This class was mainly based off of group work. A lot of the students felt like they lacked direction from him. Lectures were minimal, and he is not very good at explaining things. He tries to help but often leaves people more confused. Workload is heavy for the quality of teaching. Makes an otherwise fun and interesting class difficult.
This class is designed for people who are interested in getting a minor in high school math teaching. Personally, I didn't find the teaching style to be that impressive since the majority of the time was done via student group collaborations. This class is an easy A class if you want to raise your GPA. Anyone can teach better than him.
Nathan is a really kind, caring professor who is really passionate about teaching. His class was heavily based on investigation and working with others instead of having a traditional lecture approach. He is really fair in grading, and is really the most real and understanding professor I've ever had at UCSB.
Great professor. Didn't lecture too much and gave enough time for investigations. Really eye opening class.
Last minute he changed the grade percentage which affected my overall grade, gave us a written final and oral final. I do not recommend this guy. If there is an option "0" I will have no hesitation of giving that.
He may be smart and excellent at math, but he's not a very good professor and makes it a lot harder than it should be esp on exam. Take a different professor if you can
Hes extremely intelligent and jovial. He teaches math from the I side out, not by rote.
He is very smart but does not express his thoughts well to students. He makes little sense and makes the math harder than it needs to be. Do not recommend.