A.S. Cavaretta - Kent State University

Professor: A.S. Cavaretta
Department: Mathematics
College: Kent State University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: CALC1202
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Worst "teacher" I have ever had. He is very critical of how you do a problem even if you get the same answer as him. His tests are hard and he expects you to know how to do the problems even if he hasn't taught the material yet. His notes are hard to follow and they are useless. You are better off being taught by a tutor in the library. AVOID.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CALCMATH
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Wow, this might be the worst professor I've ever had. His lectures are INCREDIBLY difficult to follow, and his explanations could not possibly be more unclear. I have no idea how he grades, either; I've never seen a pattern. I would never wish this class on even my worst enemy.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CALC101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Terrible, terrible teacher. Put me down in class for attending tutoring, made me feel worthless. If you are a calc genius, you might be okay. If not, take someone else.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: MATHCAL2
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
First time posting on this site just to tell people to NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER. I have over 130 college credit hours and this was the worst teacher I ever had. I'll admit it doesn't help that the course was Calc II, but his problem is that he's been teaching it so long he forgot to know what it's like to be the student.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: CALC2
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Absolutely horrible!!! His class was a joke. I was at tutoring more than I was in his class, and I only missed a few classes. By the end I stopped caring, and I got the same exact grades I did from the very beggining when I studied like crazy. I still managed to get a C but I changed my major because of him. He made me HATE math :(
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: CALC2
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
You're better off skipping his class. You won't learn anything in class you wouldn't be better off getting online. His examples are difficult to understand and often don't reflect the material on the test at all. He insists you should read the book as he "teaches exactly how it is in there" though if this were true I don't see his function in class
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: CALC2
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Awful teacher. Easier to go to drop-in tutoring at the library and learn there rather than sit through class. Good luck on the tests, the questions are nothing like the homework. I strongly advise taking a different teacher if you can.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: MATH4002
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
had him for differential equations. Didn't feel like I learned much, even though I tried hard. Had a hard time following his lectures. I too, found him somewhat condescending. I never took another class with him.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: MATH4002
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
had him for differential equations. Didn't feel like I learned much, even though I tried hard. Had a hard time following his lectures. I too, found him somewhat condescending. I made sure never took another class with him.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CALC2
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He's a condescending person, a below-par teacher, and his tests are the hardest tests I've ever encountered. He'll teach basic examples of problems in class, and then throw the hardest possible examples on tests, which will make you pretty much guess your whole way through. You'd have better luck learning calculus from a toddler. Avoid at all costs
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: CALC3
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Wow. I'm a math major and I had him for Calc 3 and I barely survived the class with a C. He is absolutely the worst professor at Kent State. AVOID AT ALL COSTS
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: CALCULUS1
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
AVOID. If you had calc before you may survive. If not, good luck. You will need it. Unclear explanations and poor teaching run rampant. Seriously. And I say this knowing I will get at least a B in the course. Yeah.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: MATH12002
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Extremely intelligent professor, but his lectures were sometimes difficult to comprehend. Always a help when I went to his office. Exams were easier than the homework.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: MATH
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This university would have no reason to exist without him.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: MATH32044
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very unclear in his explainations of concepts. He also was not willing to answer students questions in class. Lastly his test did not match what was taught during the chapter(s)! STAY AWAY IF YOU CAN!
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: INTROPDE
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
One of the best teacher I've ever had. Explanations r easy to catch an idea and get the feeling for the subject, helps to build up intuition. A lot of homeworks and tests, which is important if u r serious about getting knowledge. He has sort of philosophical aproach to teaching which is cool.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: MATH
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The best teacher I've ever had who wasn't very nice to me.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ANCALC1
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I absolutely DESPISE this teacher. Not only did he never answer my questions in class, he made me cry after telling me I was an idiot and didn't belong in his class. He actually influenced me to go into education so that I will make sure that kids are NEVER treated like this again.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: HCALCII
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Avoid taking his class at all costs, unless you like to be forced into his office to be told what is wrong with your life. Almost made a kid cry in our class one day. Not a good teacher!
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: MATH
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
VERY condescending...will make you feel like a complete idiot for not understanding his vague and unclear explanations.
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