Reviews of professor Martin van Boekel

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Martin is a really great teacher. EPSY 1281 is 90% group work, but you can re submit most of the projects for up to 100%. Lectures aren't mandatory, you can easily join them on zoom, or watch the recording. Go to lectures, lab, and do your work, it's an easy A. 30 available EC points which can bump your grade up. Take this class instead of PSY1001

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class is pretty easy if you go to lectures and lab. There are recorded versions of lecture and labs are 99% group work, but you can re-submit for almost all assignments. Easy guiding concepts every Wednesday and a open note/book quiz every Sunday. Overall a great class, once in awhile monotoned but usually not since he does interactive things.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Awesome teacher! He is knowledgeable and really cares about his students. He makes sure his students actually understand the material and gives great examples! Has cool tattoos ;)

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He was okay, not the best. Grade depended heavily on group partner work and the "labs" were mandatory. The last group project was annoying and shouldn't have been added to the course. Lectures were recorded so attendance wasn't mandatory there.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I really enjoyed them! Martin was super real about the current state of education and emphasized to us which stuff they were required to teach and which things would genuinely be useful to us. They also offered a zoom option for attending the class, which was really helpful for attending even when sick etc. Take them if you can!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
wants to connect with you. very good at explaining things and wants you to succeed

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Martin is a great professor, very nice and they don't require lecture attendance. However, lab attendance is required. The class really isn't that hard. There's only 1-2 quizzes each week and one fairly easy group project. As long as you get a decent group, you should do well in the course. Definitely recommend this course over PSY 1001.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Martin is a gem. His grading is very clear and it seems like all projects assigned truly aid in understanding the subject area more clearly. This class runs mostly on small pop quizzes and weekly group projects. I totally recommend this course for an easy A-- especially if you care about educational psychology and are a hard worker :)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Assignments are graded all or nothing, except for the final paper. If you get a 0, you can resubmit to receive all the points. Have to make discussion posts for the in class discussions, and the quality of your posts and your participation in the discussion are part of your grade. Overall, he is extremely caring and gets to know all of his students