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PSY 456 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 9:31 pm, Jan 14, 2013 Report Evaluation |
Good choice if you're looking to go into teaching, counseling, or social work. A lot of information is presented in class, but your grade is made up of lots of small projects/tests/papers so that it's pretty easy to stay afloat. Has great stories from his past experiences. Worth taking. | |
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PSY 456 Junior Grade Earned: A Elective 1:20 pm, Jun 8, 2011 Report Evaluation |
He's adorable. The lectures are right out of the textbooks. He varies up his lectures with case studies and videos. Class assignments are easy points and the exams aren't bad. | |
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PSY 421 5th Year Senior Grade Earned: A Elective 2:42 pm, Dec 8, 2010 Report Evaluation |
Subject matter was somewhat interesting, but presented in a very haphazard, disorganized manner. Individual points in lecture did not seem to tie in well with one another, and an overall, comprehensive picture/theme of any particular lecture was tenuous. Exams were based on readings, and to a much, much lesser extent, lectures. Dr. Holifield is a wonderful person, and genuinely cares about the well-being of his students. He is also quite well versed in his domain of study. Unfortunately, that does not necessarily translate to being a good lecturer or (especially) test-writer. Attempts at clarification were terribly vague and abstruse, and quizzes were rife with ambiguous and even plainly incorrect answers upon later comparison with the book or lecture slides. I can\'t overexpress how difficult these quizzes were, mostly due to lack of specificity of how to prepare for them. Field study of infants was fun and interesting. The good news--Dr. Holifield is a very fair grader considering the lack of approachability present in his exams. If the class bombed a particular quiz, a massive curve was applied. Overall, exceptional person, well-learned in the field, but not a great lecturer. | |
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PSY 421 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 11:24 pm, Nov 6, 2008 Report Evaluation |
I had this class from 6-8 pm, and it dragged on. His lectures are pretty boring, but we watched a lot of videos which spiced things up a little bit. We had to go to a preschool, do an observation, and write a paper on it. It was a pretty cool assignment, but he graded kind of harshly. The book is pretty challenging, but manageable. ....He wasn't terrible, but if I could do it over again, I would take a different professor. | |
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PSY 421 Senior Grade Earned: A Elective 10:44 am, Jun 12, 2006 Report Evaluation |
First lets start with the positives. Prof. Holifield is a genuinely caring person with a lot of experience in the field of psychology and cognitive development. He is concerned with his students and listened to our input. He shares personal stories that are generally relevant to the topic. The workload is manageable, consisting of reading the book, several articles and handouts and a mini project/ presentation at the end of the course. He gives out study questions before each quiz that are extremely helpful. If you can answer the questions on the review, you will do fine on the quizzes. Things that frustrated me I found his style of lecture to be unhelpful. He put a rather long and detailed outline on the projector and then spoke very quickly about the points. The problem was that there was so much information on the projector and he spoke so quickly that I was never able to both write down the information and pay attention to what he said. He also seemed to have difficult staying focused and organized which I found very frustrating. His quizzes never seemed to pertain much to the lecture which made me question why I was bothering to stress over the notes anyways. Overall I would put him at above average because of the interest he shows in the subject and his students even if his lecturing abilities could use some improvement. | |
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PSY 456 Junior Grade Earned: A Elective 2:33 pm, Apr 1, 2003 Report Evaluation |
The material covered in this class is interesting and useful (especially if you are plan on working with or having kids). The material is similar to that covered in abnormal psychology except that it focuses on children. The text for this class is extremely informative. Grades are based on 4 tests - 4 midterms worth 25 points each and a cumulative final worth 50 points. There are also in-class activities occassionally. This class was at times boring (especially when no one in the class asked questions). It probably didn't help that I took the class from 6-8 at night. Overall, I would rate this professor as about average, or a little better. | |
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