class is hard. Donna makes it easier by taking a personal investment in your learning like she emailed me to do some hw I forgot about. The test study guides are almost exactly like the test so do them! The videos she posts are really useful. This class will require some extra work but if you make sure you dont get lost you will pass easily.

Vector Calc will be difficult no matter what professor you have, but Donna does her best to help along the way, more so than any college math professor I've had thus far. She is caring and active with email correspondence, and I feel her lecture videos are well made. Only take this course online if you can commit to keeping up with the material.

She is extremely helpful and use friendly approaches

I took Professor Krawczyk's MATH122B class over the summer, she simplified complicated concepts enough to be learned the same day they were taught. A homework assignment is due almost every day, except Saturdays and exam days due to the shortened class time. The homework resembles the concepts taught in class but is not direct copies. Webassign.

She's a great lecturer. If you show up to class and take good notes, you'll be fine. She tells us to work on quizzes alone, then lets us compare answers with a partner at the end and work together to find the right answers. Exams are completely Solo. There is a decent amount of hw due. (summer course).

You'll do great if you like to be in a smaller class setting and have the prof give step-by-step lectures. She takes time to show derivations but tends to slightly rush some things like line integrals so that you'll know how to do them but not what they are exactly. Remember to go to office hours, she'll help you work through any problems!

Very helpful teacher

Donna is one of the best math professors out there. She genuinely cares about her students and tries to help them succeed. She gives so many opportunities to get help. She is super sweet and her lectures are the best by far compared to other math professors. I love her!

Donna ran the 122a class that is online. she provided many clear instructions so I knew when deadlines were. She had many helpful videos posted to use when confused on the content. I felt extremely prepared for exam.

This class felt like a waste of time, especially after taking 120R but it wasn't terrible. If you knew what you were doing in 120R you should be good. I personally watched and took notes on all of the videos, but that's just me. Ended up with a B+. Lots of WebAssign and one big exam at the end. Good intro class 4 calculus so make sure u understand.

If you are taking 122A, this is likely one of the first challenging courses of your academic career. If you do not have good study strategies, that fact will come to light in this course. Donna will not hold your hand. You have to devote your time to problem sets and practice quizzes to be successful, but you can do it! Make sure to kill the final.

A fair amount of work to do outside of class, but is always good prep for practicing and mastering during lecture. Lectures were very engaging, lots of hands on working out problems with guidance from Prof Krawczyk.

Donna made a 7 week summer vector calc class enjoyable. Her recorded lectures were short and to the point but covered enough examples to make you understand. She was flexible and understanding and more than fair with the grading, often giving credit for multiple choice if it made sense. Its a hard class and you have to put in work but she is great.

She is nice and friendly but, her exams are hard.

I took her Calc 1 class and she's the best math teacher i've ever had. She explains the concepts very clearly and does lots of practice. She also takes time to review algebra or geometry concepts if the class is struggling which was great for me. She's also very friendly and accessible if you have questions, and generous with partial credit.

Good experience with Dr. Krawczyk overall. Her lectures were clear and concise and she also makes herself available outside of class. Tough class, but manageable if you put in the work.