Reviews of professor Donald Gibson

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Gibson is a great guy who is quite passionate about mathematics. If you like straightforward learning and lots of time to work on examples in class, take him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Gibson was a good professor and I would take him again. He is pretty clear about a lot of things and has you do a lot of the actual math to help you learn. He is a huge stickler about names and everyone knowing everyone so be prepared to know everybody in your class. Overall it was a pretty easy class basic algebra

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The only annoying thing is that the assignments didn't always cover material covered in class. Otherwise the material was well taught.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took Gibson for Calc 2, and I hated it. I felt like Gibson didn't explain things in full detail & the examples he gave us in class were too difficult for us to work through. The homework problems & tests were far more difficult than what he explained in class. Do yourself a favor & read through the textbook & use the math tutoring lab.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Even though it was an in-person class we did everything through Math Lab and it was very easy. Tests can be taken up to 2 times and weren't hard. This is coming from someone who is awful at math so... He is very caring and knows how to teach. Definitely take him if you can :)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I taught the entirety of calc II to myself because Gibson quite literally did absolutely nothing in his lectures. Halfway through the semester I just started bringing the textbook to lecture and sat there teaching myself while he rambled on about something entirely unrelated - and I was more successful doing this than actually listening to him.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you learn visually or by being taught in depth, this is not your professor. Few examples are given, and you're expected to figure the rest out and learn how to manipulate problems. The homework versus tests are completely different. Mr. Gibson is very knowledgeable, but you end up teaching yourself, rather than him teaching you.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Gibson is very passionate about what he does, which makes him a solid choice and the course a little bit easier. Calc can be hard to many, but I felt like Gibson and the SI were very clear and helpful when needed. Gibson is always willing to take class time to go over question/concepts so dont be afraid to ask!