Reviews of professor Laura Marthaler

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Marthaler is one of the best math professors at UVM. Her lectures are very clear - lots of step by step instructions and examples. She doesn't waste your time with formal proofs or reciting the textbook to you like many other UVM math profs do. Math lectures are usually dry and this is no exception, but you'll understand the material.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Laura is a good professor who clearly wants her students to succeed. This class is comprised of 6 quizzes that you can retake up to 2 times (she keeps the highest grade), and weekly homeworks. I really enjoyed the course, it was fun and engaging while being completely doable, and not stressful.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Laura is very average in the best way possible. Her lectures are pretty boring, but she explains things well and shows every step of each problem. She's happy to go over problems one on one and holds office hours often. She has quizzes every week and lots of homework, but she drops a lot of grades too so if you don't do well on some you'll be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Absolutely wonderful professor. Her teaching style is incredibly organized, easily understandable, and highly empathetic to students. There are many graded assignments throughout the semester to the point that a few really awful grades won't hurt you. I had her for Calc I and purposefully chose her for Calc II and I'm so glad I did.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Her lectures are occasionally boring but only because she does a very careful job to make sure things are clear. The grading scheme for this class is really great. This was my second class with her, and I'm taking another next semester, would recommend to anyone.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
There are weekly quizzes but this is the only class I actually liked them because they are relatively easy if you know the basics of lecture. Tons of examples and everything is broken down really well. As someone who hates math, Laura made it bearable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Laura is a good calc 1 teacher. Having taken the class in high school, I had no difficulty with the content. She posts the notes online, and she holds office hours once a week. Calc 1 isn't too difficult of a course at UVM, just don't take it with Tony.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
honestly just doesn't really seem to know what she's talking abt. dont take her

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Laura is a great person, very kind and thoughtful. That being said, she is the toughest grader I have ever had. If you mess up algebra, scuff the numbers, make even the smallest error and she will mark the entire question wrong with no partial credit. This class is extremely easy, but the textbook and her lectures make it unnecessarily difficult.