Lori Silverman - Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA

Professor: Lori Silverman

Department: Mathematics

College: Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH1B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Math is not my best subject, however professor Silverman made it doable, she is helpful when I ask her questions. The tests are hard, but you will pass as along as you do the work

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH1C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you want to learn, take this teacher. If you want an easy A, do your work.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH1C
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

a good teacher, not too hard if you study ahead of time, but the class itself is way too demanding

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH1C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

would rather not taking math this quarter rather than taking her class. GLHF, so hard if u did not learn 1c before. Everyday has a quiz on her class. It weird that she teaches 3 math 1c course this quarter. Mean professor and hurt so many students. This is unfair for the students in her class. cuz other students could get an easy A in other profess

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH1C
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Once, we were given a quiz that she hadn't done that ahead of time. At that time, the whole couldn't solve the problem. We asked if she could solve if as a demo! She refused it.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH1C
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

You have to learn everything on your own. She is the worst teacher at Foothill. She spent more time on easy stuffs than the hard ones. Stupid

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH1C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You need to study yourself as she cannot even does simple math like 10-4+1. Ooh my god she said 6. Don't believe me? Ask other students in her Math 1C class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH1B
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Hectic homework that you wont see in tests and quizzes. She does not teach, she expects you to learn everything by yourself.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH1B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She's super nice but doesn't teach, she posts these online videos (which I found mostly unhelpful) and wants her homework done a certain (annoying and time consuming) way. There were concepts on the test that I had never seen in class. She does replace your lowest test score with the final and drops your lowest quiz score which is helpful.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH1B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Taken her Math 1B class this Winter quarter. There were 3 exams in total and quizzes each week (sometimes twice a week). The homework format is very annoying which I really hate it. Despite the homework, the exams were quite easy and some were similar to the quiz. If you like doing homework, take her class. Otherwise, find a better professor.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CALC1A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took her class online but was still able to come in during her office hours which is pretty open after her actual class. She is helpful and responds to emails. Learning it online was not easy but with any other math class really, you just need to practice the problem. Everything she teaches is usually on the tests. Rec!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CAL1A
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is a SOOOOOOOOOO BAD teacher, I couldn't say anything. Do NOT take her class!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH001A
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She's a good teacher and you'll learn quite a lot from her. she's kind enough to help, but be warned, she gives 3 homeworks every meeting, each homework could be from 1 to 4 pages long. lots of quizes and exams, and finals are really hard. quizzes are next to nothing but they also mean next to nothing for your final grade. very conceptual

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CAL1A
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

PSA I took calc for the first time with Lori and loved her! I've scored very high As on the 3 midterms, and was very confident in the class (you will too if you're a conceptual person, e.g you're good at coding/physics/economics/ philosophy/watever) but the final screwed me over. 14% drop. Take her if you want to learn, but selfstudy 4 final or die

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CALC1A
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I had her for my online calculus class. She is the worst teacher I have ever had. I had homework every single day, 7 days a week. Also, weekly quizzes, take home tests, discussion postings for every section, chapter assessments, and proctored midterm and final. There was also little to no instruction for each section, maybe a 3 minute video.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH001A
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very nice professor. Not many lectures in classes, you are expected to read textbook and watch videos (5 minutes long at most) at home. Homework is very short, just do one problem perfectly, no need to waste time on dozens of similar tasks.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH1A
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Avoid her! She doesnt exactly teach. You have to self learn through the videos she assigns to you to watch. Her quizzes and exams are not exactly difficult but each question carry a lot of percentage. One question wrong can cause a grade difference. MCQ have multiple correct answers, you have to select all of the correct answers to get the score.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH1A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The topic itself is easy, but her teaching style is really tedious. For HW, she makes you write out a problem statement, planning stage, 2nd way of doing problem, conclusion, and a summary for one problem. Questtest are easy, but marks off for not putting parens around points, writing "leftright not same" instead of "leftright LIMIT", etc...

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH1A
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The teacher isn't like other math teacher eventually. She prefers self-study where you do your homework and she will explain it in the next meeting. She's not very good at teaching to be honest but her test is the best part. If you pay attention to her unclear lecture, i would guarantee 100% you can do the test easily. Not the best but 'ezpz'

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH1A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The way the class is set up is that you watch a video about what's going to be taught the next day, and take notes on it. Then in class she answers questions about it and such, more so than lecturing. I liked it. She rarely lectured, actually, and when she did it personally didn't do much for me. The videos are really helpful and clear, though.