AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Fred V. Lane

MATH113 · MATHEMATICS · BASICALGEBRA · MATH112 · ALLMATH · MATH245 · ALG101 · B5 · ALG245 · MATH114 · 18 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

if you love pure math, can handle confusion, and will use office hours and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerPolarizing Math TeacherDoesn't Follow the BookExtra Credit and CurveHigh Drop RateInspirational for Some
  • some call him life-changing, many call him the .
  • He often ignores the textbook, invents hard problems, and creates high withdrawal rates.
  • Fans credit curve, , and office hours for real understanding and better grades.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

An A is possible with curve and , but many students drop or struggle with his hard made-up problems.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Remedial to pre-calc content is taught at a hard, non-textbook pace that confuses most students.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Students say you must come to class and that tests.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

A minority of , but and find another teacher.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

52/100

Curve and numerous extra-credit chances help some students, but overall grades stay hard for many.

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Workload

Heavy

32/100

Hard invented problems, homework applied to tests, and a .

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Teaching experience

Poor

35/100

Some find him inspirational and clear; , and poorly structured.

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Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

and exams both mattering.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

18 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

devoted fans praise inspirational lectures and , while and book-defying hard problems.

Main concern

and confusion from problems that do not match the book.

What students said

“Fred, was able to make math beautiful.”
ALG101
“don't bother. and if you happen to be enrolled in his class by and find a new teacher.”
MATH113
“Entire class discouraged. He pridefully says only 5 out of 40 made it to end of last semester's class.”
ALG245

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

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, and , with little detail on open-book or proctoring.

Homework points toward testsExtra credit before examsCurve

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Homework points can apply to test grades, and students mention .

Homework points toward testsExtra credit before examsCurve
“You must come to class. He gives you points on your homework .”
MATH112
“He graded on a curve and gave numerous opportunities to get going into an exam.”
ALG101

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Fred, was able to make math beautiful. I was terrible at arithmetic... He graded on a curve and gave numerous opportunities to get .”

Voice snapshots generated from 18 in-person reviews spanning 2003-2021, highlighting polarized teaching and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

35/100

“He knows his material in depth, but doesn't know how to teach it or doesn't want to teach.”

⚠️

25/100

“Entire class discouraged. He pridefully says only 5 out of 40 made it to end of last semester's class.”

✨ Lifeline

55/100

“With his help, office hours, , I got A's in math.”

📚 Book Mismatch

20/100

“he doesnt follow the book, and is teaching things that we are supposed to know, but everyone is lost.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • !!!
  • he makes up his own problems, some of which no one i know understands how to do
  • He does not follow the book and claims to be teaching pre-algebra but it seems more like algebra 2

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • He graded on a curve and gave numerous opportunities to get going into an exam
  • the most common grade in his class is a W
  • With his help, office hours, , I got A's in math

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Lets not forget that Mr. Lane is a
  • I owe more to Mr. Lane than anyone alive when the subject is math
  • he is a good man.horrible teacher!

Data context

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Analysis sample

18

Recent reviews read by the AI

18

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Eighteen reviews span many years with strong detail, but opinions are highly polarized and many are older.

Inside 18 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 53
3 out of 51
2 out of 52
1 out of 58

Course coverage

MATH2454 reviews
MATH1133 reviews
ALG1012 reviews
ALG2452 reviews
MATH1122 reviews
Show 5 more courses
ALLMATH1 review
B51 review
BASICALGEBRA1 review
MATH1141 review
MATHEMATICS1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

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A+ 1

B range

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B+ 1 · B 1

C range

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C+ 1

D range

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