Reviews for Tracy Darlene Tomlinson
Average Rating:| firedove614 Course: PSYC309K Grade Expected: November 30, 2011, 7:34 pm | Best Psychology teacher I've had! Her forensic psychology class is very interesting and mostly discussion based so as long as you do the assignments and come to class it's pretty easy to get an A. She is very fair and receptive of students needs as long as you are willing to communicate with her. Overall great class and great teacher |
| Anonymous Course: PSYC200 Grade Expected: November 17, 2011, 6:55 pm | Dr.Tomlinson didn't bother me initially until midway through the semester. I asked her a question on an exam because the wording of it was confusing, & she responded very rudely with "Do what it says." as if that clarifies or helps me at all? Then on the the paper the first thing that's due she said was to write a rough draft, assuming that was literally a rough draft I wrote the 5-8 pg paper as a rough draft..then the TA emailed everyone the night before it was due to write a 3 pg methodological review & summary..when I emailed to get clarification, nobody clarified. If I had not taken AP Statistics in high school I would be completely lost in this class because Dr.Tomlinson can't teach well at all & makes you do ridiculous examples that don't make sense with the material being taught. She also holds you over class with snarky remarks that she still has 3 more minutes. Don't take this class with her, take this class with the other guy that teaches it he seems really nice & helpful UNLIKE her. |
| Anonymous Course: PSYC200 Grade Expected: A November 7, 2011, 4:13 am | Best math teacher I've ever had in my life. She truly cares about her students and wants to help. She asks often if she's doing a good job and has students review her class at different points. Sometimes she goes over things too quickly but as long as someone asks her to slow down or repeat things she has absolutely no problem with it. She is always willing to meet with students to help as well. 8am SUCKS. It gets very hard to pay attention and stay awake in a stat class that early but Tracy does the best she can with it. The discussion board is always open online for questions and Tracy or a TA gets back to students within a few hours at the most. She's very enthusiastic and ALWAYS wears black. LOTS of homework, exams are pretty tough, but if you have to take this class she's definitely the one to take it with. |
| Anonymous Course: PSYC440 Grade Expected: B+ November 3, 2011, 8:57 am | Horrible teacher!!! She does not care about her students. I would not recommend this teacher. You can get a good grade, but there is a lot of work for this course |
| Jenae Ramos Course: PSYC200 Grade Expected: A May 18, 2011, 4:55 pm | Course taken Spring 2011 semester. I got an A. I was worried I would get a B, but going to lab discussions and lectures help. Concepts are easy to grasp once you go to lab. Go to lectures; there is a participation grade. Don't miss any classes because for the people who abhor math, the class is very doable. Homework was harder than the exams. The paper wasn't awful. The professor loves teaching and always stops to ask questions. Material you need to learn isn't very interesting, but Tomlinson's class makes you understand it well. |
| Anonymous Course: PSYC200 Grade Expected: May 17, 2011, 6:23 pm | While engaging during the course, her exams were a little ridiculous and she assigns far too much homework. This isn't high school anymore: attendance shouldn't be taken at lecture, only at specialized discussion. I can understand assigning weekly homeworks, but the assignments took hours and were repetitive and tedious: it should be our own responsibility to practice what we learn if we wish to do so. A third of the final exam consisted of 2 types of testing that she spent less than a lecture on, was not gone over in discussion, and we were never asked to know even for a homework assignment. |
| Anonymous Course: PSYC200 Grade Expected: A+ May 17, 2011, 4:04 pm | Prof. Tomlinson is a good teacher but she requires a lot! We had ten homework assignments and they ranged from three to six questions. However, each question has about five parts to it so you can see how they would take a long time. The homeworks aren't hard and if you go to lecture and lab you'll be just fine. I got a 77.5 and a 85 on two homeworks and A's on all the rest and this was done with minimal effort. I basically just looked at the notes while I was doing the homework. Also the book isn't really necessary if you go to lecture BUT it is helpful or clarification. I stopped doing the readings after the first midterm exam and I did fine but I also went to every lecture and lab. I'm not really good at math but her teaching style is extremely helpful if you're like me. If you're good at math this class might be a little boring but then again maybe you just won't go to lecture. There are two exams and a final. The final is cumulative ONLY in the sense that you need to remember some concepts and calculations/formulas. There is also a final paper which SUCKS!!! You have to do a rough draft, a peer review, a response to the peer review and a final draft. The paper is a critique of an article you find and I didnt put much effort into in and got an A overall. 16/20-rough draft, 9.5/10-peer review, 8/10-response, and 59/60-final. Luckily I got a really good peer review which helped my final. The class is long and gets boring at times but is definitely a class I would recommend for people that are worried about their grade. You also have to turn ur hw in before she starts talking in lecture or you'll get points deducted. hope this helps :) My final grade was a 94 but with the extra credit(i did all four) i got a 96. |
| Anonymous Course: PSYC200 Grade Expected: B January 3, 2011, 1:43 pm | Professor Tomlinson is one of the greatest professors at the University. She is patient and makes class exciting. As a person who is not that great at math, I understood everything. She did a very good job of communicating the material. She is exactly what a teacher should be. |
| terp23 Course: PSYC309K Grade Expected: A December 29, 2010, 2:20 pm | My favorite class & my favorite teacher! The topics covered in the class are really interesting and Tracy always uses different ways to introduce material. The course load wasn't heavy at all, and it was easy to do well. Exams were a little tough, but nothing a little studying can't fix. TAKE THIS CLASS! |
| Anonymous Course: Grade Expected: A December 19, 2010, 5:29 pm | Tracy is incredibly considerate of others, and is invested in students' progress in any course she teaches. She always made time to talk to students, and clearly cared deeply about student learning and understanding of the material. She was made for teaching! |
| Phillip Fiore Course: PSYC200 Grade Expected: B December 16, 2010, 10:52 pm | Very average professor. Nothing about her stood out to me except she took attendance 10 times a semester which was a *****. I would recommend her as a Psyc200 prof as she has great reviews right before the test and posts all powerpoints online. Makes studying a cinch. |
| Anonymous Course: PSYC200 Grade Expected: A- December 15, 2010, 3:18 pm | Tracy seems to be a great professor, but the class is just extremely boring (and that's not entirely her fault). The material has very little to do with psychology, and I can't imagine it any different than STAT100 or MATH111. She was very bubbly and a good speaker, but the material just seemed old (I found it to be exactly the same as my high school AP stat class). So if you have to take the class, it won't be awful. The material will just be boring. |
| psychstudent Course: PSYC200 Grade Expected: B December 12, 2010, 2:24 pm | I am not sure what the other people are talking about. Tracy Tomlinson is an expremely poor teacher. She is condescending, disrespectful, and unprofessional. She is also unfamiliar with some of the course content, which shows in lecture. The work that she has students do is tedious and unhelpful. The class is more focused on calculations than concepts, and Tracy looks to deduct point wherever she can. She treats her T.A's terribly, and it is clear that they do not like her as well. Lastly, the concepts she teaches are not consistent with other introductory level statistics for psychology classes. She should not teach the class again. |
| Anonymous Course: PSYC200 Grade Expected: B December 3, 2010, 3:50 pm | very nice professor..really cares about students and wants you to understand. If you don't understand something she will go over it as many times as needed. the course consists of three exams, final paper, and ten homework assignments. the homework assingments are extremely difficult and time consuming. if your not willing to spend an average of 5 hours on each homework you wont finish the assingment. she tends to post problems that she never went over how to do and don't make sense. in lecture she can get confused about what she is saying and is sometimes unclear. But before each exam she post a study guide..i would recommend not studying for the exam until this is posted..her exams are exactlyyyy the study guide..everything she says you need to know will be on it and never tries to trick you..she is extremely fair when it comes in that sense..exams are straightforward..one downfall are the homeworks. |
| Anonymous Course: PSYC200 Grade Expected: A December 3, 2010, 12:32 pm | Professor Tomlinson is a really great professor. She is extremely helpful and goes over topics more than once. The material in the class is not very difficult if you have taken a statistics class before. There are 3 exams, and she gives a review class. If you study the review you will do well on the test. There is one homework assignment each week, and its pretty tedious, but not very difficult. My only complaint about this class is that she posts the homework late at night, which makes it difficult to complete in time for lab, which is the only opportunity to ask any questions. Instead of having a final you have a final paper, which can be interesting if you choose a good article. The only bad thing is you have to write a paper reviewing someone elses paper and then respond to the person that edits your paper. Overall this class is not that difficult, and Professor Tomlinson is a good teacher. |
| Anonymous Course: PSYC200 Grade Expected: B+ November 30, 2010, 9:53 am | I did not enjoy Dr. Tomlinson's method of teaching statistics. She went over a lot of lectures pretty quickly and even if people asked questions, including myself, I felt that I was still left confused because of how fast she goes over the material. I've taken two statistic courses before this one, so you'd think I'd be able to understand and breeze through this course, too. Not at all. If her teaching style was a little different, I might have liked her a little more. The work load isn't bad, though. Homework is pretty stupid because she gives 6 parts for each question (usually 5 or 6), but only 2 questions are graded. So, yeah, kind of a waste of time for all of that work. The tests aren't too bad if you know the material; you can have a half sheet with formulas on it. Her attendance policies are ridiculous and your homework is counted late as soon as she starts talking in lecture on the day it's due... no excuses, even if you're sick. |
| terp13 Course: PSYC200 Grade Expected: A November 19, 2010, 10:11 pm | Tracy makes this class harder than it needs to be because her lectures are so thorough. Weekly homework assignments, sometimes difficult, sometimes simple. EXAMS ARE EASY. Just make sure you study the review slides! She literally takes the questions right off of them and changes the numbers. Final paper instead of a final exam, which is a critique of an article that includes statistics. Lectures posted online, online discussion board which tracy responds to (very helpful when doing homework) lectures too long though, easy to fall asleep. |
| Anonymous Course: PSYC309K Grade Expected: A+ November 4, 2009, 6:36 am | BEST CLASS I'VE EVER TAKEN. The material is so interesting and Professor Tomlinson is so nice. She loves to engage her students and listen to what they have to say. If you have the chance, take this class, you won't regret it. It's especially great for those student double majoring in psyc and crim! |