Professor
April Pyle
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Spring 2015 - Had Pyle first half of the quarter. Pyle is a really nice lady, but she does NOT have knack for teaching. She seems bored with the material, and she doesn't seem to understand how to communicate an idea effectively to people who don't understand it and/or haven't seen it before. Teachers need to be able to see where we as students are coming from, what we are probably thinking, and therefore guide us in a way that is logical. It really is an art. Pyle cannot do this. This is why her lectures seem more like a spewing of incoherent information than teaching. That being said, don't freak out if you get Pyle. You'll still learn the material, it's really not that hard, and you'll have lots of slides to study from. Her tests are fair, she's just not a good teacher. If you can, though, sign up for peer learning. Its a free class that just reviews LS 3 material, and it has helped tremendously.
Spring 2015 - Had Pyle first half of the quarter. Pyle is a really nice lady, but she does NOT have knack for teaching. She seems bored with the material, and she doesn't seem to understand how to communicate an idea effectively to people who don't understand it and/or haven't seen it before. Teachers need to be able to see where we as students are coming from, what we are probably thinking, and therefore guide us in a way that is logical. It really is an art. Pyle cannot do this. This is why her lectures seem more like a spewing of incoherent information than teaching. That being said, don't freak out if you get Pyle. You'll still learn the material, it's really not that hard, and you'll have lots of slides to study from. Her tests are fair, she's just not a good teacher. If you can, though, sign up for peer learning. Its a free class that just reviews LS 3 material, and it has helped tremendously.
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Winter 2020 - I had the combination of Deb Pires and April Pyle, and the last couple weeks when it was Pyle I really disliked coming to class . She tried to make attempts at jokes to make the class a bit more interesting, but it just didn't work out for her . Also, sitting through clicker questions for 6 minutes after finishing discussing it for 1 minute made the class feel like it was 3 hours long instead of the 1 hour 15 min .
Winter 2020 - I had the combination of Deb Pires and April Pyle, and the last couple weeks when it was Pyle I really disliked coming to class . She tried to make attempts at jokes to make the class a bit more interesting, but it just didn't work out for her . Also, sitting through clicker questions for 6 minutes after finishing discussing it for 1 minute made the class feel like it was 3 hours long instead of the 1 hour 15 min .
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