Reviews of professor Marion Caldecott

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Marion is such a wonderful prof! She always works to answer student's questions, and makes the information during lecture accessible and easy to understand. Midterm and exam were exactly what was promised, and she's very helpful via email and during office hours.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Marion teaches the class in such a way that what should be easy topics to comprehend become dificult. Assignments were marked way too toughly, although you could get extra points if you saw her during office hours. Also, would assign readings from the textbook that you were quizzed on, but then would say that the textbook was wrong.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Marion is an exceptional professor. She's tough but you will feel confident in what you've learned by the end of the course. Ling 380 is a heavy course, labs and transcriptions are hard but there's so many of them that they don't matter too much. Her exams are really straight forward. I would highly recommend taking a course with her.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Marion has been by far my favourite professor at Uvic. She really cares about her students and forms strong connections with them. She makes class enjoyable by being patient. funny, and she really knows her stuff. You have to work to do well but t she is always available to help and really wants you to do well. wish i could have her as a prof again

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've had Marion twice - for LING 200 and LING 312 - and I've loved both classes. I think she has a way of speaking and relating to the class that is really helpful for everyone's understanding. She genuinely cares and wants everyone to do well. The structure of the course itself also sets you up for a higher chance of success. Take her course!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Marion is very passionate about what she teaches. Her lectures can be quite overwhelming though. There's a lot of new information to take in at once. There is one small quiz each week which you do twice: once individually then again with a group.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I did not love Marion as much as everyone else, but I can't deny she makes concepts clear and accessible. Her explanations were a little reductive, and her assignments were a little boring. Also, didn't love her classroom demeanor, she doesn't allow you to look at your phone and calls students out loudly like bad kids. Overall good prof.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Marion is a great example of a prof running a difficult class well. Marion spends plenty of time teaching the content and gives in-class time for practice problems where she is available for immediate help to fix misunderstandings fast. A fairy big workload but is reasonable about her expectations in each. Unfortunate group project but good prof.