Barry Lederman

MATH64 · MATH101 · MATH2069 · MATH15 · MATH830 · MATH126 · 14 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 28/100
RMP rating: 2.3/5
Take again: 16.67%
Difficulty: 3.0

The decision

Avoid unless you already know the material and can teach yourself online.

Best fit · Self Taught ProWeak lecturesOnline-style classMathXL heavyShows up lateUnprepared teaching

Many students say lectures are or feel like an online class in person
Homework and while finals can mismatch course work
A few call him nice or easy, but

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

Website homework can be 100% with tries, but the and learning gaps hurt.

Is the course easy?

Standard

50/100

Material difficulty is moderate, but .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

Some sections require double daily attendance; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most students warn against him for learning, despite occasional nice-guy or easy-class comments.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

, but finals often diverge from practice.

Format shift

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Lots of and quizzes, but class itself is often short or light on teaching.

Format shift

All workload evidence is in person.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Common themes are unprepared lectures, late arrivals, jokes over instruction, and curriculum gaps.

Format shift

All teaching evidence is in person.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

not match class work.

Format shift

All assessment evidence is in person.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person classes often feel like mandatory-attendance online sections with weak live teaching and .

Main concern

You may not learn enough for the next course even if website scores look fine.

What students said

“he is a TERRIBLE teacher. He doesn't follow through the curriculum he is supposed to teach.”
MATH126

“More like an online class with .”
MATH64

“Might as if ...”
MATH15

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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Most graded work is online; finals are often described as and study guides.

Online homework and quizzesWebsite-based testsFinal mismatches courseworkMathXL

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and homework, with finals that may not match.

MathXLOnline homework/quizzesMismatch finalWebsite tests

“ and so if you try you can get 100% on those. The final was 30% of the grade”
MATH64

“ .”
MATH101

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“He seems like a . However, he is a TERRIBLE teacher.”
Voice snapshots generated from 14 in-person reviews, emphasizing weak live teaching and online-style structure. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 Teaching Disaster

28/100

“his lectures are difficult to follow and hard to truly learn from”

💻 Feels Like Online

25/100

“More like an online class with .”

📊 Grade vs Learning Gap

40/100

“The work and the study guide.”

👎 Low Recommendation

22/100

“ if you need help with math.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

lectures are difficult to follow
Sometimes we'll just sit there while he grades for another class
He teaches this class like its an online class

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

and
and slack of most of the semester and do ok without actually learning anything

Theme 3

⚠️ Classroom Issues

constantly showed up to class late and would let class out early
he already passed this class so the pressure is on us
Might as if

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

14 reviews over many years consistently criticize teaching quality, with only a few positive outliers.

Inside 14 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52

4 out of 51

3 out of 52

2 out of 54

1 out of 55

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

A 3

B range

B 1

C range

No reported values

D range

No reported values

F

F 1

No letter grade reported

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