The worst teacher in at Altoona. Very difficult to understand and rarely takes the time to clarify for students. No study guide is offered for any of her tests and she has no resources of assistance outside of textbook. Furthermore she often bashes the American work ethic. The class as a whole did extremely poor and she refuses to take any blame.

Definitely the worst teacher in Altoona, first off its hard to understand her, she moves way to quickly,makes class intimating and calls on everyone constantly instead of actually teaching it she expects you to learn it from the book, your better off teaching yourself and not going to class

Offers no help, hard to understand, no office hours, worst professor..... DO NOT TAKE

Professor Anwar is not at the top of the list for my favorite professors. Being an individual achieving a respectable GPA, I feel I have the right to say this professor earns an extremely poor rating. She does not represent the Pennsylvania State University well at all. For what his university stands for in education, she does not provide any.

I was taking MATH 21 for one of my math credits to graduate. I tried my hardest. I went to tutoring and even did all the problems in the book to help me study for the tests. I had to late drop the class because it would ruin my gpa. She constantly makes mistakes explaining problems and work on the blackboard. Math isn't my strong suit though.

Very nice lady and I'm sure she does want her students to succeed however she offers very minimal assistance and gets frustrated when students don't grasp her teachings even though she does minorly speak broken English. Unfortunately her class put a damper on my Freshman GPA and was my separation from making dean's list, I would not recommend.

She consistently makes mistakes in her work and comes up with ridiculous excuses for why she made them. Is no help in preparation, hard to understand, low office hours. The fact that she expects us to do 6 hours (with mathway) of online ALEKS work that doesn't relate to the current topic along with 60 problems from some website is insane. AWFUL

There were 40 people in my math class. Currently there are 13. Hard to find during "office hours" and not much help. Hard to understand and basically does the problems herself very fast and moves on.

She started out the semester okay but as it went on, the class began to get harder. Makes a lot of mistakes when teaching and doesn't teach very well. I always felt like I left class more confused than when I came in. The only time I ever understood what was going on was when we had a substitute.

Professor Anwar is a decent person, but not professor. Constantly is making mistakes in her work, is very face paced and does not explain steps. Accent sometimes makes it hard to understand. Never in her office during her "office hours". Often calls out students in front of the whole class as well while exposing there test grade. Do not take her.

Shamsa is a nice woman, I feel bad that most of her students do not like her, however, her lectures move at a very fast pace. She does not explain how to do problems, makes many mistakes without correction until pointed out by a student, and is hard to understand. I spend countless hours at tutoring for this class. I have As in every other class.

will not give you any explanation on why certain steps are taken to find a problem. Will only work through the problem expecting you to retain everything she puts on the board. one of the worst professors I've ever had.

Take this class with her and your signing yourself up for a semester living in the LRC. Cant keep up because she goes so fast and her accent is so thick. Very nice person but just not suitable for a math professor. Wouldnt wish this class on anyone. Beware.

Anwar is a very nice lady, but is unsuited to teach this course. Classtime was devoted entirely to doing practice problems, rather than going over the steps to solving the problems. While doing these practice problems, she would make 3-5 mistakes per class.

Save your time and dont take this class.

As someone who has always struggled greatly with math, this course was an absolute nightmare, and I'm not even through it yet. The professor makes multiple mistakes and only corrects them when she's called out. I will probably have to drop this class, and that breaks me in a way I never thought I could be broken. Please avoid this class.

Dr. Anwar is a lovely lady but an absolutely terrible professor, she has no lesson plan and just does practice problems the whole class. No explanation when we have questions because we should know it. The math material isnt hard. Learning from Dr. Anwar is.

She went way too fast man

I would rather watch paint dry than attend one more of her classes. thank you.

I got screwed over by her. I had a different professor at the beginning of the semester. When she became my classes new professor my grade started to go down. She doesnt teach, she does practice problems the whole class and doesnt explain how she got the answer. Half the problems she does arent even in the homework either. DONT TAKE HER

To start off I want you to know I am halfway through the semester with Professor Anwar. The section I am enrolled in was originally to be taught by another professor. As soon as Professor Anwar took over I started to struggle. At this point in the course I am hoping for a C. I am normally a good student but this course with her really confuses me.

Good lady, awful professor. She only does practice problems and when questions are asked she just tells you to go to the tutors. She is not helpful whatsoever and is also unreachable outside of class.

Definitely one of the worst professors I have ever had. She mainly just reads the problems from the book and blows through all steps with little explanation. You would ask a question and it would barely be answered, she just recommends that you see a tutor. And if you try to email her, good luck with trying to get a response.

She goes over the easiest examples on her written homework assignments, but when it's time to take quizzes or exams, it's all hieroglyphics. Not to mention the 30+ questions online homework assignments as well. Do not recommend this professor.

Does not explain things in detail, just writes things down and doesn't actually teach. Very difficult to actually retain information and found myself learning more from YouTube and tutoring. Do not recommend whatsoever.

she should be fired

One of if not the worst teacher I have ever had. First of all, I can barely understand her half broken English as I have hearing issues. Secondly, she does not explain what she is doing or how she finds answers, she just blows through them and expects you to understand. Lastly she makes lots of mistakes every class.

Very fasted paced!!! Can't write a thing down while she is teaching. Have to do all of the work at home or you will not pass.

Professor knows the material well, but cannot explain topics well. Knowledgeable but unfit to teach. Try to go with a different professor.

She was mean to us in class when we got answers wrong, even though she didn't do anything but go through slides and expect us to be sponges for the information. Her attendance policy is terrible, she won't accept appointment notes. I broke my ankle, had to get it X-rayed, provided documentation, and she STILL took my attendance grade down! Dropped!

she knows what she's talking about very well, she can't teach it in a way that makes sense to other people. when students asked for help bc they didn't get the same answer, in a case where they followed what she wrote but got a wrong answer, her questions were circular. she doesn't seem to understand the mechanics of student learning.

She directly stated “Your grades don't matter to her and she's only there to teach and get paid.” She'll also say there's not exams but there really is and each is only 10 minutes for the test.

i cannot understand her and she flies through the notes