Rebecca Addington - University of Wisconsin - Madison

Professor: Rebecca Addington

Department: TBD

College: University of Wisconsin - Madison

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH210
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

During the in-person portion of the class, she was always available to chat after the lecture if I had questions and responsive to emails. Her lectures are dense but very helpful in understanding the concepts-- very accessible. The switch to online lectures was difficult-- lectures were not timely and were rather long. But she was great in-person

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PSY210
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

THE MOST UN-ENGAGING TEACHER IVE EVER HAD. She literally went missing for a whole week during online classes and didn't give her students an update until the last day of instruction and gave us 4 hours of lecture to watch. Canvas pages were messy and she's a professor that sets her students up to fail right when you walk in the room on day 1. AWFUL

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PSY210
• 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:

I had this class during the whole virus incident, so I can understand the difficulties of teaching in these circumstance. Even so, before as well as in the pandemic she was of little help. The canvas page is messy. She does not give depth and does the bare minimum in explaining the steps it takes to figure out answers.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PSY210
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I am genuinely so disappointed in my overall experience with Prof. Addington. Upon meeting her in lecture I got the impression that she genuinely wanted her students to succeed. However I was very mistaken. The exams were not attainable and had an incredibly low average. Her tests were very unfair which ultimately reflect how poor of a prof she is.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PSY210
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Her lectures are very disorganized and it's difficult to catch up with the material if you have to miss class. She will take 30 minutes each class to either talk about her dogs, or explain an extremely simple concept like range. However, she will speed past a difficult concept in five minutes. Doesn't really care about the success of her students.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH210
• 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:

Literally my least favorite professor I've ever had, does not teach the subject matter, her lecture notes are useless. Avoid Psych 210 at all costs. Does like to talk about her dogs alot tho. I'm not math inclined so I spent a significant amount of time at office hours, was not helpful at all. Also weekly homework sucks, take Stats 371 instead.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PSY210
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

50% Psych, 50% Dog Training. Still she's super nice and enthusiastic about what she's talking about.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PSY210
• 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:

Becky is a nice person who tried to make class interesting. However, her class was so incredibly difficult and she claimed there was a curve when at the end of the semester, only the C range was curved. Grading for exams also takes several weeks so we didn't know until less than a week before the final what our grade was on our last midterm.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH202
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Becky is a really great professor, her class is challenging but everything she does just helps you understand the material more. She posts all her lectures online so if you miss it's not a big deal but I would recommend going to lecture anyways because she brings her dog sometimes and it's so much fun.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH202
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Addington was a great professor for pscyh 202. She was extremely fair in her tests with her reviews letting you know everything that will be on the upcoming exam. I would recommend going to lecture as a lot of the exam material is from the lectures. You don't have to read the book for this class. Very nice lady, hw is annoying though.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PSY210
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Overall very good. Psych Stats is boring to begin with so it is not her fault the lectures seem pretty long. She does make an effort to explain relevant and interesting topics. A very good teacher. Make sure you attend lecture though because that is where I learned EVERYTHING. She is very good to talk to in office hours.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PYCH210
• 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 Addington does a fantastic job teaching 210. Her lectures can be boring and she often explains examples with unnecessary details, but she does a great job of explaining what students should know. If you don't get the content then read the book to provide a further explanation. She also really cares for her students. I 100% recommend her.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH210
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

credit is given if you put down definitions and explanations she wants, but her expectations aren't always clear. sometimes takes too long on background info and rushes through important material

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH202
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She did a great job teaching Pysch 202 for the first time. She gave out study guides to help through the exams. If you knew everything on those, listened to lecture, and did your readings you would do just fine. Her lectures were easy and wonderful to listen to as well.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH202
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This semester was Professor Addingtons first time teaching psych 202. She turned out to be perfect for this class. She posts all lecture PowerPoints, class lecture audio, very extensive study guides, and other general help to the class website. There is also substantial extra credit.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH202
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Addington was a great professor, she was VERY passionate about psychology and animal psychology. Although she often read off the slides, she used great examples in the lectures that helped me remember concepts. Her tests were VERY fair. She also gave us an exam review sheet for every exam which was extremely useful.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSY210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Whenever I went into office hours I found Professor Addington to be really kind and helpful, and was able to explain things in a way that made sense. Lecture was not super interesting, but hey its stats and it was well organized. Her exams were very difficult. the concept questions are really hard. Most people in my class got a C.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PSY210
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very knowledgable and passionate about stats. Homework was fairly straightforward but tests were very difficult and worded weirdly. Lectures were learning steps to a specific problem, but the tests focused more on the conceptual aspects rather than calculations. Do lots of practice problems when studying and make sure you know literally everything.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH210
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Taught like the whole class sucked at math. Very slow paced. Open ended questions on tests left room for error not because you didn't know the answer, but because you didn't know what she would be looking for in the answer. She taught stats the Addington way, not like other stats classes I've taken. It took 3 weeks to get grades back

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Really tough class as it is. Becky tries to be helpful, but she doesn't explain the things she should in lecture. She'll focus on the background of an example for 75% of class and speed through the actual stats portion. Once you get lost, there's no way to figure out what you've missed. If you're not great at math, don't even bother taking this.