Robert Clark - Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL

Professor: Robert Clark

Department: Mathematics

College: Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH135
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Many, many, many years after taking Mr. Clark's class, he is the only person I consistently reference in my business life as an educator that I respect and found inspirational. If you actually listen/ask, he has the ability to break down complex problems into a simple form that most people can understand. That's a talent I always strive towards.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MTH135
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Clark was by far the toughest grader I've ever had. He is a nice guy and is willing to help but the fact that we only had 4 exams as our grade made it really hard to get a good grade. I would not recommend taking him.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MTH125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Clark knew his material and made sense when explaining trig material, but the only thing he graded were 4 tests. This made it hard to get in any extra points in to help your grade out, since tests are worth many points. He hand-graded tests, which he graded very strictly. After all my math classes I took at RVC, this one was the hardest.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MTH120
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

As the online class, all homework and exams were through MyMathLab but were fairly easy.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MTH094
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He tries to be as helpful as he can, but sometimes he does fall short in making the material clear in class, and often gets lost on tangents in the middle of doing examples. Most of your grade is determined by four tests and a final, all of which are challenging, but he does give points for work shown on all but the final, so make sure you show it.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH135
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Tests are the only grades so be sure to study. Homework is not for credit but you need to do it for your sake or you wont do well. Office hours are extremely helpful (especially for the trig identities chapter 3.1-4).

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MTH093
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Clark is very approachable and means well but gets off topic often with irrelevant details which causes you to lose sight of how to do the problem. I would come home from his class and watch MML or Youtube vidoes to understand the material. I also found contradictions in what he taught us and what MML said was correct.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: 093
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He talks A LOT and goes off topic often. He doesn't stick to the point of a problem, he will say "this is why you cant do this..." in the middle of the very first step of the example. If you need more than a couple examples to understand what you're actually doing, don't expect it from him. He does maybe 5 ex. for two chapters per class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MTH135
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Clark is a fair teacher. He does not grade homework but still assigns it. If you want to get a good grade, DO THE HOMEWORK. Even though it's not graded, it will help you immensely on the test. He is a very friendly and helpful professor. Whenever I would get a good grade on the test, he would personally write my a congratulatory message in Eagle.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MTH125
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you are going to take his class you need to be self disciplined. He gives you note packets and the homework isn't mandatory (but do it anyway!). He is excellent at explaining things and is extremely helpful. I took a different professor for math this semester, but I still go to him for help when I don't understand something.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MTH125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very unhelpful, and has been avoiding me since finals. Ended class with a 69.7%, and he emailed me before finals saying my perfect attendance would help borderline grades. Needless to say he stuck me with the D+ grade. Seems to be very egotistical , and thinks he's more indoctrinated than he is. I don't see the gratification for not answering.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MTH125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Clark's cool and friendly. Looks like a teddy bear. Good at explaining, does many example problems, and answers any questions you may have. BUT! The only grades you get are 4 tests and the final. So if you mess up once, its really hard to recover. Its a pretty hard class, but that's partially due to the difficulty of the material.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This teacher can improve a lot more on his teaching styles. He grades very hard and very inconsistent to other math teachers. His format on tests is very confusing and sometimes misleading as to what the test wants. I wouldn't recommend this teacher if you actually want to learn something because I had to teach myself to learn the subject

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MTH125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

FILL IN THE BLANK NOTE PACKETS. If you are not one to learn like this, do not take his course. The only grades in the class are 5 tests (including the final exam).

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MTH125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He really understands the content and it great at explaining it as long as you know the prerequisite material. Trig isn't an easy class no matter how you look at it...

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MTH120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I took his online class and it was very well organized and I always knew what to do. If he noticed you struggling in the class he personally emailed you to make sure everything was going okay. Great, easy online class with him.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MTH220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Clark is a really intelligent and helpful guy. Unfortunately his tests are EXTREMELY difficult. We took five tests total and those were the only factors in our grade. He IS a good teacher, just a little over demanding on knowing the and material PERFECTLY. If you are going into the a field aimed at Math definitely take him, if not RUN!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MTH125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Mr. Clark is a great teacher. He breaks things down to a simple level and is very helpful. I think he gets poorly rated because students don't want to put in the time or work into the class. You just have to pay attention and do the homework even though homework is mandatory. If u do the homework u will do fine on the tests.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MTH235
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Excellent Professor who really knows his material.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MTH125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Mr. Clark is one of the best TEACHERS I've ever had. The way he explains the material is superb! However, you can not expect to just show up to class and get the grade you want. You actually have to work for it. The only points that count are tests, he does not make homework mandatory. But this is college, people. You are responsible for yourself.