Reviews of professor David Lovitz

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
made a lot of mistakes, pretty unclear with some lecture topics wrt bigger picture
more than once didn't actually answer a person's question but instead, some preconceived version.
advice: repeat someone's question to ensure you are on the same page. Often that process of understanding their question helps more than the answer itself.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He has a very confusing lecture, seems like he doesnt care enough to go into depth with the topics. Very difficult class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You spend more time in class taking notes since he doesn't upload anything to canvas, just uses whiteboard. What he goes over in lectures is unrelated to the 30+ hw problems assigned per week, that he doesn't give feedback on. Doesn't give practice exams. Gives make up quizzes but useless when class avrg is 3.5/10. You're on your own in this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
David was very respectful and understanding of any emergencies I had throughout the term that might've required an extension. He was always open to discussing the material and capable of giving you the explanation and information you needed in order to understand the content. I would 100% take another class with David as an instructor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a nice guy but he does not know how to teach unfortunately. I didn't understand a single concept he taught. One time I asked him how to do a particular problem on ALEKS and his response was, "well you can kinda just look at it and find the answer" what? I did well in the class only because I got a tutor.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mr. Lovitz is not a flashy lecturer, but he clearly wants students to succeed and is easy to engage one-on-one. His lecture style is old-school: on the board. He usually opens lectures with recap of previous lecture to reinforce key concepts. He offers opportunities to improve poor grades by correct-and-resubmit, so just show up and try.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
David seem like a nice enough guy, but does not seem familiar with the subject or comfortable teaching. The lecture feels substantial but when presented with 30-40 problems straight out of the textbook i have felt completely lost and trying to reference the lectures has not been helpful. I have not felt like i have learned anything from the course.