She had a very condescending attitude toawrd her students throughout the term. She actually spent whole lectures talking about the wonder of Chemistry...didn't teach us a thing. Probably failed to prepare for the lectures. We were already behind, too.

This teacher is one of the worst teachers I've ever had. She expects her students to KNOW chemistry already, like your taking the class just for review. She can't explain any concepts right either. Try to avoid her

She sucks! she is condescending, unfunny, boring, unclear. avoid her!! she makes the class way harder than it should be.

she is the worst teacher ever. she makes you buy a palm pilot to take her tests. try avoiding her!! she sucks!

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ya she suck, I agree she should work at the UDP and leave chem up to someone else. Dont take this class if you need it for chem 111a either take it from someone else, take it somewhere else or change your major to communications.

She was nice, but she did not teach anything. She left the class confused and frustrated.

She may have published a book, but that doesnt make her a good teacher!!!!!

The material was not that hard.I got an A. However,Gardner absolutely added nothing to the class. Take this class as a home-study course and don't expect to learn anything from the lectures.

Stupid palm pilots. B****. Univiting, incosistant. Lab was the only redemtion even though I did well. Expensive too cost at least 300 bucks for stuff I never used.

This is an easy class if you study your notes...when it comes to her teaching skills..they are very poor. Her lectures are unclear and I never went to class, studied off the book and got an easy A

She falls into the category of professor who just puts in the time to pick up her paycheck. Very LAZY about teaching. Puts no effort into presentation. She and all students would probably be better off if she were working in a little lab away from the general public and not teaching.

Tough class overall. Goodluck passing!

does not teach well! a lot of self teaching. i wish i never took her class!

DO NOT TAKE HER! She is horrible, rude, and explains NOTHING! 100% teach yourself, you'd be better off getting a tutor for the chem placement test.

Not helpful at all! I had her for both lecture and lab, definitely try not to take her for lab. She doesnt help at all, you will be on your own.

dont even think about getting her.. youre really better of self-studying and saving money than taking her class.. but if you do have no other choice but to take her.. get a good activity teacher because that is going to make it for you in that class.. if you can teach yourself.. you'll pass the class, if you can't, dont even trip just pass the cpt.

I didn't like the way she teaches we all know chemistry is a tough class but the way she explains things is not really that much in her lecture I guess you're better off studying in your own from youtube and some sample tests on the internet. This class didn't prepare me for 111A

Nancy is terrible. The class was pretty easy since it is a CNC class. She is a strict grader, and a lousy teacher. Do not take her class if u want to learn chemistry, but take her class if u want a good grade.

Chemistry is a hard subject and is obviously going to require a lot of work. However, Gardner seems to push this to the limit with 3 online programs that take hours a day. It's like you have no time to study for any other class and this class is just credit no credit. Her exams are super difficult because her lectures don't teach you anything.

Worst teacher ever, coming into this without any chemistry knowledge and you're done. Chem 90 is the basic introductory and with her foundation she sets for you, you're not going to go far in the chemistry field. Lectures are very unclear and doesn't teach you a thing, I learned more in 10 minutes of online research than 1 hour in her class.

She is a horrible "teacher". I have learned more by teaching myself outside of class and with a tutor than her lectures and activity combined. She is disrespectful to her students and is never willing to work with them one on one. She just reads off of her slides in lecture, anyone can do that. ALEKS and smart book also take hours to complete

If you have the chance to take any other professor for this class, choose them. She made frequent mistakes when doing problems in class that just made us even more confused but if you went to her for help, she would ridicule you. Just plain rude. I used to think chemistry was awesome but she nearly killed it for me.

Very poor teacher in my opinion. Read directly off the slides and did not prepare us for the homework. The homework was a lot of busy work and the majority was not helpful for the tests and the CPT. She made topics confusing and did not explain them in a way I could understand and remember. Get another professor if you can, or learn on your own.

Don't waste your time and effort taking her for chem90. She doesn't teach you anything and she's confusing and all over the place. I recommend you buy a chemistry book and self teach yourself the information than to waste time with her class

This class was the hardest class I've taken. As if lectures and activities three days a week aren't enough, we also had hours on end of work on Aleks and smart book. In lectures, she made you feel bad if you answered incorrectly.

if you have to take her, good luck. i can't imagine what i would've done if i had to take her class again. so awful. prepare for hell.

I remember taking Chem in high school and I don't remember it ever being this difficult. I felt she made things more complicated and didn't even give good lectures. TBH she made me scared to continue my BioChem major bc I felt like chemistry was that difficult. I recommend trying to get any other teacher.

She is the worst teacher I've every had. Prepare to struggle she is not a good teacher. Pray you have a good activity teacher to help explain the things she couldn't.

When lecturing or answering a student's question, Nancy describes the content in a confusing manner to make herself sound smarter. She doesn't really teach, just skims through her slideshow and I felt like i learned more outside of her lecture than actually in it. If you can get a different professor, do so. If not... godspeed

Nancy does not understand how to teach. She understand the material herself, but does not have the ability to properly convey this to her students. I'm sorry all CHEM 90 kids...

Nancy isn't clear about what is being taught. it was sad that she was the only instructor available for this class. i still passed, barely but only because i taught myself. aleks is too much work to keep up with. avoid taking her

Nancy Gardner was the worst professor ever. I wish there were others professors teaching Chem 90 but sadly she was the only one. She doesn't know how to teach her students she just assumes that just because she knows the material you will too. Awful professor.

Terrible teacher. Can not teach for crap. Doesn't communicate with you well. Doesn't have her own calculator???? Had to rely on activity instructor...

Terrible professor! I would advise to skip taking CHEM 90 and just take the CPT since she is the only prof for the course. Makes you pay $140 for her textbook which you don't even have to use to pass and is very bad at teaching. I love chemistry but she made it a very bad experience.

Made topics more complicated than needed to. Some thing she emphasized were not even needed for CPT. CPT was much easier than her tests. Made chemistry more difficult to understand. Basically reads off the slides from lecture.

This class is not taught well or at all, only went to about 6 lectures because they really arent necessary. The activities will teach you more. Do all your ALEKS because thats where youll do all your learning, and if it werent for that I probably wouldnt have learned anything at all. The professor is awful.

The work load for this class was unreal, especially for a low level chemistry class. A majority of your life will revolve around ALEKS and trying to find her online tests across 3 websites... I recommend going to the lectures and activities. The only reason I got credit for this class was because my activity teacher taught more than her. Good luck

Is extremely unorganized and is unaware of what's going on. I also had her for chem 90 which is fine because you mostly use an online program to learn in that class. However, ochem lab was a terrible experience. I'd advise taking another lab instructor. Makes many grading errors and it takes a long time to get them corrected.

This class was terrible. If you're fairly decent at chem (like got an A in hs chem) you don't really need this class. It's a pass or fail and it only prepares you for the CPT. Mainly rely on ALEKS to actually learn something.

The WORST at teaching. She would read off the powerpoint but still wouldn't teach. I learned NOTHING from her.

This was the hardest chem class. All you really need to do is pass the CPT. She tells you that all of the hard stuff will be on the CPT but no, it was basic stuff. She goes by lectures so fast that I have many incomplete notes because of her. This class stressed me so much I started to get headaches from it.

She was basically reading off the powerpoint and asking questions didn't help either because she would just say or do the same thing before we asked the question. It felt like she was just throwing information at us, it felt as if she had no passion in teaching this. I know what a caring, thoughtful teacher is, and she doesn't seem like one at all.

Horrid.

This is by far one of the worst classes I have ever taken. This professor has no passion while teaching and does not help students at all. She was asked for help and straight up said she didn't know. If it weren't for the TA teaching the activity section of this class then I would definitely be failing.

Bad at teaching and makes me regret exploring bio as an undeclared major. Makes simple chemistry the most difficult subject ever. Wouldn't be surprised if I fail both the class and the test. I just want a C because I don't want to return to her class. Please prioritize your time in this class.

She reads off of slides, and the book is written by her so there's no other cheap alternative. You also need to get Aleks which is more money down the drain. If you can test out of Chem 90, do it!!! its a waste of time and money.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH HER!!! She does not give one single crap about students. She makes you buy her textbook that she WROTE which is almost $200, and doesn't even teach with it. She exploits students by doing this. She's useless, her class is useless, and her graduate students who do the activity session are equally as USELESS. WASTE OF TIME

You are expected to teach most of the class to yourself. Most of the information you are expected to learn is not even on the CPT. But you still need to actually put in effort if you expect to be ready for Chem 111A.

Her class is pass or fail, just do the ALEKS and you will pass. She makes us buy a textbook SHE wrote so she can get commission (it comes with ALEKS and quizzes that count as points). In the end, the CPT is the most important like just pass that. You don't need the class to pass the CPT though (mostly algebra-based). Just don't take this class.

She has a rude and condescending attitude. Not very helpful when having questions.

She was not helpful and her lectures were confusing. Gives so much homework and ALEKS assignments are endless. Do not recommend

Her lectures and assignments don't line up most of the time, we could be reviewing chapter 3 in class after just finishing chapter 5 material. ALEKS is a pain, you can spend hours working on one assignment. Communication between her and activity teachers is so minimal that they have a hard time answering our questions. Overall, go with other prof.

This class was by the far the most stressful class I've ever taken. Nancy just reads off the slides on her lectures and she is not really good at explaining stuff. There's also Aleks which is a lot of work and you have to teach yourself everything in this class in general. Her syllabus is also not up to date which makes it even worse. Unorganized.

If you get one little thing wrong in the problem she will mark the whole problem wrong. Reads directly off the slides in lectures. Answers emails pretty late.

You have to teach yourself most of the content in this class. There are 3 different online platforms for this class, and it gets confusing. Due dates are unclear, and the class is overall chaotic and hard to manage. Professor is generally unavailable for questions; you just have to hope you get a good TA for the activity section.

Professor Gardner is without out a doubt an extremely inefficient teacher. First of all, she overcomplicates examples and instructions, relies on a calendar system for due dates that she sometimes messes up on, and is condescending when responding to questions asked by students in lecture, activity, or emails. Be prepared to teach yourself.

If I could give her a zero I would. I have never had a teacher care less about wether you were struggling or not. Due dates changed at the last minute. She was completely unhelpful if you had a tech issue, blamed it on you not understanding the content. Only teacher for chem 90 and makes you pay 200 dollars for a textbook you will never read.

Nancy Gardner is by far the worst "educator" I have ever endured. Never did I ever think I would have the absolute displeasure of dealing with such an out of touch, inept, useless, condescending, incompetent, excuse of an educator. She doesn't actually teach anything, and you're forced to buy a $200 textbook written by her!!

You gotta keep track of 2 websites for homework and many assignments on beach board and quizzes. Honestly if your not organized it's gonna be really hard and your gonna drown in work. She's honestly nice and understanding but I gained nothing from lectures. The only thing that helped me with hw was the TA activity and that's if you get a good TA .

i have never had such displeasure of being in a course in my life. when i went into office hours literally just to ask how many significant digits should be in my answer, she told me that i was "one of the ones that just doesn't get it." $80 textbook doesn't help either, but it's needed for dumbass assignments. DO NOT TAKE NANCY! DON'T DO IT!

Gets annoyed with questions. Charges $200plus in a textbook she wrote and its mandatory because its interactive. She only showed google sides and expects you to read tons. Please for the sake of your grade take dual enrollment and take this required course at a community college that is transferable to csulb. Ask your advisor they will help you!

The worst professor ever! Please do not take her. Thankfully we had a replacement since she was sick and I was able to turn an F into an A+. That shows how important it is who you choose as your professor.

she co wrote the lab manual and its awful and horribly excessive

Don't take this professor. She's so self-absorbed she makes you buy her 200$ online work and textbook, and watch her own videos. The ALEKS assignments are like pulling teeth, and can take over an hour. Her readings don't line up with ALEKS work, so you will not learn anything important pertaining to the ALEKS work. You'll learn, but hate it.

I pray this woman retires soon. She not only is almost senile but is a horrible professor overall. Everything I learned was from self-study and Aleks, her textbook sucks, I rarely went to lectures (she's hard to follow and just confused me more), and gave no feedback on daily worksheets and graded harshly. this class was such a waste good luck.

Don't take this class please. Nancy is simply not cut out for teaching anymore. You will not be ready for CHEM 111A and you will regret not switching classes when you can. ANY other professor would be a better option. Self teaching. ALEKS helps but can be too much of a pain. I would've much rather learned the material from the actual professor.

DONT TAKE THIS CLASS!!!!!! Professor is horrible, doesn't help during activities, explains things horribly, and it is extremely hard to get an A in the class, unless you have plenty of free time to obsess over her work. Attendance is mandatory for activities in order to turn in homework, most lectures and activities are on zoom for health reasons.

This is the worst instructor I've had. Despite the $200 textbook, she's confusing and demanding. She rushed through topics on PowerPoint slides that other instructors would spend more time on. The activities were bad; if she couldn't read your answer, you'd lose points even if it was correct. Avoid this professor for the sake of your future in Chem

reads off the slides majority of the time & assigns so much outside work, aleks & khp quizzes. she locks them so if you don't do it ur screwed. barely gives any resources when you need help, like practices tests. she does curve but if you do bad on her test it brings ur grade down so much. rushed through the last unit because she kept staying home

Would not recommend this chem teacher at all. I struggled my whole semester taking her class, she's no help at all and confuses the heck out of you, she'll tell you one thing then tell another student another. She assigned so much outside work and her quizzes are very hard without providing study guides.

the actual devil