Gretchen Mooningham - Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI

Professor: Gretchen Mooningham

Department: Mathematics

College: Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH132A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The tests is nothing like the few examples given in class and is on a lot of material so it is ensential you stay on top of your work. In order to pass you will have to teach yourself. She tend to spend most of class time talking about other things. Some classes she will even read the text book to you instead of showing examples.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH132A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you don't go to tutoring or if you can't teach yourself all material you will fail. Never knows what she is talking about and will ramble on about one question for an hour at a time and make everybody even more confused. However, she does give you a review for each of the three tests and you can use one page of notes for each test.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH132A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is very sweet and talkative. Talks too much and doesn't teach the material well. I had to teach myself all of the material and spend most of my time in the tutoring center. The only positive is that she curves the tests. Would not recommend.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH161
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She is a very nice lady and wants you to pass, but does not know how to teach the material very well. That being said she curves the tests and tries to give you as many points as she can and will work with you. Even though she is not the best teacher I would still take her classes again because she's willing to work with you.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH161
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a very nice person, but she is a very poor teacher. She definitely knows what she is talking about, but she does not know how to deliver it effectively. However, she is very approachable and wants you to pass. A lot of her exams are graded on a curve, and she tries to give you as many extra points as she can. Good luck.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH120B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She's a sweet lady, but bad at time management. We wouldn't get to learning the lessons until the last 20 minutes of class, which made for rushed and confusing teaching. Take this with a friend or make a friend, because you will be teaching yourself most of the material. Luckily, she's generous with curving and extra credit and open to questions!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH120B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Gretchen is a cute as heck person, super chatty, I wish she was my grandma, just not my math professor. I basically taught myself everything, relied heavily on the book and outside sources. Get a math tutor, she knows what she's talking about but cannot teach. Even stuff I knew before this class she confused me on and I left dumber than before.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class was basically an independent study for me. She had quizzes at the start of every class. After the quiz I would skip the lecture and go home. As long as you knew what sections you had to study for the next quiz you can get through the class. She tries hard to teach, but you will be wasting your time going to the lectures. Hard class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Mooningham isn't very bad at teaching, she just talks and talks and talks. You pretty much have to teach yourself. Even going to see her during her office hours risks story time the whole time. She knows her stuff but she doesn't know how to stay on topic.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH162
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She spends most of the class talking about things that are not even relevant to math, for example: the personalities of flies. She picks extremely hard homework problems, so spend lots of time in the tutoring center. I am good at math and struggled with this course because she does not teach the material.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Confused herself and students during lecture. You pretty much need to teach yourself

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Do not take this professor. So many of the students were confused in class and did not receive help. She grades tests very harsh and does not offer extra credit. There are questions on exams that are not what we reviewed in class and not what was in the homework. Overall very difficult to learn from this teacher and you need to teach yourself.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH162
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Gets off topic. Shows up late. Talks about her husband OFTEN. Holds the class passed lecture hours. Can not summarize anything. Can not simplify anything. Possibly the worst Math teacher at SVSU

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH262
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Mooningham is a nice professor, but her lectures can get a bit boring. It's important to use the textbook because the subject material is frequently confusing. She allows notes on tests (with the final being open book) which was really convenient. She curved grades pretty generously toward the end of the class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: 132A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor ever. Doesn't go over the material at all, and then quizzes you over stuff you didn't even learn in class. She goes off topic most of the time. Almost every class she would start the lesson with like fifteen minutes left in the class. Worst biostats professor ever. DO NOT TAKE HER.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: 132B
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Very hard class but if you dedicate a lot of time to the homework problems you will be fine. Go to class and try to pay attention. Live at the tutoring center for the homework assignments; the tutors are there to help you. Mrs. Mooningham is a nice lady but a terrible professor.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 132B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This is the worse professor ever. You literally have to teach yourself the entire class. She randomly goes off topic the entire class and then throws random problems at you at the end of class. If you ask her a question she will think shes answering it, but in reality she isn't.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MTH132A
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

SO RANDOM & off topic constantly. You WILL be teaching yourself. BORING!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: 132A
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

SHE IS THE WORST! do not sign up for a class with her whatever you do!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH132A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She was VERY flexibale when it came to grades, you just have to talk to her, but she get's off topic easily and can't teach well.