Professor Martinez-Fernandez is an engaging teacher who encourages active learning about education and standardized testing, but the content can be overwhelming, especially or those without prior knowledge in research methods or R Coding. On the other hand, the Ta Yiping Wang is passionate about research but could improve by creating a more welcoming environment and being more patient and clearer when guiding students, especially since some of us struggle with R coding and plus the confusing wordy tests. More support from the Ta would make a big difference how students feel about the class, making it feel less stressful and more motivating.

This class took away 4 hours of my Friday (10am to 2pm, PAST LUNCH???), they dropped 2 participation scores though thank goodness. I was fully starving in discussion while my TA would ask me to model my emotions of the day with squirrel pictures. Prof wears hair in a ponytail which is cool I suppose. I am fearful of my TA not grading my final...

Syllabus goes as follows:
Attendance and Participation (15%)
Assignments (35%) which were usually due Tuesday at 8am?? and assigned the previous Friday???
Quizzes (25%) we were all misled on what would be on it kind of (he told us something would be on it and it wasn't, so I wouldn't trust this man)
Final Exam (25%) Similar to assignments, group and take home, so this one slayed in my opinion

His syllabus is well organized but his BruinLearn organization is lowkey mid. Lecture slides a lil hard to follow, esp because they weren't labeled based on topic on BruinLearn. 94+ for an A :(

I would not take this class again. An A is achievable though (for u lil pre meds). Thank you.

Professor Martinez is very knowledgable and passionate about educational research. He is a kind professor and helps his students. However, this class relies heavily on weekly group classwork. If you don't have group mates who pull their weight, it can be very difficult to succeed. If you communicate this to him or your TA they are very helpful.