Reviews of professor Patrick Rault

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He uses inquiry based learning, which is awful. Your peers teach you, and you basically read the book and get no teaching from the teacher. Also, since it is inquiry based learning, the class is essentially pass or fail. If you do not get a proof 100% correct, it is wrong. The class is unforgiving and not particularly conducive to learning.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is slow in teaching and does not explain things on a level the students can understand. Rather than teach how the math works he has the students teach each other in groups based on worksheets to build intuition. He is a nice guy but terrible at teaching. Would not recommend, especially if you want to comprehend math.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
At first glance, he seems like a nice teacher. Then you realize it was a mistake. His teaching methods were one of the most trash ways of teaching calculus. He'll write a formula on the board, hand out a sheet, and expect people to complete it with minimal lectures. Want answers to the review sheet? TOO BAD! No answer key so symbo-lab it or fail!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Rault is easily the worst math teacher I've ever had in my life He doesn't teach at all, expects you to learn everything from the book night before and then tries to explain in class and fails miserably Does pointless problems & his explanations are trash you can't keep up. I Aced Calc in HS& it was hard If you havent taken calc b4 you will fail.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Honestly, this course can be tougher than other 2000 level courses. However, if you put in real effort for the course it will likely pay off. I have retained much more more of the material than normal due to the inquiry-based learning structure. Also, I have noticed that other mathematics concepts have been easier to comprehend due to this course.