Reviews of professor Marion Martin

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If I would've known that this class was flipped, I would never have taken it. The class takes up all of my time, with pre-class assignments, textbook readings, and homework. I had to teach myself the majority of the topics through youtube or the textbook. While the professor himself is very nice, his teaching style is very difficult.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is a great professor who taught really well and would stop the class to answer questions. He does care about people's opinions and sent out a survey to help improve his class mid semester. I learned the material really well (without having to read the textbook). The only thing I didn't like was that he assigns videos to watch before class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a good guy who means well, but his class is just horrendous and he has no respect for your time. There are hours of busywork assigned each week, including pre-recorded lectures. He assigns those as an excuse not to teach in class. his lectures are completely useless, with him rushing through questions without explaining anything.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Nice guy but the flipped classroom is pretty awful. This class took up 50% of my time as the pre-class lectures and assignments were mandatory, but useless, so I had to teach myself everything anyways. Homework and tests were fair, but the timing of exams sucked (day before fall break, day after Halloweekend, and Monday after Thanksgiving break).

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class takes up ALL of my time. The flipped classroom makes it nearly impossible to learn anything, he does not teach very well in the videos. I have learned most of the material in this class from youtube. Attendance is mandatory and tests are worth 40% of your grade. If you want to teach yourself for an entire semester, go for it.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Martin is very kind and pauses frequently to make sure students know the material. Sometimes he goes so slow that it can be irritating how little is covered in a lecture. He provides a lot of time for practice problems in class. He is not flexible with the final exam. I didn't get much out of the lectures because I could do TopHat remotely.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Martin's flipped classroom creates a lot of pre-class assignments next to the actual homework which is a chore. He's a funny dude, cares a ton, and the exams are reasonable. Even if you're not good at chemistry and the exams get to you, keep up with the assignments and you'll be fine. Definitely difficult but with some forgiveness in grading.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Martin was an amazing professor and I loved this class! He uses a flipped classroom style for teaching which was very helpful for me! Attendance and top hat participation are important so show up and focus! The tests are pretty straight forward as long as you do the work, participate, and study!