Good Professor, explains things well. Spends to much time explaining the material at times. Keeps the class interested

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DeFranco is such a great guy with a great personality. The lectures are very thorough and easy to follow...he really cares about his students. Printing out his notes before class is definately helpful. From someone who hates math, I can attest that he is definately awesome.

I detested mathematics before this class. Professor DiFranco makes it so much easier than anyone I have ever had before. He is brilliant at what he does and wonderful at conveying it. I'm taking him next semester, too!

Very nice guy and does a pretty good job at explaining things.

Very easy to understand, has notes online that go along with the lecture, plenty of examples, good at explaining things.

Great for people who's math skills aren't amazing. Class can be a little slow at times but in the end it's worth it because you have a clear understanding of the material.

Awesome professor. I have a tough time with math, and he's very easy to follow. The lectures aren't hard to stay awake in!

Very good professor. His notes are very helpful. Make sure to go to class!

He is very helpful and his notes are pretty good. If you go to class and pay attention you should have no problem, but his webassign homework problems can sometimes be really hard so make sure you get help from your TA and the Q-center.

Follow his notes and go to class

this teacher is verry nice and helpful. he cares about his students and does all he can to make sure they learn. he gives printable notes and teaches calc 112 113

Dr. DeFranco is the best at what he does. He genuinely cares for the well being of his students, and really wants you to understand the material. If you struggle with math, don't worry, Dr. D is as clear and easy to understand as possible.

best professor ive ever had. you have to put in the effort, but it definitely pays off. after having a crappy professor 1st semester, he was an amazing change. i recommend him. his tests are fair and hes always around if you need help, even if its the last day of finals :)

Great teacher! Very helpful. If you go to class you will succeed.

I struggled with calc, and right now I have an A average in his class. He is extremely genuine and wants you to do well. Best professor at Uconn, always willing to help and will slow class down if you don't understand something.

Easily the best Calculus teacher at UConn. Posts sheets online a couple days before lecture which you print off and bring to class to fill in with him. Very genuine and works hard to ensure students understand the material. Exams are fair; if you put in the effort for the homework and can do the examples from class, you should be fine.

Best calculus teacher at UConn, goes over material very clearly and helps a lot in class with the notes he posts. You show up to class and fill it in with examples he does, ITS THAT EASY! Exams are also easy as long as you go to class.

I took Dr. Defranco for Math 1120, 1121, and 1132 after they did away with the third part of the 3-sequence calc. I hate math, but he was such a great professor. He really cares about his students and if you print out the notes ahead of time, it's extremely helpful. I highly recommend taking calc with him, especially if math isn't your thing. He is

Fantastic teacher!! I did better in the second level of calc than the first and I know for sure that it is due to having a much better professor!!

One of the best profs on campus hands down. Very approachable and really cares about his students and wants them to succeed. If you have to take calc, take it with Dr. DeFranco.

Best teacher ever. He doesn't give a lot of quizzes unlike the other calc II classes and the quizzes aren't hard. He gives enough time for us to do the webassign homework and will sometimes email us the solution to a simliar problem on webassign if the problem is difficult.

HE IS A GOOD TEACHER..AND HIS METHOD OF TEACHING IS OUTSTANDING..HELPFUL AND A FEW OF THE PROFS. WHO TRUELY CARE ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS EDUCATION IN CLASS

One of the best professors on campus. Explains things very well, exams are fair and easy if you go to class and pay attention. Will answer all of your questions and is extremely helpful. All you have to do is print out his notes and fill them in in class and it's an easy A

Best professor I have had at UConn thus far. I was always a struggling math student (partly because of lack of interest, partly because I am not good at math) but DeFranco solved both these problems for me. The class is difficult material but he makes it crystal clear, is very fair, and genuinly cares about his students. Great guy, great professor.

He is the best Calc professor in Uconn. Mark my work :Take him if you can.

The best math professor I have EVER had. He's really nice and funny and tries to engage his students.

He is by far the greatest Calculus professor you could get. HIGHLY recommended. He is hilarious and is extremely helpful. Calc 2 is no joke but as long as you attend his class and do lots of problems you should be set!

Great professor, cares a lot about students, very helpful and structured. Such a nice guy as well! Definately, one of my favorite professors at UConn.

Calc 2 is a HARD class. Defranco is a great teacher though. I felt at times he was rushing through material to cover it and made a lot of mistakes. The practice exams are really hard and diverge your attention from what is truly important. Study the notes and the exams won't be too bad. But this class is definitely not a cake walk!!!

He does his best to make a hard class reasonable. Provides fill in note sheets, which really help you have comprehensible notes later when you need them. His practice exams are far harder than the exam, and so are sort of a waste of time.

Prof DeFranco was AWESOME! He truly cares about his students and wants us to succeed in the class. It's a tough class in general and the online notes help. He uses a smart-board in lecture, which is a nice touch. Attendance is important in lecture and discussion, & the exams are fair and quizzes are usually easy. Take DeFranco if you can!

He is one of the best professors I've had at UConn! He cares about the students, will try to work things out if everyone's grade came out bad on an exam, he's funny and tries to keep things interesting, and he's wonderful at explaining the material. Definitely take him!

Pretty helpful, but could drone on boringly at times. But when he wasn't droning on, he was quite good. However, the droning on did make class quite boring by the end.

just awesome to be in his class

Professor was very kind and wanted students to understand the material. Sometimes he seemed a little flustered and scattered. But class was easy to understand, though I relied heavily on my TA!

Definitely take Defranco if you can, he is a extremely good professor and provides a lot of extra help that will help you pass the course. I do not like math and I am not good at it either, but with his help I received an A. Also the book is not necessary everything is online.

Great professor

defranco's class is pretty good. he definitely cares about his students and wants everyone to do well. as long as you remember to do the homework and go to discussion (it's very helpful for clarifying the material), you'll be fine!

Professor DeFranco wants you to succeed. He is very helpful in and out of class. He is also very clear and concise in his teaching. Study for the weekly quizzes and do all your homework, and you will do great! You do not need a book for this class everything -- class notes, quizzes, homework -- is online.

Dr. DeFranco is such a sweetheart! He tries to get the students interested and gives little motivational speeches at the end of most of his lectures. He will help you if you need it and his teaching techniques are clear and understandable. Probably one of the best professors at UConn. Try to get into his lectures.

Great professor! Explained everything clearly and cares about his students understanding the material. Exams were almost exactly like lecture examples. By the end, I actually understood calculus, and am taking him again for MATH 1132Q. Definitely recommend.

Great professor!!! Glad to have him for this really hard calc course. Extremely helpful all the way!!! If you would like to take calc, take it with this professor!

I can understand how this guy is the Dean of the School of Education. He couldn't teach more effectively if he tried. I would kill to have him again for 1132. As if he weren't fantastic enough, my TA, Stephen Zito, was also an incredible teacher. Very highly recommended.

Dr. DeFranco is a pretty good professor. He prepares you for the exams and gives really fair exams/quizzes. Best Professor Ive had at UConn. He really cares about student's success in course and will go out of his way to help you. Best professor to take for Calc I or II. My TA Stephen Zito was phenomenal, he is going to be a great professor one day

Such a wonderful man who makes a difficult topic super easy. He is very clear, and goes over problems multiple times to make sure you can tackle them. Discussion helps since he gives quizzes there. Exams are problems he focuses in on. Not very good at responding to emails (email the TA instead). But if you need Calc DEFINITELY TAKE IT WITH DEFRANCO

LOVE LOVE LOVE this professor! He is very light hearted and funny, whatever he emphasizes in class make sure you know, but he is not trying to trick you. If you read through your notes before your discussions you will have no problem getting good grades on your quizzes. Taking your own notes from the book is also extremely helpful. Awesome guy!

Dr. Defranco is a great professor. Calc 2 is a hard class, the homework is time consuming but discussion quizzes are not bad. The tests are fair, but can be somewhat challenging. Attendance is a MUST especially for discussion because of the quizzes. Printing out his pre-made notes is really helpful, too. He was always very helpful!

Really enjoyed Dr. Defranco's class and he is a very good Professor. Provides notes for each lesson and has problems that you do together in class. You could get away without the textbook and just buy a separate code for MyMathLab, he never really references the textbook. Quizzes are pretty easy and exams are fair, overall a good class.

The best professor I've ever had. He is the sweetest old man and cares so much about his students. Definitely print out the notes he posts online. They are extremely helpful and make the class more interactive rather than aimlessly jotting down notes. Go to office hours. He's not great with technology, but that just adds to his awesomeness.

DeFranco is a fantastic teacher. He speaks slowly and clearly and is great at explaining mathematical concepts in a way that even non-math majors like myself can understand. Definitely one of the best teachers I've ever had!

I can already tell he will be the professor I will ever have throughout my college career. Doesn't give a crap about clickers and us taking notes. he GENUINELY cares about us understanding the material for the test. He even posts the notes online. If you want to do good in calc 2 you NEED to have him!

Dr. DeFranco is THE BEST math teacher I've ever had. He actually cares about his students doing well on the exams. He did 4 out of class review sessions for the final. He gave us tons of practice, and he explained the material in a way that made sense. I'm not a math major, but Dr. DeFranco made Calc 2 really enjoyable. Can't say enough about him!

Great teacher, knows the material, presents it excellently. Truly cares about his students. Is the best math teacher I have ever had. But Calc 2 is incredibly challenging.

not the easiest of material to learn, but definitely the best professor for this course. truly cares about his students succeeding and will do whatever to help you do your best.

One of the best professors I have ever had. His lectures are very helpful. He explains everything very clearly. He is really good and I enjoyed his lectures a lot. His exams are not difficult and the key to get a good grade is to attend the lectures.

I took geometry with him and it was a pretty easy class to begin with, but he made it even easier by giving take home parts for the exams and a take home final. He taught the material well too and tried to make sure everyone understood before he moved on.

Great professor. Gives helpful feedback and really cares about his students. He makes it crystal clear what you're expected to know and even outlines important topics that he "thinks" will be on the exams. If you're strong in Calc I, don't even worry about Calc II. It's a hard class, but completely doable.

I really liked Defranco's style of teaching. He posts an outline of notes that you fill in as he goes through each lecture, so by the end of the semester you have an awesome study guide for the final. He's dean of the education school or something I think, so he really knows how to teach. Definitely the hardest class in the calc sequence though.

Calc 2 is a difficult subject. A lot of the learning will be individual. Don't expect to just go to class and get A's on the exams. I highly recommend doing all of the practice problem sheets and watching Patrick JMTKhan Academy. Do what will make you confident going into an exam. Defranco himself is clear in lectures, very caring, and helpful.

Sweetest guy, always willing to help. Lectures can be boring, but bearable. Discussions aren't always necessary if you can do the WebAssign on your own. WebAssign (the online hw and quizzes) are really forgiving, 3-5 chances for each question. Only hard thing about 1132Q is being willing to put in the work and to not procrastinate too much.

DeFranco was an amazing teacher, he was incredibly clear and engaging during lectures. If it wasn't for him I would had not passed. He's a great teacher and he really cares about his students. Just study hard, go to lectures, and you're in good shape.

Best math teacher I've ever had!!!

DeFranco is the man. His lectures are clear and he really does his best to simplify and explain the material. He always provided supplemental practice problems and study guides. His lectures were scheduled for 1hr 15 min, but he often let us leave short of an hour. He powers through slides so beware of that, but overall he is a great professor!

Dr. Defranco is the man. Cares about his students and does graded group work in class so you dont have any homework to do. Exams are challenging but very doable. Funny too, we started a penmanship lesson one day because he said that our handwriting was so bad hes convinced we never actually learned it. Down to earth professor, would recommend him

I admire Dr. DeFranco greatly. He made notes available for you to read before you go to lecture. He is super clear in his explanations. Assessments were done in groups which I greatly enjoyed. In all honesty, at times he helps out too much, but if anything this demonstrates his determination to help students learn. Exams were all take-home!

Great teacher, really wants the best for his students. He is always available for extra help. At times you can see him teaching towards the test, not explaining the concepts that clearly. However, if you study well and do the homework, the class is not as difficult as others may make it seem. Review problems he gives always show up on the exams

I hate math, but he is the BEST professor I have had. SO GOOD. Take him if you can...

Defranco is probably the best teacher I've had thus far. He walks you through the material in every lecture because he genuinely wants you to do well. Make sure to go to class before an exam because the review problems he does WILL show up on the exam, and it makes studying much easier when you know what to expect. Would definitely recommend him.

Hands down, one of my favorite Math profs at UConn. Fantastic lecturer and explains things quite clearly (from a guy like me, that's not for nothing). Nice, funny guy who lectures so fantastically. You'll love him.

DeFranco used to be Dean of the Education School and it shows, he's a great professor who knows how to teach a class. Calc 2 is hard anyway, but he makes it manageable. The examples he gives in class relate to the homework for discussion and the problems on exams. Study the homework, notes and practice exams. Take Calc with him!

Easily the best professor for Calc 2. Super straightforward. Can be hard to follow at times but will definitely help when asked. And before exams he would always give helpful hints on important problems.

Defranco is a great guy and a great teacher as well. He will answer any question you have in lecture and is very fair with his grading. He makes a tough course like Calc 2 manageable, there is so much material to cover so make sure you don't miss class. His lectures and homework will prepare you for the exams. Definitely recommend taking his class.

I like how this class was structured; everyone was assigned to a group such that one group was responsible for solving and presenting the solutions to a few problems from the book each class. DeFranco really cared about improving our writing. One huge flaw was frequent confusion with due dates due to two sections of HuskyCT saying different things.

He wrote those class notes very carefully and clearly. Also, he is a very nice person who like to explain problems step by step with enough patience for you.

He's always there for his students and wants to help.

Super helpful. Favorite professor so far

He is an amazing teach who puts in tons of extra hours to make sure each an every student succeeds. Best professor I have had yet.

He puts so much effort in and out of the lectures to make sure you pass. Our classes had the highest average on both exams and it's because he does so much extra to make sure we understand the material and can apply it to an exam.

Honestly, Defranco is the best Calc professor at UConn. I am very average when it comes to math, but because of Defranco, I have received an A in Calc 2! This class is very difficult, but Defranco is very patient with his students and explains Calc in ways that makes it easier to understand. He is also very funny, so his lectures are never boring.

Dr. DeFranco is the most helpful and down to earth teacher you will find at UConn you can tell through his lectures that he is passionate about helping his students pass and understand calc II, but Calc II is just hard in general so TAKE THE CLASS SERIOUSLY! I would recommend him in a heartbeat!

Professor Defranco is a great teacher, he wants you to understand the material and doesn't make the class any harder than it has to be. Geometry isn't too difficult in general but he will go above and beyond for you.

DeFranco is the kindest and most caring professor I've ever had. He is very smart and knowledgable yet still very humble if he ever makes a mistake. He loves all of his students and wishes success for them and tries his hardest to help you understand a difficult subject. He is a very funny man and his lectures are not boring. Highly recommend.

Hands down best professor I've ever had at UConn. If you don't have DeFranco for Calc II you're honestly screwed because it's hard material but he explains it so well that it automatically makes sense. This man is a calc blessing

Amazing professor. You can tell he really cares about his students and wanted us to do well. He explained everything in such simple terms and detail, making it so much easier to learn. My friends in other lecture sections came because they loved the way he taught. Would not have done well without him. Definitely the best professor for the course.

DeFranco is the absolute best professor I've ever had. Had him a year ago, but to this day I miss having class with him. He genuinely cares about his students and wants them to succeed. His lectures are great and he explains things very thoroughly. He holds review sessions and goes through plentiful practice problems before exams. Such a great guy.

Usually very easy to follow in lecture, truly cares about his students.

Calc 2 is a difficult course, but I would take it all over again just to have DeFranco as a professor again. His passion for teaching is inspirational and motivating. If he taught more classes, I would enroll in them all.

Great professor. He explains everything really well. Really helpful and caring.

Class is on the easier side as long as you attend lecture and write down notes (usually just solution to practice problems). Also Professor DeFranco is incredibly nice and explains problems in the simplistic way possible. The only problem with this class is the grading for exams is pretty tough but, the exams are not very difficult.

If you go to lectures and pay attention and take notes, with Defranco teaching, you will be easily able to do the homework and therefore do well on tests.

Defranco is by far one of the best math teachers on campus. He is very clear with his explanations and knows what he's talking about. He wants his students to succeed. Pay attention and take notes and you will do great. This course is tough, but Defranco makes it easier.

Defranco was a great professor for Calc 2. This class is very difficult, and it's so easy to fall behind. Defranco is great at lecturing and teaching the material though, and he makes it easy to understand the material. Plus he has a Brooklyn accent (I think). 10/10

Defranco is one of the best and most adorable professors I have ever had!

Hands down my favorite prof ever. I hate math, but he made me want to come to lecture. If he made a mistake in lecture, he wouldn't move on until he corrected himself and we understood it. Always gave us extra review sheets. BEWARE: the final is 20 MC questions, no partial. It is hard, but he doesn't make it. Calc 2 sucks but Defranco is the man

One of the best professors at UConn. DeFranco teaches in a clear and easy-to-understand manner which makes calc 2 a lot less intimidating. He's also hilarious; I genuinely loved going to his class. He genuinely cares about his students and wants them to do well. Some tests are harder than others but all in all if you put in the work an A is doable.

Dr. DeFranco really cares about if his students understand the material and do well. He explains the concepts very clearly and is always available after class for questions. If you have to take Calc 2 definitely take it with DeFranco!

Defranco was the man! He genuinely cares about his students and is very good at explaining/doing problems in class. Make sure to participate in discussion because if you're on the edge of getting a higher letter grade, he may boost you up.

Defranco is the best professor ever. period.

Dr. Defranco is the best professor of math department! He is respected and patient! However, it seems them he will leave UConn after next semester. Try your best to get into his class!

Dr. DeFranco was one of the bast math teachers/professors I have ever had. He really cares about the success of the students and goes above and beyond to ensure that everyone understands the material and does well in the class.

Goes nice and slow and makes sure everyone is following along and understanding.

Defranco himself is a great teacher. He genuinely cares about his students and that makes his lectures truly exceptional. The one issue with this course is the exam structure. Each midterm is 15 question, no partial credit, multiple choice. The issue is that the questions are always awkward. Rather than doing the problem, it asks about steps.

Dr. DeFranco is genuinely an amazing person. He stops at various points during lectures to make sure that everyone is following. Don't be afraid to speak up and ask questions if you are confused. Exams are/can be a bit tricky but that is out of DeFranco's control.

Dr. Defrano is definitely the best professor I've ever had. Calc 2 is a difficult subject but Defranco makes it so much easier so I didn't find it too hard at all. He really cares about his students. Definitely take Defranco if you can!

Calc 2 is a pretty tough course because it's a lot of material that must be covered, but recommend taking it with Defranco. Super nice guy that wants his students to succeed, and is also very good at explaining some of the tough concepts. Will also go over homework problems as examples during lecture. Overall, Defranco is the one to take for calc 2

DeFranco is my favorite professor and he made calc 2 less of a hell for me. He sympathized with his student and would occasionally crack jokes. There was never a time where I genuinely did not want to go to class. It was math so I had to go because missing class is never a good idea for math.

This guy is fantastic. He explains so well. I took calc 2 with him and found it easier than calc one with a different professor. He really cares about his students. The material is still tough but if you show you put in the effort he will work with you until you understand. Stay on top of web assigns, weekly quizes, and worksheets.

Easily the best professor I've had at UConn. I wish I could take a class with him again. I actually did better in Calc 2 than 1 just because DeFranco is amazing and actually cares about the students success. Definitely would recommend to anyone.

Calc 2 is hard, but Defranco is an amazing professor. He explains everything very clearly in lecture. He made calc 2 one of my favorite math classes.