FELDWINN D L

Darby Feldwinn

209 reviews
Tough grader Lots of homework Test heavy Skip class? You won't pass. Accessible outside class Participation matters EXTRA CREDIT Lecture heavy Caring Get ready to read Clear grading criteria Respected Tests are tough Amazing lectures Gives good feedback Graded by few things Would take again Inspirational
Past quarters
CHEM 3A
12 / 70 Enrolled
General Chemistry (Majors)
Darby Feldwinn 3.1
M W F
08:00 AM - 08:50 AM
CHEM 102
2 / 13 Enrolled
Teaching Chemistry at the High School/Junior High Level
Darby Feldwinn 3.1
F
15:00 PM - 17:30 PM
CHEM 193
0 / 20 Enrolled
Internship in Chemistry
Darby Feldwinn 3.1
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CHEM 1A Feldwinn D L Fall 2023 Total: 134
ENV S 136 Feldwinn D L Spring 2023 Total: 9
CHEM 1B Feldwinn D L Winter 2023 Total: 185
CHEM 1A Feldwinn D L Fall 2022 Total: 172
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1B . Feldwinn D L 3 Months Ago

I would absolutely not recommend taking a class with Professor Feldwinn. Lectures are hard to follow, exams are very difficult, and the work load is completely unnecessary. Other chemistry 1B professors do not do quizzes, iclickers, use ALEKS problems on exams, and put such a big emphasis on book problems. We also got a terrible curve. Take Price.

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1A . Feldwinn D L 6 Months Ago

Feldwinn is notoriously the hardest gen chem prof for a reason. If possible switch professors! If you get stuck with her (like I did) do every single book problem, quiz problem, iclicker, and Aleks when studying, she uses them word for word on exams. Exams are mostly free response with no partial credit.

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05892 . Feldwinn D L 6 Months Ago

Do not take the professor if you can at all help it. I promise you're better off waitlisting another professor or taking chem another quarter! Not worth the stress. Tests are open answers, so if you're not exactly correct, you get a zero. Lectures were at 8:00 am with before-class questions at 7:45, which went away at 8:00, & showed up on the exam.

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1A . Feldwinn D L 6 Months Ago

Her lectures are well done but very fast paced, she teaches as though you should already understand new concepts which makes it quite difficult, especially towards the end of the quarter. 8 HW assignments on ALEKS, 4 quizzes, 3 midterms, 1 final. Class ave. is in the high 60%, low 70% range. You need to work HARD to pass this class, so don't slack!

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1A . Feldwinn D L 7 Months Ago

She doesn't explain anything that she does in lecture. she just goes through everything without any reason behind it. If students don't understand, she expects them to figure it out on their own outside of class. All her tests are free response and very rarely multiple choice. She is brutal.

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1A . Feldwinn D L 7 Months Ago

Moves so fast

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1A . Feldwinn D L 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

LLLLL. I suggest either taking another professor or switching to gender studies. You spend hours doing aLeks, and the morbede amount of book probLems she hands out. On top of that, Lectures are 100 mph, so expect to review that materiaL. Oh, also don't forget to read the chapters from the textbook! Absolutely out of control.

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CHEM1ABC . Feldwinn D L 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

Feldwinn is easily the worst chem teacher at this school. She literally doesn't everything different then every other chem teacher, her students do poorly and she never changes anything. He literally uses test questions for Iclicker and expects us to get it right after she just explained it 5 seconds for. Doesn't explain things well at all

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1A . Feldwinn D L 1 Year, 4 Months Ago

She gives extra busy work and quizzes that other teachers don't. She is the only gen chem teacher who gives free response but doesn't give partial credit for it anyway. She has the worst lecture/midterm/final time slots (8 am lectures and midterms/finals are the week's last days so you go home late). But she's a good lecturer just a bit fast.

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1A . Feldwinn D L 1 Year, 4 Months Ago

L teacher. L class. L rizz. I came into this class excited over the prospect of learning a new outlook of chemistry. However, I was thoroughly disappointed over the discouraging learning environment of this class. I lost my passion over chemistry and changed my major and changed schools to SBCC. Don't take this class if you want happiness.

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1A . Feldwinn D L 1 Year, 4 Months Ago

AVOID AT ALL COSTS. I've never felt more defeated as a student than in her class. No matter how many book problems I did, how much I read, how many hours I studies, I continued to do poorly on tests. I attended 1 lecture from a different professor and learned infinitely more than I ever did in Feldwinn. Exams are FRQs but no partial credit.

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1A . Feldwinn D L 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

The test are hard, but when you take other professors you will realize that her teaching methods are honestly the best. She goes through problems step by step and does them in a hierarchal order. Although she seems to expect more from her students than any other professor, the amount of work that you put in pays off in the end. DO THE BOOK PROBLEMS

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