Peter Kotelenez - Case Western Reserve University

Professor: Peter Kotelenez
Department: Mathematics
College: Case Western Reserve University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He really wants every one of his students to understand what he's teaching, to the point where he'll spend 10 minutes of class clarifying one person's question. He may assign hw ahead of what he teaches but it's never hard to figure out. His exams are exactly what he teaches in class so they're not hard. He's really sweet and really cares.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
MUST go to his class to do well in the course. He tells you almost exactly what is going to be on his exams and if you go to office hours, he is more than helpful. He doesn't change his exams too much from year to year so asking an old student for an old exam is helpful. He loves to answer questions and wants his students to succeed.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The key to getting an A is learning how to take his tests. He will tell you what is on them, but you must know this stuff 100%. Anything he says that will be on it, will be on it, and one slight mistake will cost you a lot of points.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I realize this guy has some pretty bad reviews but it is all about learning how to take his tests. PAY ATTENTION TO HIS LECTURES! Don't teach yourself from the book just go to class every day and memorize your notes, because his tests are 100% from his lectures. Homeworks are tough, but possible. He's also really friendly.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • 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:
see da wabbit, ja? seriously though avoid at all costs. terrible teacher. homework is literally 100 pages ahead of class lecture
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The key to doing well in his class is taking very good notes. His tests will basically be what he covered in class, and so in that aspect I don't think he's a very hard teacher. He likes to really get into the material as opposed to strictly learning by the book which might be a little hard to adjust to, but I still think he's a good teacher.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Misses his own office hours, insults people who ask him for help, is difficult to understand in class, and to top it all off, even if you do something almost completely correctly on an exam he will often give 0 partial credit. This is unacceptable for a higher level math course, he is an unacceptable teacher for any course. Avoid. At. All. Costs.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Although I didn't think so originally, he has turned out to be a decent professor. He's not always easy to understand, but you can tell he cares about the class a lot. Tests can be challenging although to date I have not found anything on his tests that was not explicitly covered in class. The homeworks tend to be fairly long though.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
His tests are tough but you can tell he absolutely loves teaching. I'm not sure why people hate on him so much because he teaches slowly so that people can understand everything before he moves onto the harder stuff. You don't need to understand his english to understand the math. His english is very understandable too.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: STAT385
  • 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 in like 1992. The material was so tough or the students were so dumb that he could have failed everyone, maybe a combination! He was hard to understand. Final was open note, he put the q&a to it on the blackboard but changed the numbers for the test. I got a C deserved an F!He's still here so he's smart. Math is tough even for the best.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is extremely hard to understand and the lectures really did not help at all. You will have to learn everything from the book. Tests are reasonable but avoid if possible.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • 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:
Extremely boring and not very clear, however occasionally makes poor attempts at humor. Seems to make the material harder than it actually is. Expect to mostly teach yourself from the book.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Can't believe that we were attending the same class based on previous comments. I thought prof was great. Helpful and seemed to really care that we understood the material. Would definitely take another class from him.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
excellent teacher. Good sense of humor, really tried to make the course understandable.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • 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:
Although he is a nice guy, he is not a very articulate professor. His policy is to assign homework (graded for correctness) before lecturing, but the textbook is useless to learn from so homework is nearly impossible with out a solution manual. During lecture, he is not assertive and talks in circles--leading to confusion.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: MATH302
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Easy class... he is funny and comes off as somewhat egotistical, but personally I like that.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: D
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
One of the best math teachers I've had here. Lectures are very clear, and the material prepares you well for higher level classes. I'm taking as many classes as possible from him.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
His lectures are amusing to watch, if not good for learning. (Favourite line: 'This equation is beautiful. I am beautiful.') His approaches are usually better than the book's. Could improve upon the redundancy.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Worst professor I have ever had. Lectures for a couple of days on the same subject, without ever going anywhere.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: MATH224
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
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