AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Steve Kassman

MATH8 · MATH124 · MATH253 · MATH353 · MATH351 · MATH6095 · MATH105 · MATH2 · GEO60370 · MATH140 · MATH10 · MATH5 · TRIG124 · 61 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.5/5
Take again
23.08%
Difficulty
4.1

The decision

Avoid unless and accept a high risk of a low grade.

Best fit · Self Taught ProConfusing lecturesTough graderLots of homeworkSelf-teach requiredBoard mistakes
  • Lectures are fast, mumbled, and error-prone so most students teach themselves from the book.
  • and tests wrecks GPAs even in basic math courses.
  • A few students call him caring with , but the .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Even , and GPA damage despite homework effort.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Course content is made much harder by rushed lectures, skipped steps, and frequent board mistakes.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and skipping risks being dropped or failing.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

The large majority urge students to stay away due to poor teaching and grade risk.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Tough grader tags and .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of , and .

Format shift

.

Teaching experience

Awful

20/100

Students repeatedly call lectures unclear, error-filled, off-topic, and ineffective.

Format shift

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

and quizzes feed into difficult midterms and finals.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person math sections are widely described as confusing, rushed, and poorly explained, with and .

Main concern

while still showing up and and exams.

What students said

“ two examples and then just moved onto the next section.”
MATH8
“You can't as if you already know what's going on.”
MATH124
“He ruins your GPA and makes concepts much more difficult than they have to be.”
MATH253

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are hard and often include material poorly covered in class, with little student-friendly flexibility described.

Hard in-person testsTest heavyTough gradingMaterial not covered in lecture

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as hard, picky, and .

Hard testsTest heavyTough graderLecture-test mismatch
“ . A lot of material that's on tests, he's never showed in class or are in the book.”
MATH140
“he made the ”
MATH2

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“AWFUL TEACHER, stay far away from this class unless you want your time in math 8 to be hell.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews, , and . Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Quality

20/100

“Great as a person, terrible as a teacher. Almost always gets off topic/off track and many mistakes on the board.”

🚫 Recommendation

22/100

“If you are considering taking this professor, just don't.”

📝

22/100

“ and tests. DONT ”

📚 Workload

28/100

“he does give a lot of quizzes but they all help with the coursework”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and he goes through units way too quick
  • He simply reads off a sheet of paper
  • he mumbles and speaks in monotone

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • makes Trig much more difficult than it should b
  • the page was littered with F's
  • I had a 3.9 GPA and I dropped his class

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • He's a nice guy but needs better teaching skills
  • Professor Kassman is a nice guy. However, his teaching skills are horrible.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

61

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 detailed in-person reviews over many years show strong, consistent negative themes.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 51
3 out of 54
2 out of 510
1 out of 542

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

20 reported outcomes

A range

7

A+ 3 · A 4

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

3

D+ 1 · D 1 · D- 1

F

4

F 4

No letter grade reported

5

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 1 · Not_Sure_Yet 1 · Rather not say 1