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MATH 4B
PORTER M J
Matt Porter
4.4
294 reviews

296
4.4
MATH3C . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Great TA; very clear and easy to follow. Nice guy too. Make sure to go to sections for quizzes.

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MATH6A . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Matt was a great TA for Math 3B and an amazing instructor for Math 6A. In lecture he gave clear explanations followed by relevant examples which really helped me understand the material.

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MATH3B . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

What i liked most about his teaching was his friendly method. A lot of my past teachers and TAs would respond to simple questions (that a student should know) with haughty attitudes. This guy doesn't, which allows students to more freely ask questions, thus improving participation and involvement.

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MATH3B . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

The main professor for this class was not very good, but Matt was very helpful in clarifying a lot of the concepts she failed to get across. He's also a super chill and nice guy, take his class if you can.

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MATH4A . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Has weekly quizzes make sure to attend.

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MATH3A . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Nice fellow

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MATH3A . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Matt was extremely helpful and was very calm and collected in his approach to teaching us the fundamentals of math concepts. He explained things in a very logical and conceptually understandable way, and I would recommend him as a teacher or TA for any of my math-related classes. Thank you Matt.

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MATH3A . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Has his heart in the right place, but rather difficult to understand at times; I still did well in the class though

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MATH3B . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

I previously had issues with Calculus but Matt was able to really help me understand it.

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MATH3B . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Matt was very helpful in my section and in office hours. One day I came to his office an hour earlier than usual and he didn't mind helping me. He was one of the most patients TA's I've had. As I moved on to higher math classes, where Matt wasn't a TA, he would still help me when I asked him questions.

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MATH3B . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Matt was a good TA, he made it easy to understand the concepts of finding the area or volume of areas rotated around certain axis and he was patient.

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MATH5A . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Nice dude who was able to take some of the more difficult concepts of linear algebra and dumb them down, so to speak. Enjoyed his teaching in sections, always had good and relevant examples.

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MATH6A . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

I had him for what is now math 6A. Very knowledgeable and nice guy and really helped explain everything to the class. Would love to take another class with him.

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MATH3B . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Hard class but CLAS helps

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MATH3B . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Nice guy. Helpful. 10/10

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MATH6A . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Matt's really good at breaking down the concepts and explaining them in clear terms. Definitely helped my grade out in this respect.

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MATH6B . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Best math professor in ucsb.

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MATH3B . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Challenging class but professor makes sure everything is clarified . (:

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MATH3B . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Very nice guy and always open to helping and answering questions

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MATH3C . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Matt was a great TA, definitely helped clear up stuff that was difficult and lecture. Very clear and knowledgeable as well. Going to office hours with Matt is what got me an A.

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MATH6A . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Quite possibly the greatest math teacher I've ever had. And that's the weird thing, he doesn't DO anything special... he just really knows how to explain things clearly and concisely. Doesn't BS his way through lectures, just delivers an explanation of multivariable calculus that could be grasped even by a five year old. I don't exaggerate.

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MATH3B . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Very helpful and wants you to succeed. Easily ask questions and anything else you need, he's got you.

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MATH3B . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

Matt is extremely helpful and was a godsend in a math class taught by a foreign professor who made absolutely no sense in lecture.

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MATH3B . Porter M J 11 Years Ago

The class was not following the textbook at all, and the teacher was going off on random tangents, but Matt helped make everything clear in section. Really the only way to learn the material was by going to section

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