Chieko Honma - Ohlone College, Fremont, CA

Professor: Chieko Honma

Department: Mathematics

College: Ohlone College, Fremont, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: 101C
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Honma is a really a good teacher. Her lecture is super clear, and the test is based on the homework

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH101C
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She's a great person. She gives out papers with the lectures. The material was not hard especially since it was an 8 week course. 5 quizzes, 3 midterms and a final for the summer. She has the knowledge of math but all the 3D concepts were somewhat confusing. You need to study and put the effort and ask questions in order to succeed.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: 101C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Bad accent, low voice, combined with a loud AC, can barely understand her. Heavy and Long Lectures. Personally, concepts in the class are not hard to grasp, however, because the class is in the summer it might be hard to study everything and get an A. You might need some luck. Nongraded homework is there for practice but it does not help.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH101A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

To be honest this class is no where compared to all the math classes I took in Vietnam. IT WAS SO EASY. I don't even need to go to the tutor, just doing homework and self-learning. I made sure I did all the homework she assigned and even googled the solutions to understand the problems more. It turned out that most of the homework were in the exams

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH101C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Not a bad professor, just not one I would take again.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH101B
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Ms. Honma is a very sweet professor! She gives very useful handouts to help you study for the quizzes and exams. The exams were difficult for me, but that's because the subject itself is just hard for me, but she is very caring and will give extra credit opportunities. Make sure to see her in her office hours if you are having trouble in the class!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: 101C
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I think her explanation is very vague and hard to understand because when she teaches I feel like she is talking to herself most of the time. She skips a lot of steps and does not fully explain why such steps are even necessary in the first place.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH101B
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

To be fair, calculus 2 is a pretty challenging course that requires A LOT of time. Professor Honma is a nice professor because she is willing to help and answers any questions you may have until you understand. But she is definitely a tough grader!! She really checks for details when grading, with both tests and homework, so don't skip any steps!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH101C
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Chieko emphasizes on critical thinking and algebraic manipulations as any professor should, but impact matters more than intent. I treat her class like a full-time job, studying relentlessly and constantly asking questions. I'm as participatory as I can be, and I'll be leaving her class with a C regardless of my final exam score. Resent runs deep.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH101C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Do you like spending 3+ hours outside of class learning material on your own? Then this is the class for you. This professor is a horrible lecturer and a very tough grader. I spent hours outside of class learning on my own, with no help from her at all. When teaching, she never explains why youre doing a specific method, only expects you to do it.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH101C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I am writing this review while still in the course. This professor has a very bad teaching style. She is not fluent in english which makes it harder to understand her. With this professor output from this class is negligible. She holds grudges and has ego probs. She doesn't explain the concept at all. Pls don't take summer class with her.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: 101C
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

You don't need to do the homework for this class, but she assigned the homework questions for each section. If you would've done all the homework problems, you would get the Ain this class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH101C
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Super nice lady who is willing to answer any of your questions. She's a little picky with her grading but if you follow the handouts you will be set.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CALC101A
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She skips so many steps and doesn't give you time to process. Tests are hard. Over 50% people dropped and every test avg is below 65%. If you want to waste 5 hours a week going to class to learn nothing and spends another 5 hours on youtube trying to figure out what the heck is happening then this is the professor for you!!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ALG152
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I love this professor for math. Her lectures are clear and simply to understand. She gives you examples from the book and worksheet to follow off of during lectures but she wont ever collect them from you. She gives easier methods than the ones available in the book to help you solve problems. You need to do the homework and study or you wont pass

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH101B
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She makes nifty handouts of each section which highlights the stuff you need to know so you dont need to bring textbook to class everyday. I found her teaching skills to be above average but she is one of the toughest graders I have encountered at Ohlone. Only about 7/45 students in the class at the end, everyone dropped!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 152ALGEBRA2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Her class is really straight forward, and she is pretty clear on her expectations of her students. Keep up with the homework and show up. Her practice exams are a good way to study before the actual exam. Her accent makes it hard to understand, and she's rude toward her students.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH101B
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Great if you keep up on the recommended hw but she doesn't grade it so you have to motivate yourself. Graded hw is given in an email and are the hardest problems from each section, but just go to the math lab and get it done with tutors' help. Its difficult to reach he outside of class so you will be on your own or in the math lab a lot.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH101C
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

tough professor in terms of grading but a nice person overall

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: 101A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

One of the nicest professor. Don't worry about her accent because it easy to hear if you concentrate on her lessons. I calculated my grade before and realized that I just got B. But then it turned out that I got an A. I'm sure that she've curved A LOT!