AI Rate Professor

Early Childhood Education

Darrell Forthe

ED101 · ECE102 · COS126ECON238 · ECE121 · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating
88/100
RMP rating
4.4/5
Take again
81.82%
Difficulty
1.6

The decision

credit if you will do the and readings, but do not expect deep lectures online.

Best fit · Easy A HunterEasy A for creditLots of papers and readingsPassionate about ECEImpersonal online sectionsClear grading criteria
  • Students almost always report an easy A if , and .
  • In-person sections feel warm and inspiring; some online sections feel faceless with little live teaching.
  • Workload is paper- and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

88/100

Nearly all reported grades are A or A+, and students repeatedly say you get an easy A by finishing the weekly work.

Both online and ; online critics still report easy grades with less teaching contact.

Is the course easy?

Introductory

86/100

Content is beginner ECE or ED material with low difficulty ratings, though weekly papers and readings add volume.

Difficulty stays low across formats; and discussions.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

Some sections mark attendance mandatory and participation-heavy, while .

and attendance; online focuses on weekly posts instead.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

78/100

and passion, but a few online students felt the class was useless busywork.

In-person enthusiasm is stronger; online recommendation is mixed.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

78/100

Students call him an and projects, with only occasional tough-grader comments.

Format shift

A , but grades still came out easy.

Workload

Moderate

42/100

Expect , and end projects rather than deep exams.

Format shift

Online students especially report discussion and journal volume every week.

Teaching experience

Good

78/100

In , and caring; some online students say there were no real lectures.

Format shift

Teaching praise is much stronger for in-person than online.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

22/100

, and participation more than heavy testing.

Format shift

Online adds discussions and journals; in person adds presentations and projects.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

12 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

, and easy if you do the projects and papers, with strong praise for passion and fairness.

Main concern

when the A is easy.

What students said

“Darrell is very passionate and knows what he's talking about! if you love to learn about kids or need more easy classes for credit!”
ECE102
“Professor Forthe was an easy class and I received an easy A but there was so much work.”
ECE102
“Easy A, if you show up and do work.”
ED101

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

Online sections are easy A , and papers, with little live teaching and mixed feelings about learning.

Main concern

Some students never saw him lecture and felt they learned nothing despite an easy A.

What students said

“I don't even know his face. He never did any lecture.”
ECE102
“Easy A. Be ready for and answering questions related to the weeks chapter.”
ECE102
“Overall a very easy A class, just do the work.”
ED101

Exam style

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Assessment is mostly papers, projects, and weekly work with few high-stakes exams.

Few testsPapers and projectsWeekly readingsClear grading criteria

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person assessment emphasizes papers, presentations, participation, and .

PapersPresentationParticipationFew tests
“Theres a paper and a presentation at the end of the semester.”
ECE102
“there is and a group project... !”
ED101

Online

, and papers rather than proctored exams.

Weekly discussionsPapersFew tests
“Interesting, Easy A, what more can I say!”
ECE102
“Discussions and journal entries every week, if you don't participate in the .”
ED101

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ if you love to learn about kids or need more easy classes for credit!”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 reviews spanning online and in-person ECE and ED courses. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Easy A Reality

88/100

“Very impersonal class but easy if you're looking for an A.”

📚

42/100

“Lots of 1 point assignments.”

❤️ Passion In Person

78/100

“By far the .”

💻 Online Distance Gap

55/100

“I don't even know his face. He never did any lecture.”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Easy A if you show up and do work.
  • Overall a very easy A class, just do the work.
  • A pretty easy A if you do your work, and the work is super easy.

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His way of teaching is admirable.
  • Darrell is very passionate and knows what he's talking about!
  • Really fun class, you can tell he loves teaching children.

Theme 3

📝 About Workload

  • week but there are so .
  • Be ready for and answering questions.
  • So many papers.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

16

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Sixteen reviews spanning 2012-2020 with consistent easy-A and workload themes give solid confidence.

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59
4 out of 55
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 51

Course coverage

ECE10210 reviews
ED1013 reviews
ECE1212 reviews
COS126ECON2381 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

10 reported outcomes

A range

10

A+ 3 · A 7

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

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