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Adams, Nikki

Cumulative GPA: 2.50/4.00 with 10 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 2.50
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 2.40

Biological Sciences Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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BIO 160 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 3:07 pm, Dec 16, 2009		Professor Nikki know her material like no other... her test are fairly easy because all of her question come straight from her lectures not the book. The lecture class was easy but the lab was a different story

BIO 160 Freshman Grade Earned: F Required (Support) 10:34 pm, Apr 7, 2009		She might be a great teacher for other classes but for Bio160 I felt like she didn't know what she was reading half the time. Yes reading because there was no teaching involved. I can stand in front of a class and read off of a screen. If you are willing to crack the book everyday and study by yourself and teach yourself by all means take her.

ZOO 336 Junior Grade Earned: B Elective 3:34 pm, Apr 4, 2009		Dr. Adams is awesome. She's very knowledgeable about inverts and soo enthusiastic it really makes the class fun. She does go in to a lot of detail (sometimes a little too much) but she does tell you what specifically to know for the tests. Usually people don't do well on the first exam, but you will learn how to study for that class quickly. The field trips are fun and she's a really lenient grader, always trying to give you partial credit. Very approachable, a really nice person and good teacher.

ZOO 336 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 8:38 pm, Mar 28, 2009		Dr. Adams is an amazing teacher. She is clear on her notes and only gives you the information that you need to know which makes it easier to study for the exams. She is an extremely awesome grader and gives as much credit as possible, but if you do all the work and study a few hours before the midterms you will be fine. Got a B+ in the course because I got C's on the first midterm and lab practical but then A's and B+'s on the remaining exams and finals. Once you know the way her exams work they are easy. Her lecture exams and lab practicals are on the same day but it is really nice because you study the same material for both so that is way easier. To tell you the truth I thought I was going to hate this class at the beginning of the quarter and almost dropped it but it ended up being my favorite so far here at Poly ... yes that great. I would recommend this class for all BIO majors needing to get their biodiversity requirement out of the way!!

BIO 160 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 11:59 pm, Aug 8, 2008		Adams is not that great of a teacher. She doesn't explain anything on her power point slides. She just reads them, which I could have done on my own. She is a really nice lady, and makes an attempt to help. But lectures were dry, boring, and pointless. Her tests came mostly from the book, not the lectures. But the final had A LOT of questions from previous midterms, so go back to office hours, and look at old midterms. Overall, she was ok. But i would recommend taking someone else if possible.

BIO 160 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 10:55 am, Apr 12, 2008		Shes a good person and does somewhat of a good job at teaching, but i think she tends to rely too much on her power point slides. The tests are tough and mostly come from the book so make sure to read it! I got a C- and a D on the tests and a D on the final but still passed with a C, all because of lab! its easy, just show up, do your note book and at-least attempt the quizzes and you will be fine.

BIO 160 Freshman Grade Earned: D Required (Major) 4:12 pm, Mar 30, 2008		This teacher tries hard, but tends to just wander off on other things, leaving you with no knowledge of...anything. I would try to get someone else instead.

BIO 160 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 3:53 pm, Mar 21, 2008		Professor Adams is an alright teacher. She presents the material clearly, but goes off on random tangents occasionally. She lacks the knowledge of the course work. At times, I thought I knew more about what she was teaching than she did. The class takes alot of effort. Lecture is 50% of your grade and so is lab. We had two midterms and a cumulative final. The tests are pretty easy though. Lab is what hurts your overall grade! The lab tests and quizzes are very hard. Overall, I probably would no take this teacher again.

BIO 336 Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 4:17 pm, Mar 13, 2008		Dr Adams is very enthusiastic about teaching invertebrate zoology, but sometimes she gets a little carried away. For instance, she include WAYYYY to much information about diversity and taxonomy that students will think they need to learn so it stresses them out. She did this is lab a lot. There would be ridiculous amounts of material that we needed to draw/include in our lab notebooks and, although we thought some stuff we saw was cool, requiring us to draw and learn all of it was waayyy to much to ask. She needs to focus just on the important concepts about each phylum and not go too crazy. SOOO to sum up, she was a nice teacher, field trips were really fun, BUT don't expect this class to be like a normal 4 unit class! It requires A LOT of time to get down the taxonomy and the labs are VERY extensive. (this class was way harder than my 5 unit!)

ZOO 336 Senior Grade Earned: B Elective 12:13 am, Mar 31, 2006		I had Dr. Adams for lecture and lab. She is super nice, especially if she likes you!Her practicals and exams are on the same day, but they're not that bad. There is a ton of info, so stay ahead, and make sure you show her that you are trying, it helps!There are a couple assignments but not too bad. If you have a good memory, then you should do fine.

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