he doen;t know alot about math. And he is so lazy not writing his own exam. He should not teach mth252.

Hands down the WORST teacher I've had in college. He didn't teach much and used the hardest tests he could find... I drew doodles on my final because I didn't recognize a single thing. If you get him, drop the class and take it another term.

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This is the worst professor I have ever had. He makes no sense. No wonder the class average is failing.

BAD BAD BAD professor!!!! I have know idea what is going on. I am now dumber from sitting in that class all term long listening to his words of "wisdom".

It kind of discredits the whole doctoral program when you get a teacher like this. I got the exact same grade on my second test as on my first one, except I didn't go to class once in between. This kind of thing doesn't lend much credibility to him.

This guy is ridiculous and way off. He sent our class an e-mail saying that if you had a 50% or below, to drop the class (which would be everyone) and he said the reason we are doing so poorly is beacause we didn't place into it. I took 95 and got an A+

uhm.............. he sent me about 3748 emails per day regarding our class... annoyed the hell out of me. failed the class.. im bad at math but im a senior so i can only imagine how tough this class is for freshmen..

Just a bad teacher all around - doesn't explain things, completely unorganized. I pity the student who gets into his class.

I took Math 111 last year, the only real reason I passed the class was because of the recitation. I love algebra, only thing I'm good at in math, and he just made absolutely hard to understand, didn't tell us how he got the answers. GRRRRR

this guy doesn't know what he's doing

horrible class, boring lectures, doesn't know how to teach well at all.

Stay away

I dont think he even knows how to do the problems.

very confusing prof. my friend who took advanced calculus in high school came to 111 and SHE was confused!!! do NOT take a class from him.

The worst teacher I have ever had. I would not have thought he was that bad until I took the class with another teacher.

this teacher blows. do not take him

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worst teacher i have ever had, actually made fun of me when I came in for extra help.

Possibly the worst teacher I've ever had, my high school teachers blow him outta the water...class average on the tests was below a 50 percent how is he still working at our institution its crazy

Horrible teacher. Forgets what its like not to know the info since he's been teaching for so long. Messes up on notes so a whole page is wasted. Take someone else. Also makes easy classes like math 111 hard.

Horrible...I don't think that he has taught this class because he does not know what hes doing and does not explain the information so that people understand it. Take someone else; he gave us someone elses practice midterm and said that it was not very helpful which would defeat the purpose of giving it to us. He needs to be fired!

He always messes up. He seems like a nice guy, but teaching probably shouldn't be his primary job. He screws up all the time which causes you to screw up.

DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS FROM THIS MAN! hE HAS TROUBLE TEACHING AND MAKES NUMEROUS MATHMATICAL ERRORS IN HIS LECTURES. hIS TESTS AND ASSIGNMENTS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CLASS AND HE GRADES THEM WAY TOO HARD.

DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS WITH THIS GUY!!!! HE IS HORRIBLE! WORST TEACHER EVER! GAVE AN EXAM DURING DEAD WEEK!! IDIOT!

he does not deserve a rating other than TERRIBLE TEACHER.

writes impossibel test and then grades crazy hard and doesnt curve. also is willing to give an exam during dead week.

Assigns work as if this is the only class we are taking(weekly assingments, quizzes). Lectures don't fully explain the material and often confuses himself on how to solve his own example problems. "Gee, this worked out earlier, why can't I get it now?" Suggested problems range from 15-30 a section, in which he doesn't even test us on. Not worth it.

This is possibly the worst teacher ever. He can't even solve his own problems in class and it is very confusing when trying to understand Math. He should never be allowed to teach an introductory course again. His homework assignments and tests are not consistant with a 100 level class

He's a nice guy but he doesn't explain things well at all!

Peterson moves way too fast. If you don't know calculus before you go into this class you're screwed.

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Granted, this is 100 lvl course, so one shouldn't expect too much, but this guy is honestly ridiculous. By that I don't necessarily mean difficulty, he is just bumbling in lecture and has certain class policies (ie online homework that pretty much has to be 100% correct) that just suck. Don't take this class from this guy, you'll regret it.

Does it tell you something when your TA agrees that your main course instructor is an Idiot? This teacher is the worse teacher I've ever had in a math class, period. Some classmates in my lecture session even had to correct his mistakes. It's rather pointless to buy the book when you are not going to use it for homework.

He is awful! I found a mistake in the solutions for one of the major quizzes in our class. I have absolutely no respect for him as an instructor. The TA was much more helpful and did a better job of explaining the concepts.

FIND A DIFFERENT TEACHER! I mean it!! His lectures are not clear and are very unorganized. TAs are much more helpful. He changed the requirements of homework during the 3rd week and did not make it clear at all. If you email him asking a question you do not get it answered, instead he will send you a pointless worthless reply that does not help.

The tests do not reflect what you have learned in class. He always makes mistakes during the lecture examples. He is hard to follow in class and does not explain the problems well. Half the time he cannot do the examples and problems that he expects you to do. Find a different teacher.

He frequently makes mistakes and is not helpful in the least bit when you have questions. I expected this class to be an easier, but some how he makes review material confusing. AVOID AT ALL POSSIBLE COSTS!!!

Worst teacher I have ever had!!!!

Scott is the worst teacher ever! He does not even know how to do the problems him self. The lectures are useless for he explains nothing. The HOMEWORK IS THE WORST HW I HAVE EVER DONE! 5HOURS OF HW A NIGHT!. never take this guy. hes a joke

He is pretty much the worst teacher here. I couldn't stand his teaching style, mostly because it consisted of him getting half way through a problem or example on the board and then not knowing how to finish it so he quits. Worst class I have ever taken. I will never take another class with him, and would really like to see him formally evaluated

ugh. he sucks.

horrible.

Worst teacher I will have.. probably in my life! He lifts up his shirt occasionally to expose his belly- Disturbing!! In the end he tries to be helpful but he needs to face it, he's not cut out for teaching.

he's a great teacher if you are into creepy shirt lifting old men who don't help you learn anything. He also repeats the same lame jokes for each class. its disgusting. I suppose it's not his fault he can't teach it though, He just doesn't know how to do it himself.

Horrible. Seriously the guy couldn't finish a thought.

I couldnt understand any single word from him without a translater

He was a really hard teacher to understand, he couldn't ever finish a problem without making a mistake. The tests never seemed to reflect what he told us to study. If you can get a different teacher I would suggest you do.

He is really bad one.He made up the test and he didn't know how to do that.A ton of hw,and conflict with the lecture.By the way, I extremely hate that explain more and more in the test!I'm studying math,not writing!!!

Do not take his class if you can help it. He is horrible at clarifying and answering questions. The tests totally catch you off guard no matter how much you study. Take your chances on 111.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. Questions do not get answered and you have to teach yourself all of the material

Worst math teacher. he doesnt explain. no calculator and no note card on tests. his home work is endless and in order to do the homework you need a calculator which isn't good practice for his test. grades unfairly. average test scores range from 37% to 48%. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! Unless you want to have to take it again.

He is the worst possibly teacher at OSU and deserves to be fired. His average test score is failing and he is completely mind numbing. He shouldn't be allowed to teach at all and his degree in math should be revoked if that's possible.

Avoid him. He gives a lot of extra work. His homework is more difficult and you get fewer trys. Pick someone else.

Avoid him. He is the worst teacher you will ever have. No teaching in class and he expects u to know a lot. His test scores are really low. Average score of 55.

was not clear at all

He gives you packets to do on your own without really giving you background on it. One time, I asked him for help on a packet he assigned and HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HELP. He also assigns a lot of homework that doesn't have to do anything what he lectures on and he contradicts himself often. I would not recommend him to anyone!

I can't believe how bad his class was. the material is very dense and he is so vague and unclear. he expects too much, but doesn't give the best explanation of material. i don't know how OSU gave him the job. he understands math, he just can't explain it to other people. you can understand the material by yourself better.

Do not reccomend

Worst class and worst teacher I have ever taken math from.

he teaches as if he expects you've taken the class before and this is your second or third time taking the class (which you will probably have to do if you take his class). When he goes up in front of the class to teach he just goes through the motions without clarifying what he is doing or explaining his steps. Do not take his class.

He doesn't explain anything and its all group work awful

He's a good guy and he cares, but he's hard to learn from. If you struggle with understanding math, I would not recommend him as a professor.

Teacher poorly explains curriculum. Half the time it makes no sense and the other half it's not explained at all. The labs consist of problems that were "talked about" during lecture, however, they don't teach anything. They expect you to simply know it.

Terrible, teaches in very unnecessary ways. Explains simple concepts as very hard ideas. Exams are tough. Avoid at all costs

He is a little unorganized when it comes to his teaching style. He is all over the place when he tries to teach something new. He doesn't explain things clearly and this was an extremely difficult class. Most of the things he taught I had to go on YouTube to figure it out. Not a great teacher and try to get another professor if you want to pass.

He is nice person tho, and make sure to visit him during his office hours if you deiced to take his class. The recitations are helpful and make sure don't ship them. He doesn't have extra credits, so the exams and online homework are important.

This class was trash. I took the honors version as well, thinking it would get me a better prof. I was so wrong. He barely taught, had to be corrected on the content multiple times as he was teaching it wrong, and had many mistakes in his tests and worksheets that had to be fixed. Ridiculous. Had to teach myself because I actually need this content

Scott Peterson is a friendly person, however he lacks the ability to teach in lecture situations. He assigns large amounts of homework without actually teaching you how to do the math. Much of the homework is online, and in class rather than lecturing he will simply assign work for you to work on.

dont do it.

The material he teaches is nothing compared to the exams. All of the math classes take the same exam, and he did not prepare us for the midterms or final well enough. The book and MyLabMath was used a lot. Lectures were not productive as Peterson tends to forget what he is lecturing or messes up while teaching.

Often messes up while teaching. Did not prepare us for the midterm and final and I had to teach myself cause the textbook was clearer than his lectures. Only take his class if u have prior knowledge for most of the course.

I had to take his class remotely during the coronavirus spring term. It looks like his online classes are very similar to his in-class class. All around disorganized and does not give good instructions. Uses class time to go over problems in the workbook but does not really go over techniques or how to solve problems. Just don't take his class

I'm taking his class online because of covid-19, and in these first 4 weeks I can honestly say I feel like he has taught us next to nothing. If this was my only class, maybe I'd have time to go through the entire textbook and teach myself everything, but I'm taking 17 credits so I'm screwed. This class is 100% going to drop my GPA.

Have him for online classes during Covid-19. He teaches as if the students have the same amount of context or base knowledge that he has, so every class he jumps in to new material without giving background and you are left clueless to what's going on. On top of that, he assigns a lot of homework each week over topics barely covered in class.

He is a nice guy but doesn't provide any sort of teaching of the content. Course heavily relies on learning the math yourself outside of class and using Chegg for 99% of it. I had more homework in this class than I did for my major specific classes. I am glad this class is nearly over with because it is actually ridiculous.

I have struggled with math all my life. I have had my fair amount of good and bad professors as I am a junior now. This class has been a absolute joke!! Scott is a very nice person but he teaches in a very confusing and unhelpful manner. He is very disorganized and you will find yourself using a lot of chegg and YouTube. Self teaching pretty much.

Never actually got a syllabus. Hilariously high amount of busywork and when people called him out for it he emailed out a rant about how students need to stop being so entitled. He also sent another email criticizing people's grammar in a project but also said "if you writing is not to great you should type it" in regards to handwriting

He is a good guy, but is not the best teacher.

Scott Peterson has a set way he teaches that many students struggle to follow. He wants students to make sense of what he is teaching, however, his teaching lacks the concepts needed in order to actually learn. I relied on my peers and Khan academy to understand the course material. I would not recommend his as a professor.

Unorganized. Will sometimes quiz you on content you have not yet learned or been assigned. Finding homework is a hassle. He is kinda rude ngl, he talks over people a lot.

I'm someone who usually gets an A in math, and let me tell you, I was shocked by how hard this math class was. The weekly quizzes did not relate to the exams at all, and our class had some of the lowest quiz and exam averages I've seen. I do not recommend this teacher at all, especially if you are taking his class online. Would not take again.

Scott is a good guy, he just really is bad at teaching. His lack of organization in lectures make learning the topics difficult. On top of having to basically teach the subject yourself, there are three assignments every other day, including weekends. If the assignments were more easy, there would be no complaint, but each take around 30-60 minutes

I took this class honors hoping to receive a positive experience and really establish the basics of integral calculus, but that is exactly the opposite of what I got with Peterson. He is extremely disorganized and expects you to know the content already. Going to class feels pointless because I just end up teaching all of the material to myself.

I can't understand his lecture an I noticed that he calculated a lot of things in his head which made students struggling to understand him. He is a very chill dude and he will always answer you question if you ask. He is not tech savvy so meeting him in person is better.

Didn’t learn anything from him. Had to learn everything from the textbook. Really bad with technology.

He is always late to class, does not teach, and assigns tons of assignments that only have a few hours to be completed with no explanation on how to reach the correct answer

This guy shouldnt be a professor the fact that he got hired is an embarrassment, doesn't teach half of what's on the homework. Good luck being frustrated for 6 hours straight on the homework he gives and he gives out minimum of 6 a week with other things on top of that. He cant even figure out a quarter of the things he writes on the board

The class is work is easy, the problem is almost every time a student asks a question, he'd give an answer so complex that doesn't relate to the question at all. Students would then ask the same question again for clarification, and other students would often have to answer others' questions because Scott would do such a horrendous job of teaching.

DO NOT TAKE A CLASS FROM THIS PROFESSOR. In all my years of schooling, I have never had a WORSE professor. I have gone to almost every lecture, and every single time regretted it, as most of the learning you will do, will have to be done outside of class. All he does is examples without any explanation. 0/10, please do not make the mistake.

DO NOT TAKE A CLASS WITH HIM. If you're looking to take integral or differential calc, take it with Sara Clark, for vector take Orum or Tevian (he's complicated but still better). He doesn't explain things well and cannot use technology. He also doesn't look at the HW before he assigns it so half the time there are problems on it you can't do.

DO NOT TAKE A CLASS WITH HIM. If you're looking to take integral or differential calc, take it with Sara Clark. He doesn't explain things well and cannot use technology. He also doesn't look at the HW before he assigns it so half the time there are problems on it you can't do. He's nice and tries to be accommodating but he's really bad at it.

Whatever you do, don't take any class with this professor. His lectures are the most unorganized thing ever, there is no structure he simply talks about random topic. Additionally the homework platform used achieve is awful, getting problems wrong it gives no example or even explanation, let alone being able to do the problem again.

By far the worst class I've ever taken. Textbook is free and online. No lectures, just links to youtube videos. Material on tests does not match material taught in textbook or homework. Every test felt like a huge curveball. No communication, constantly changing due dates, high amounts of stress. I would never take a class with him again.

I think if Scott Peterson would record some of his own lectures, the class could be a lot better. The material doesn't feel very guided. Dionysus who taught calc 1 would record lectures, and give very guided explanations of the material. Dionysus Birnbaum was awesome. With Scott Peterson's class, you're on your own without much help

Be prepared to teach yourself without a textbook because he doesn't give you access to one. He doesn't seem to go over the homework before assigning it, so there are problems on there that we haven't gone over yet in class. There have been a couple of problems that even he couldn't solve when we brought them in during class to ask for help.

He is a awesome human but a terrible teacher unfortunately. Do NOT take him if you can.

He has been my 1st C since middle school. He is ruthless with both his grading and his expectations of homework. Additionally he cannot solve anything OR REMEMBER the MATH he hands out so god forbid you have a question. I was in his office hours four days a week for hours outside class. He wants master level work for an intro class. DO NOT TAKE HIM

Concepts are not explained well during class. SOME examples are done in class, but homework quickly becomes too difficult without more in-class examples. The only way you'll get the homework done is by going to his office hours twice a week. I want to like him as a professor, but he is genuinely the most confusing teacher I've had.

The way he teaches just feels disorganized. It's hard to follow along with the lectures and his Canvas page especially is hard to navigate. Overall, the work would probably be easier if he was actually teaching it well.

Laughably bad explanations, and has an ego when you call him out for it. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.

I do not like this man. Avoid him at all costs

Bro does not know the material