AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Ann Gibbons

MATHMATH · MATH952 · MATH108 · MATH096 · MATH090 · STATISTICS · MATH095 · 42 lifetime ratings

AI rating
52/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
Take again
61.11%
Difficulty
3.2

The decision

if you can; online only works if you are highly self-motivated and stay on top of ALEKS daily.

Best fit · Self Taught ProLots of HomeworkALEKS HeavyMixed Online SupportCaring When PresentClear Criteria
  • Workload is consistently heavy via ALEKS or WebAssign with frequent quizzes and homework.
  • In-person students praise engaging lectures and flexibility; many online students feel abandoned.
  • Grades reward steady work and dropped scores, but response times and support vary widely.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

You can earn solid grades by completing all ALEKS or homework and quizzes, but it takes steady daily work rather than minimal effort.

Online success depends on self-pacing in ALEKS; in person, showing up and .

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content is developmental math level, but pace, volume, and platform work make it feel harder than the catalog level suggests.

Online summer and compressed terms feel much harder; in-person sections with notes and study guides feel more manageable.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

38/100

, and several warn that skipping hurts your grade, especially in person.

Online attendance is often not required, but weekly participation and .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

About six in ; fans cite clarity and care, critics cite workload and weak online teaching presence.

In-person recommendations are warmer; online and students who felt abandoned.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

Drops lowest scores and sometimes curves, but tough-grader tags and .

Format shift

In person more often notes flexibility and makeups; and unanswered-work complaints.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of homework, weekly quizzes, discussions, and .

Format shift

Online and summer terms especially stack daily work; in person still has multiple homeworks per week.

Teaching experience

Average

55/100

Clear layout and teaching, slow email, and platform-first instruction.

Format shift

In person lecturing is often praised; online quality .

Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

and ALEKS topics with quizzes, discussions, and a .

Format shift

Online leans ALEKS quizzes and topic mastery; in person adds lecture-based tests with note cards sometimes allowed.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In person she is often described as , and flexible with makeups, but still assigns a lot of homework.

Main concern

Daily or and .

What students said

“She gives a lot of homework but if you listen to the lectures and .”
MATH108
“ and she lets you use a small flashcard for .”
MATH095
“ and gave me plenty of time to make it up.”
MATH108

Remote format

Online

22 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online is largely self-paced on ALEKS or WebAssign with heavy weekly work; support ranges from prompt and .

Main concern

Slow or and feeling you must teach yourself from videos or YouTube.

What students said

“You mainly use ALEKS and teach yourself at your own pace.”
MATH095
“ and you learn more from YouTube and googling how to....”
MATH095
“Students were on their own the whole semester.”
MATH095

Exam style

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Exams and quizzes are common and can be strict, though some terms allow a note card and .

ALEKS QuizzesWeekly QuizzesNote Card AllowedOn-Campus FinalStudy Guide Sometimes

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as clear with occasional flashcard or notes allowed and study guides for finals.

Flashcard On TestsStudy Guide For FinalClear TestsCalculator Only Sometimes
“ and she lets you use a small flashcard for .”
MATH095
“She gave a study guide for the final and cleared the .”
MATH108
“For the .”
MATH095

Online

Online work is quiz- and topic-heavy on ALEKS or WebAssign; some report an .

ALEKS QuizzesOn-Campus FinalShort QuizzesNo Study Guide Sometimes
“the tests and grade so that sucks.”
MATH095
“There are quite a few quizzes but the and sweet!”
MATH095
“The and it's really hard.”
MATH095

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you struggle to learn on your own and have .”

Voice snapshots generated from 42 reviews spanning online and , and . Credibility rating: High.

📚 Heavy ALEKS Workload

28/100

“ .”

🖥️ Online Support Lottery

45/100

“You pretty much dont have a teacher all semester.”

💛

70/100

“Professor Gibbons is a .”

📝 Do the Work Get the Grade

58/100

“Do the work get the grade it's that simple.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • she does NOT do mental math which makes things easier to understand
  • Shes a very sweet person but she did not have a lot of excitement while teaching math
  • The lectures are very engaging just make sure to ask questions

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Very difficult, a lot of !
  • REALLY easy teacher. Took her for statistics and got an easy A.
  • Keep up with homework and you'll pass the class.

Theme 3

💻 About Online Platforms

  • You mainly use ALEKS and teach yourself at your own pace.
  • I learned 90% of the material on YouTube.
  • She uses WebAssign which makes things 100x worse.

Data context

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Analysis sample

42

Recent reviews read by the AI

42

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

42 reviews spanning many years with detailed comments and .

Inside 42 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 518
4 out of 57
3 out of 54
2 out of 56
1 out of 57

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

25 reported outcomes

A range

8

A+ 2 · A 5 · A- 1

B range

7

B+ 1 · B 6

C range

5

C+ 3 · C 2

D range

1

D+ 1

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1