All reviews are anonymous and collected at the end of semester. I'm presenting my aggregate reviews for lectures here.
Reviews
(% responding positive per course)
| Category: | min | median | max |
| "I would recommend this instructor" |
84.6 | 89.7 | 100 |
| "The instructor is approachable" |
66.7 | 100 | 100 |
| "...creates worthwhile assignments" |
75.0 | 94.1 | 94.7 |
| "...makes effective use of course readings" |
86.2 | 91.6 | 91.6 |
| "...has a reasonable grading system" |
91.6 | 97.4 | 97.4 |
Median Scores for all courses
[1 (lowest) - 6 (highest)]
| Category: | Med. Score |
| Lecture Preparation |
5.0 |
| Clarity of Lecture |
6.0 |
| Quality of Feedback |
6.0 |
| Instructor's Respect for Students |
6.0 |
| Student interest in topic |
6.0 |
| Self-rated understanding |
6.0 |
Favorite comments from student reviews
- "Josh is awesome and hilarious. I have no idea how he can be so witty at 8 in the morning, but he was [sic] continually surprised me with his deadpan delivery of topical humor."
- "I'm not in his [lecture] section but I changed because I enjoy his teaching style."
- "I really enjoyed your teaching style"
- "Highly effective TA"
- "Instructor always applied topics to current research he was aware of. This sort of information is key to a good learning environment."
- "Very good job engaging students during recitation. You do a great job asking us questions as you go so that recitation is not just another lecture. Hope to have you as a TA again."
- "Josh was articulate and excited about the material."
- "It was great to hang after class and discuss a variety of random topics relevant to computer science, robotics, or simply general life knowledge"(!)
- "Very impressive TA. Fantastic job. Props to josh"
- "Awesome TA. Super chill bro"
Major Complaints from student reviews
- "I wish he would speak slowly for international students"
- "... sometimes his voice turns down to a whisper"
- "his examples were nice but didn't prepare us for the exams"
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