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Reviews (118)
Hopefully, you should get to use notes on exams. This will really help, but you still need to know your stuff. Not too bad of a math class.
Strange class, get to use a lot of notes and she isn't clear at times. However, she seems to want everyone to do really well and it's not too hard to get a good grade.
Excellent pace and teaching style - she's always making sure people understand what she tries to get across. Makes hilarious comments sometimes, and definitely wants everyone to do well.
Lectures can be a little dry, but I enjoy the subject. Class is based on 2 papers and a presentation, final exam is optional. While she's not always clear on paper topics, she's very open to whatever you write! Laid back atmosphere in the classroom.
excellent teacher!
Good prof. Asks the class questions if they understand and if the pace is too fast/slow. Tests are relatively easy if you do a little bit of studying. Cheat sheets are allowed. Great lady.
She has a soporific effect on me without fail. She is a nice lady, admittedly, however, reading off the textbook may be much more stimulating. -yawn-
She makes really easy tests and allows full page cheat sheets.
shes great
very nice lady, great class
Pretty good professor. She knows what she's talking about and sometimes cracks a funny joke here and there. She allows a full page cheat sheet for each exam and three full page cheat sheets for the final. Everyone says how hard 222 was, but i didn't find it difficult at all with her.
Great prof-- lectures for me were key (my disc was worthless), and she made the material very easy to understand (which is difficult stuff to begin with). Friendly and willing to help. So glad I had her!
Loves what she does and likes helping you... highly recommended, please respect her.
Very knowledgable, helpful and nice professor. Has an accent but is still easy to understand.
Definitely one of the best professors I've had. VERY respectable lady. Pay attention in her classes, and you will see the results on your GPA. HIGHLY recommended
She is a very nice professor and is very clear. She is always willing to slow down and explain the same things again and again if she finds students having trouble understanding the materials. Highly recommended!
Very very nice professor. She's always willing to explain things and take questions. Exams can be tough, so be careful if you haven't had calc before & this is your first time around. People who have had calc drive the curve way up, so pay attention in lecture! Homework amount is very fair, grading is very fair as well. Highly recommended!
This was one of the best teachers I have ever had. She is extremely helpful, nice, and caring, and I would recommend her to anyone. I did have Calc before, but I thought the exams were very easy and fair regardless. I wish all math classes were like this one!
Very helpful, and very fair. Always willing to slow down or re-explain any concept that is confusing. Exams are fair, as long as you know the material and practice with the homework. Typically gives useful equations with the exams, so focus on the methods not memorization
Professor Mayer is one of the best professors one can have in the math department. Class is very helpful, in upperlevel class she said not to worry about grades, so we concentrated on the material much stronger. Minimum if you show up for tests and do all your hw, you'll get a B. Got an AB. Accent is not that much of a barrier, clarity is awesome
I didn't hate her as a teacher. She explains things, asks who understands & re-explains if needed. A little muddled, her explanations didn't agree w/each other or she'd make confusing calculation errors. The tests aren't too hard, not many points, so it's hard to get an A. She hands out a cheat sheet w/all the formulas tho. Attendance system sucks.
She was overall a very nice woman, but at times did not have a clue what she was doing. Going to class was only necessary because she took attendence. She was generally a fair teacher, but half the time the things she put on the exam were different than the practice exams. I had a tutor, so I got an AB, but overall its pretty easy
Very nice woman and very willing to take extra time to explain the concepts. Tests were very easy if you went to class and took notes. The cheat sheet/review she hands out is extremely helpful. I hate math, so I wasn't very fond of this class but that's not her fault. Overall, it was a very easy way to get a Quant A requirment out of the way.
Gabi is one of the sweetest women you will ever meet. She truly cares about her students and will assist them in any way possible in order to see them succeed. A large portion of the grade depends on homework and she allows plenty of time to complete it. Keep up on it and ask her any and all questions you may have.
This class was the best, soooo easy. Class notes are posted online, quizzes are online. There is no need to come to class! Especially because she is so confusing in class. Just study on your own and this class is amazingly easy. I got a B and I only went to class half the time.
This is maybe one of the most boring classes I have ever taken. She's really nice, but her lectures are really confusing and she makes lots of mistakes and sometimes doesn't seem that familiar with the material herself. If you're trying to get quant a out of the way, I would recommend a different class.
Gabi is a really good prof. There are only 95 points though so even if you think you've got an A at the end do the extra credit! Her tests are easy if you went to class and you have a quiz every week online but its more than easy to get together with friends and take them. Also share a book because she has her own teaching materials.
Not that hard of a class, but the grading scale itself is really hard. I got a 87% in the class and it turned out to be a b/c, You needed a 96% for an A, so just be careful of that.
If you have to take this class with Meyer - almost the entire class got an AB or higher! Calculator was allowed on 2nd midterm and the final was a take home with extra credit - VERY EASY! Go to lecture, she sometimes puts her exact examples on exams and the rest are exactly like the homework.
Prof Meyer is makes things understandable, is fair and will take the time to teach you. Very open and easily accessable during office hours. Her exams sometimes don't reflect some of the material you've covered but the class is not that difficult. Very good prof over all.
Prof Meyer is extremely nice and funny. She often makes jokes in class and always keeps it interesting. She is very helpful. She knows that non-math students take 141, if you try your best you will pass.
Class is relatively easy. Meyer doesn't do the best job explaining examples on the board. Her tests are fairly easy, but her final was ridiculously hard. Overall pretty easy class (better than 221 if you are trying to get into Business)
Gabi is great. 141 is the easiest math class I have taken since 7th grade. This is a great easy A that satisfies the QR A requirement. Highly recommend for non-math people
Math 141 is super easy, especially if you have some previous math skills. The topics are mostly things that are relevant to everyday life. She is extremely helpful and very nice. Do the homework! Go to office hours if you have any questions on the homework, and she will help you find the answers to all your problems! Great teacher!
This teacher is very courteous and approachable. She cares for her students and wants them to do well. HOWEVER, this class was really boring. I am a math major, and I have always loved learning math and I was looking forward to this class, but I ended up dreading going to this class. Dry lectures which were not very helpful...
Very nice woman. She is easy to talk to and helps if you have questions. However, going to lectures are pointless because examples she gives are irrelevant to homwork, quizzes, and tests. Tests are mediocore, but focuse a lot of remembering specific problems of homework.
very nice, helpful, and great teacher
Easy class but lectures are pointless. Go to discussion sections to learn the information that you need. Quizes every friday that are easy and generally just two questions over homework turned in that week.
She is a really nice lady but her lectures are pointless and she isn't the best teacher. Tests can sometimes be difficult because they don't reflect book examples or the homework.
Gabi is SUPER nice, the nicest professor I've met at UW. She tries to involve the class and admits when she's wrong. The workload is manageable and the exams are straight-foward. Don't think twice about it, take her class!
Gabi is a genuinely good teacher. Her explanations are clear and she makes sure the class understands the material before moving on. The homework is completion grade and the quizzes and midterms are easier than the homework. Highly recommend. And oh yea she gives you a cheat sheet on the midterms!
Explains the information very clearly and in an easy to understand way.
Overall good professor. Not very stimulating but its calculus. Explains material well and is helpful at office hours. Hand writing can be a little hard to read to sit in the front of the lecture.
First three midterms weren't very bad. I thought the final was very challenging though. Not very stimulating material or presentation but she was fairly clear in lecture. Need to work pretty hard in this course.
Gabi Meyer is a great professor. She is an incredibly sweet lady and genuinely wants her students to succeed. Exams and quizzes weren't too tough and she was really fair. I would definitely recommend her.
She lectures straight from the textbook but somehow makes it more confusing and convoluted than how the textbook describes. Entirely self taught myself from the text book. Definitely not knowledgeable on the the material in 234 and often makes many mistakes in class in examples that makes it hard to determine what is right and what is wrong
She really is a wonderful professor. If you take the effort to follow along in class and work through the problems and go to her office hours, the class is very easy. She also is most helpful during her office hours; I strongly recommend going!
She basically follows straight from the textbook, and the textbook is not good to begin with. She makes mistakes in class a lot and goes really slow through class. We were behind other classes for about a month. She says "um" a lot and always needs to look at her notes when writing on the board. Generally a bad professor, but gives a decent curve.
She's really confusing and makes a lot of mistakes in class. She contradicts herself and her tests are unfair
Writes notes straight from the lecture notes.. completely useless. Attempted to teach the whole class to myself because her lectures were horrible. Lecture notes also suck. So confusing. Thomas Calculus book is way better.
She was an extremely nice lady, but the way she taught made it very hard to understand the material. She taught straight from the lecture note packet which was confusing in the first place. The material would be hard even with the best professor available though. She isn't horrible, but isn't the most amazing either.
Just went over lecture notes which are bad to start with. Just buy Thomas' Calc to learn the material. First two midterms were easy, hard final. Not the most engaging either. Thought 222 was easier with her than 234.
She is a really nice teacher. I wasn't able to understand everything right away during lecture, but I went to her office hours and discussion and everything went smoothly for me. The test questions are relatively basic and the homework is more complicated.
Not a horrible professor, but not great either. She teaches straight from her notes, so instead of getting clear explanations, you get hard to understand sentence fragments. She's tolerable though, and does seem to work hard to make her students understand the material.
She is super nice and while her lectures aren't the most engaging, they're worth going to. She allows students to bring a cheat sheet (whole piece of paper, both sides) for the 211 exams I was in. She also set her averages for exams at a B. All in all, she's about as good as it gets for calc profs here.
God awful at teaching. Doesn't explain much and has no order, hard to follow. Stopped going to lecture about 3 weeks in because I felt it was easier to just read the text book
Your success in this class is almost 100% based on what kind of TA you get. Gabi is an okay lecturer but sometimes it is hard to follow her. My TA basically taught us everything and he was extremely knowledge able. Tests are fairly easy and have usually a 8-12 point curve. I would suggest taking this class over 221 if you have the option.
Gabi is awesome as far as calc profs go. Her tests are incredibly fair(dare I say easy?) She allows a full page cheat sheet for both midterms and final. Ting Ting is the BEST TA by far, so take her discussion if possible. Explains material well and wants you to do well. She is prob the reason I got an A, having never taken calc before this course.
She is a pretty good teacher and she does care about the students. Tests are difficult as expected, and the homework was mandatory.
Her lectures are very boring and not always that helpful. But on the plus side if you do the homework you''ll pretty much get a B or better. She is very lenient on grading midterms as well. Be prepared though the homework is difficult and very long so plan to spend a lot of time on it.
The lectures were fine but she kind of skipped around which didn't bother me because I took the class in high school. If you haven't taken this class before, it may be rough. Go to lecture at the end because she deviates from the book a little. Homework was meh. Quizzes are usually based on hwk. Getting a good TA matters A LOT. Grading was weird.
Meyer is the best kind of college profs. She's really patient and helpful and is always willing to offer you help if you can't make it to her office hours. Her lectures are ok. She's always there to help students and the grading is really lenient. So if you go to class and do homework and understand the homework, you won't have a problem getting A.
I do not recommend Professor Meyer. She is consistently confused and making both small and large mistakes while lecturing, and there has not been one lecture I've attended where she hasn't made a mistake that was eventually corrected by a student. She even messed up our first midterm, and didn't put the correct answer as a multiple choice!
Horrible professor. Over 60% of the class does;t even go to lectures after 2 weeks because she can't teach and makes a minimum of 20 mistakes during the 50 minute lecture. If you can switch into Rivard or pray that you get an amazing TA. 25-30 homework problems a week. Oh and she even makes mistakes on the actual exams. Good Luck.
Debatable. Avoid her if you can.
Dr. Meyer is one of the better professors in the math department at UW Madison. Her lectures can be confusing (as any other math lecture here at UW), but Dr. Meyer is EXTREMELY helpful during her office hours and is very willing to schedule an appointment with you.
Sometimes a little confusing and prone to some mistakes, but overall she's a good prof and does helpful examples. She always checks to see if the class understands, which is great! Tests are ok in difficulty and very similar to the review questions she puts out. She was very helpful in office hours when I went. My TA was excellent.
Not gonna lie, I struggled through this class. However, I do think that professor Meyer is one of the better professors to have. I started going to her office hours after the first exam and found that she was very helpful one on one although her lectures can be confusing at times. A good TA helps a ton. I would take her again if need be.
Gabi is a super sweet woman and was an incredibly good Calc prof. She may make a few mistakes during lecture, but overall paying attention to what she says is all that's necessary to passing. Some concepts are a little difficult or confusing, but the exams were pretty easy, and she's super helpful in office hours. You want her as your calc. prof
She's not great, but not bad. Some things were extremely confusing, others perfectly clear. It's a confusing topic. She means very well, and really cares about how we do. Don't avoid her, but, if you struggle with math, you might want to take someone clearer, if you can. If you can't, don't despair: Prof. Meyer isn't bad at all.
She has a sweet demeanor though is rather confusing during lectures. Many times it seems as though she teaches something not very difficult in the hardest way possible. Almost every lecture she would have to start the example problems she was going through on the board completely over because of a mistake pointed out to her by one of her students.
Gabi Meyer was a nice person, and meant well. She unfortunately makes lots of mistakes (usually 3-5 per lecture) when providing examples, and lectures straight from the textbook. A lot of the time I found myself more confused coming out of lecture. Hope for a good TA, that will help a lot. Finals and exams aren't terrible.
Prof Meyer truly cared about her students success. She recognized that the class was working hard, and decided after the first test, to make her curve more generous and the next exams easier. This made for pretty easy tests; not much studying was needed to get a good grade.
She seemed slightly incompetent. I remember her making mistakes during lecture and being corrected a few times. She can unintentionally be funny sometimes, and is very non-threatening or intimidating. She was available for three hours on a Monday for office hours. I went to my TA far more than her. Final was not cumulative and was on easy material.
Lectures are incredibly long and hard to follow. Meyer doesn't present the material as clearly as possible. I'm sure she would be a great higher math course professor, but for math 217; she is very difficult to learn from. I find myself studying a lot out of class and teaching myself most of the material. You should hope for a good TA.
She's an average lecturer, I came into the class with a pretty good grip on calculus, so it wasn't hard to understand what she was talking about. But, make sure you can read cursive. Sometimes it gets frustrating when you have to skip parts of notes or try to decipher what she's writing. Overall, she's not great, but she's not bad either.
Does lots of example problems, not the best at explaining more complex questions. Test and homework are very straight forward. Gives a nice curve at the end. Follows the course notes.
Messes up/gets confused in lecture and steps aren't always clear while doing problems
Gabi's teaching is subpar. She is difficult to understand, she doesn't explain things well, her lectures are long and unhelpful, and I usually have to teach myself most of the material in the days before the test. I would not recommend this class to anyone as she is one of the worst math teachers I've ever had.
Gabi is a great teacher. She uses a lot of examples to explain concepts so homework problems may be a little tough but homework is only graded on completion. There are quizzes every week and there are three midterms but they are all pretty straightforward. She won't put any minor concepts on there that haven't been taught extensively.
Lectures were often very confusing and it was hard to grasp the main concepts being discussed. There were too many times where I didn't even know what unit we were on during lecture. Overall very unclear and confusing professor. If I didn't use a tutor I would've gotten a much worse grade.
She spends the whole lecture reviewing material that is never on tests. She makes mistakes in basic arithmetic consistently. I could skip all the lectures and still do just find on exams. Would not recommend.
She doesn't communicate very clearly with exactly how some things should be done. Attending lectures have proven to not be super helpful as long as you do your homework and attend discussion. She doesn't engage students and just kind of does her own things. While her class is an easy A, I feel like I haven't learned a ton.
a nice person, but not good at teaching. Lectures consist of her sitting in the front doing problems in front of us without explaining what she is doing. She makes a ton of mistakes during class that students have to correct. The class was review from hs so it wasn't hard. There is a hw assignment and quiz each week. 3 midterms and a final test.
Meyer is a mess. She can't communicate anything clearly, and makes anywhere between 1 and 5 major mathematical mistakes daily. The textbook or going to another lecturer will be your best bet to doing well. She thinks her students are stupid, which helps because she makes the tests slightly easier but dealing with her thrice a week is not worth it.
Though she has good intentions, Gabi is a horrible lecturer. She does problems at a million miles an hour without explaining what she is doing. When students can't follow and ask questions, she gets irritated and is unable to help. One time she managed to confuse half the lecture hall learning ymx+b. Going to lecture only makes things worse.
Although Gabi is a very nice lady, she just is not a good professor. She regularly makes major mistakes on notes and leaves no time to copy notes. As well, she lacks the ability to explain concepts clearly. I was lucky and got Victor Cavalcanti as my TA and he has saved my grade. I will say that her exams are not too hard, and all HW is online.
Gabi is a really sweet lady. If you are sick on an exam day, she will exempt you from the exam completely, even without a doctor's note. Her exams are very easy, and in the event that they are actually hard, she gives a generous curve. That said, she isn't a great lecturer, makes a lot of basic math mistakes, and is not very helpful in lecture.
Gabi, although she may not be the best lecturer, is a caring professor. She truely cares about her students and wants them to understand the material and do well. Her explanation of material, though, could use some work as many people in class become easily confused. Also, she tends to make simple math mistakes.
Gabi was an awful professor. She did nothing for my improvement as a student. Many of her students in Math 114 would agree with me- if you want to be able to be successful in other math classes, avoid Gabi. She should not be employed at a university as prestigious as the University of Wisconsin. I received a good grade through hard work, not her.
Professor Meyer is an extremely caring and kind person. She is accessible and usually responds to emails within a few hours. With all that aside, Gabi is not the best professor. Her lectures taught me absolutely nothing. She regularly asks the class if we understand concepts, and when everyone says no, she moves on anyways. Avoid her at all costs.
Gabi is a nice person but not a good teacher. She often confuses herself during lecture and doesn't seem to know the material well. Lecture isn't very useful so about half the class skips. However, the tests have problems that are pretty easy and she doesn't try to trick you. Still, I would take the other professor if possible.
She seems like such a nice person, but she can't teach. She constantly makes mistakes in lecture and her explanations make things even more confusing. She does give a practice test before each exam, but the exam always had problems on it that weren't on the practice test or homework.
Personally I thought Professor Meyer was one of the wrost teachers I have ever had. She came to class extremely under prepared and legitimately taught her lessons off an iPad she barely knew how to work. When it came to test time, I would study over the course of 3-4 days and would still feel underprepared and never received a grade over a B.
Writes everything you need to do a problem, but does not explain her work. Not a neat writer, and does not explain well even when asked a question. Thankfully I had a good TA. If you have a good grasp on the class you are taking already and have her, you will be fine, but if all the content is new, good luck.
I had Gabi last semester and she was a really sweet lady. However, she's an AWFUL professor. She doesn't explain work, has difficult hand-writing to read, and is always confusing herself by getting problems wrong. The class wasn't too hard, but she was absolutely no help when you had to ask her ?'s. I wouldn't recommend taking her.
Just dont take her at all costs.
DO NOT TAKE HER FOR 421. Literally WORST professor ever. Teaches a proof based class from SLIDES. Book is useless and everyone just googles homework cause no one knows how to do them. Thinks she is giving away the answers with her hints when they are pretty useless. Does not solve any problems in class and goes super fast.
Most time in her lecture, she goes over theorems on slides. She said that the 2nd midterm will be easy but actually it is difficult. The final is rediculously difficult: some problems, I think, require IQ to do (e.x. construct a counter-example function). Thus, unless you have background in doing calculus proves, do not take her 421.
I took a Tuesday/Thursday power lecture of her Math 234 class, and her lectures were genuinely laughable. I have seen numerous "face-palms" at her innumerable mistakes and unfathomable lack of the ability to give a coherent lecture. Fill up your schedule with other courses and push her class off until another professor is available.
I thought Prof. Meyer was one of the best lecturers I've ever had, and this is coming from an engineering major, somebody who should suck at proofs. I learned a ton from her class and thought she did a perfectly fine job teaching it.
Her lectures are the worst that I have experienced. She is boring, cannot use technology very well and is un-helpful.
Prof is an atrocious lecturer. If you ask a question, she tells you to "go to her office hours" and doesn't answer. Confusing and poorly designed course websites. Answers not given timely on Piazza, and when they are they rarely fully answer the question. Homework solutions are riddled with typos and missing answers, and often not posted.
Not the greatest lecture prof. Uses a doc cam and her handwriting is nearly illegible at times (mostly words, numbers are fine). Constantly have to ask her to move the page up so the class can see what shes writing. Never had good luck with TAs in math dept either. Recommend buying old calculus textbook to supplement notes textbook provided.
If you don't care whether you learn and understand the material at hand take her classes. Her lectures are by far the most useless. She would prove everything without explaining why she does it. In her examples she does not explain the problem but simply solves it leaving you to wonder why she did what she did. Her exams can be hard or super hard.
I don't know how the overall rating is so high. Meyer seems to rarely explain what she's doing and instead usually just solves problems. It's clear that she really enjoys math yet doesn't remember what it was like when she was learning the material. This class wouldn't be hard for me with a good professor. Might be better off teaching yourself.
I take her math240, which is really a stupid decision. Lecture cannot be worse and all she can do during the lecture is to slowly write down several simple and useless examples and poorly explain them without giving definitions, concepts and anything that are necessary to understand the examples. Ready to learn by yourself, if you take her.
Was honestly the definition of mediocre, at least for the math department. Lectures were average but I stopped going about halfway through the year. My TA was really helpful and honestly explained the material really well which helped. She gives reviews for the midterms and final which basically go over problems you'll see on the test. Easy class.
While Gabi seems like a nice lady, there were may points where she was just not a good professor. I feel that she often didn't have a great idea of where the class was at, and over-explained simple topics while glossing over tougher material. Also, most test questions were pulled from Thomas Calculus, which she mentioned after midterm number two.
By far the worst professor I have ever had. Reads from projected textbook during lecture, doesn't explain example problems. Khan academy is getting me through calc 221. Prepare to teach yourselves kiddos because she sure won't
She did all of her lectures by projecting either her notebook or her iPad using an overhead. She would start off class explaining a theorem, and then jump right into problems without making sure we understood what was really going down. Two thumbs down.
Gabi runs her lectures very poorly and frequently leaves her entire class confused as to what is going on. She barely explains theorems and jumps right into examples when nobody understands. She also asks the class after giving time to work on a problem who got this one? Not many hands are raised, and she doesnt address it and moves on. Avoid
Assumes that everyone has taken Calculus in high school. Jumps into rules and theorems without any explanation whatsoever. Boring and unhelpful lectures; often leaves us students confused. I had to teach myself everything (textbook & youtube). Midterms were somewhat tough but fair. Final was terrible. She didn't round my 79.9 to an 80. Don't take!
Very un interactive and slow professor. Classes are huge and it feels like she can't connect with everyone in the class.
Doesnt explain anything
Absolutely awful math professor. I took this class online first semester of college. Her document camera was so bad you couldn't read most of what she was writing on the paper. Half the time the lectures would be off the screen. She was very difficult to understand when she spoke as well and often got problems incorrect. KhanAcademy Saved me.
if you want a professor that does math problems and doesn't explain the steps then go for Prof Meyer. She teaches like she is doing math homework and speaks out loud but does not teach the steps AT ALL. Prepare for weird adjectives used to describe math terms...
If I hadn't already taken a calc class in highschool I would have been screwed. She is very slow and the lectures make no sense. Most of the time she doesn't know how to do the problem herself. She is very easy on grading and if you ask for something she'll give it to you but I learned nothing from her OR the TA's. I had to find a tutor to teach me
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