Exams are much harder than you would expect them to be based off of how broadly she teaches the class. She stumbles her way through the lecture. She reads directly off of the power point and can barely answer questions that students have.

The class itself isn't horrid; however information given in the class doesn't line up with the tests. There is plenty of extra cedit, but not nearly enough to counter a bad test score. Lectures are long and she reads almost directly from the powerpoints so attending the class isn't really required. You can just look the powerpoints up later.

Dr. Biederman co-taught the class with Dr. Hufford, but Hufford was definitely the better one. Dr. Biederman often mispronounced words, read off of her slides, and relied on random videos of sloths. For her tests, I straight up memorized her powerpoint slides. At least for the final she told you word for word what was on it.

VERY NICE! Very enthusiastic about bio but is not great at teaching. Go to class because she likes to include random test questions about little things she says in class. Loves to share videos which can help with learning but they can get repetitive sometimes. Very hard to prepare for tests, never know what will be on them. Doesn't follow the book.

I took Biol 211 from her during her first semester teaching it and she was all over the place. There were way too many tests, lectures were long, boring, and useless, except there were a million clicker points and pop quizzes. She opened a test the Thurs before spring break, when I was going out of the country, and wouldn't let me take it early.

Dr. Biederman was super chill and you could tell she loves Biology. The only thing I would have to say is to take notes before the lecture. all of her powerpoints are online, and she moves through slides fairly quickly! also look at the study guides they really help.

Lectures are pretty striaghtforward. You can skip class and look at lecture notes and book and do pretty well. Exams are pretty difficult and usually go much more in depth than lectures ever do. Gives some extra credit but not an easy class.

Lori is a fine professor. She gets side tracked sometimes. Lectures are hardly engaging; she doesn't require attendance or ask TopHat questions in class. All of the HW is online, with about 2 assignments per week, and you will need a book of some sort (online is good.) Exams are easy and online, she drops the lowest and the final isn't cumulative.

Lori is a good teacher but can be hard to follow during lecture with her exuberant personality. She is slightly scattered when presenting information but is pretty decent.

She was very nice, but went through each slide after three seconds so it was impossible to take notes in lecture. I skipped every single class after the first test and I still got a good grade. Always do the reviews for the test because those are the exam questions. Online homework several times a week.

Dr. Biederman is gives a decent lecture and is excited about the material she presents. The class is also pretty easy, the practice questions are pretty much the exam. However, she will stop lecture to call out anybody that makes any sort of noise and say they are welcome to leave and seems surprised when people stopped showing up to class.

She reads right off the slides but will occasionally offer extra information and sometimes even test answers to those that show up. Homework is online modules that you can only get 100% on unless you don't do it. She gets annoyed by people talking or packing up early. But overall, she makes things pretty easy.

Recently changed class structure so older reviews are somewhat dated. She doubled the amount of questions on each exam so a lot of questions are overly specific. I spent a lot of time memorizing every little thing on her slides, cause nothing was off limits. I did fine, it was just annoying. EC was nice of her to offer though.

She puts the powerpoints online so the lecture is basically the same as reading the powerpoints. Her SI instructor, Shaelyn, is amazing and I would highly recommend going to her sessions they help a ton.

Biederman is OK. All of her lectures are online but going to class can make a letter grade difference. Incredibly test heavy class, there are 7 exams and the only other things that go into the grade book are the homework assignments and the 10 points extra credit. She is very passionate about biology but not too caring about her students.

Usually, 1 or 2 reading assignments per week is pretty easy. The killer is her exams. 7 exams over 16 weeks. They are also in testing center. Exams are identical to practice exams but I still never got over a 80% on an exam even when studying days in advance. The lecture is fine but pretty much worthless since she talks too fast to take notes.

The lectures are online and she bases it to not be in-person. There are exams pretty much every other week but no final which is nice. In lectures, she tends to read off the slides and not expand but seems extremely passionate about biology and nature. The homework is from the textbook but not horrible to complete. For a required course, not bad!

She read off the slides for every lecture and didn't really expand on the content she was teaching. She gives you practice exams to take which are extremely helpful to do well in the class. She seems super passionate about the class and I learned some interesting content.

She goes through content quickly, no use in going to class. Don't get the textbook, everything on the test will be on the slides. Do the practice tests multiple times, the test is very similar. I didn't get a good grade in the class because the tests can be difficult, but if you get her teaching style at first you'll be fine.

Exams were every other week, which was annoying but also nice because we weren't tested on as much material.

I personally thought that Dr. Biederman was an alright professor. Her exams are thorough, and as long as you do the practice exams before the actual exam, you should be alright. The only thing I dislike is when she lectures; she just reads off the slides and never really adds anything, so attending lectures isn't important.

Dr. Biederman was not my favorite professor, purely because of her testing methods. I felt the tests were extremely hard and the questions seemed random and hard to study for. I went to almost all the lectures and still did not do as well as I had hoped.

It's a big lecture so there isn't much participation. I can tell that she likes the topic but there isn't much to keep you engaged since it is just a lecture. For the class I took we had exams every two weeks which seems like a lot but was actually helpful since it was less info you have to remember at once, plus she lets you take a note sheet in.

The test are all over the slides. The lectures can help, but for a lot of the people I know they stopped going and their grade improved. She just reads off the slides, the slides however are very well made. To study review slides and do practice tests. Personality wise she is sort of petty and annoying, this can be seen through her emails.

During lectures, she only reads off of the slides that are posted online, so no one shows up. Will sometimes create assignments that are difficult to find on Canvas, so I was unable to complete them because I did not know they existed.

Prof. Biederman's lectures felt useless to go to, as the slides that she read directly from were accessible from the Canvas page. Tests also had questions that felt unimportant or obscure; one I had was on the exact percentage of Iowa prairie left, with options like 5%, 2%, and .1%. She seemed passionate about the subject, however.

I didn't attend class more than once a week and did just fine, if not better. Tests are easy if you prepare, no final exam. She reads straight from slides posted on Canvas, the only thing you won't get by not attending lecture is her review/practice questions. Don't even try to talk while she lectures because she will hear you from a mile away.

I didn't attend lecture more than once a week and did just fine if not better. Five total tests, no final exam, easy if you prepare. She reads directly from her slides posted on Canvas, the only thing you won't get by not attending lecture is her review/practice questions. Don't even try to talk while she lectures, she'll hear you from a mile away.

Attendance is not required. She reads off her lecture slides so there no point in going to class. Don't even think about talking in her class, she will hear you and give you the death stare or even better ask you to leave. You will have 5 exams with no cumulative final. Exams aren't bad, look over the practice tests and your notes before the exam.

she mostly just reads off the slides and attendance isn't required, so hardly anyone shows up to class. i read the textbook like twice in the semester and didn't really need it. her practice tests and DSMs were helpful for studying, but some questions on the exams were so random and poorly formatted. she does show cool videos though

Dr Biederman cares about what she's talking about, but she takes it too far. If she hears the slightest sound in the 400 person lecture hall, she stops the lecture until it stops. She also frequently goes on tangents about plants and such, even when we're not on that unit. She offers extra credit and amnesty weekends around exams for each unit.