Professor
Kate Wassum
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Spring 2020 - Kate Wassum is an incredible professor. You can really tell she takes time to precisely organize every lecture and slide. I especially benefited from her use of Break & Review slides every 10 -15 minutes, as they really helped me to solidify my knowledge of the material. She seems like a very intelligent person, and she even uses new and unique assignments, such as the option to post a twitter thread summary of a research paper, which I thought was interesting. Also, I found her on Twitter, and her page is pretty fun to read. Overall great professor, and great module!
Spring 2020 - Kate Wassum is an incredible professor. You can really tell she takes time to precisely organize every lecture and slide. I especially benefited from her use of Break & Review slides every 10 -15 minutes, as they really helped me to solidify my knowledge of the material. She seems like a very intelligent person, and she even uses new and unique assignments, such as the option to post a twitter thread summary of a research paper, which I thought was interesting. Also, I found her on Twitter, and her page is pretty fun to read. Overall great professor, and great module!
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Fall 2017 - I thoroughly enjoyed this class with Dr. Wassum. I think the material is very interesting, so that was a bonus. Dr. Wassum is VERY clear in her slides, but the material does have a lot of details and intricacies that could trip people up. She does require some amount of participation in class, which is not easy for everyone, but I found it very doable and I get very anxious speaking in front of classmates. As I mentioned before, the material is deceptively tricky, but definitely doable. You will learn about past theories and deconstruct issues with them. I think people may struggle with this class if they oversimplify the material and don't consider the detail to which Dr. Wassum is lecturing and is on her slide. tldr; I would definitely take this class again. I learned a lot and I didn't spend a ton of time outside of class studying, just reviewing my notes from the week each week. She gives the test prompts in advance so you have plenty of time to prepare and show your knowledge. Would definitely recommend the class if you are interested in the neuroscience/psychology of learning.
Fall 2017 - I thoroughly enjoyed this class with Dr. Wassum. I think the material is very interesting, so that was a bonus. Dr. Wassum is VERY clear in her slides, but the material does have a lot of details and intricacies that could trip people up. She does require some amount of participation in class, which is not easy for everyone, but I found it very doable and I get very anxious speaking in front of classmates. As I mentioned before, the material is deceptively tricky, but definitely doable. You will learn about past theories and deconstruct issues with them. I think people may struggle with this class if they oversimplify the material and don't consider the detail to which Dr. Wassum is lecturing and is on her slide. tldr; I would definitely take this class again. I learned a lot and I didn't spend a ton of time outside of class studying, just reviewing my notes from the week each week. She gives the test prompts in advance so you have plenty of time to prepare and show your knowledge. Would definitely recommend the class if you are interested in the neuroscience/psychology of learning.
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Neuro 101C After 4 years at UCLA, Wassum is absolutely the worst teacher I have ever had. Every lecture she reads off her slides. And there are around 80 slides per lecture! The way she communicates the information is terrible. The school needs to hire a Wassum translator that stands at the front of the class with her.
Neuro 101C After 4 years at UCLA, Wassum is absolutely the worst teacher I have ever had. Every lecture she reads off her slides. And there are around 80 slides per lecture! The way she communicates the information is terrible. The school needs to hire a Wassum translator that stands at the front of the class with her.
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