Reviews of professor Alexandra Paxton

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I think I skipped this class once when I was sick, and I did all my work, but because the grading was either satisfactory or unsatisfactory it was absolutely impossible to maintain a good grade bc one little mistake you would get the whole thing wrong. Assignments were also very confusing and you have to teach urself the content outside of class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not as bad as people make it seem. For homework you have to leave 5 "high quality" comments on readings but they were not bad once you got the hang of it. Open note, no lock down browser exams. I did not find them to be very hard. Actives were annoying but you have so many opportunities to redo them if you get unsatisfactory on your first try.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you need to take this class, wait and take it with another professor, I regret not listening to RMP. Everything is a U or an S and you need an S on both actives to get credit for the day if not you get a 0 for the day as if you weren't even there.  She bundles your grade, you can have a 90 on exams and not do well on classwork and fail.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The flipped classroom and the grade bundle setup might seem like a lot. But, it's not as bad as it seems, if you keep on top of things, you'll be alright. Dr. Paxton's pretty chill about it all. All you have to do is ask her at the end of class to look over your assignment (Learning Relection) she 100% would. Thats a big way to ensure you get an A.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I don't think Dr. Paxton's class was atrocious and an A is attainable if you work hard, but I wouldn't recommend it. The whole grading system is unnecessarily confusing, based on a pass/fail system, and dependent on passing exams more than anything. Dr. Paxton is super nice but she needs to rethink her "flipped" classroom approach.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I loved this course! Dr.Alex was very enthusiastic and was happy to help any student who asked. I loved the "flipped" classroom because it made it possible to go back to lecture materials after the initial class. Class time is used for group work. The only critique I have is the grading scheme, it was very confusing.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She is very nit-picky about grades, and if you do not do everything exactly to her standards every day, do not expect to get above a B+ in this class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Paxton's PSYC1100 class has a very particular structure that takes some adjustment. The grading can be strict, but if you stay on top of the work and utilize resources like unstuckstudy for study prep, an A is attainable with effort. The lectures are worthwhile, just be ready to do a lot of independent learning.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
if you do one thing wrong in an assignment then you get unsatisfactory which means you get no partial credit for the assignment and might have to redo it. you will have to try to find out what exactly you did wrong because she won't tell you. there is barely any teaching in class so be prepared to teach the material to yourself beforehand.