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Malone, Daniel

Cumulative GPA: 3.00/4.00 with 15 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 2.67
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 2.93

Mathematics Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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EE 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 11:06 am, Apr 17, 2012 Report Evaluation		Lectures are a bit difficult to follow, but Malone really makes a huge effort to provide resources for those who are willing to study. He posts a TON of lecture notes/material on blackboard (or I guess Polylearn now?) and encourages questions (and answers them well) during lecture. See the comments below for the grading policy if you're taking him for EE 201: it's nice in some ways, but watch out because there will almost absolutely not be a curve. As far as the class goes, the material should not be too difficult for anyone who's taken high school physics and PHYS 133.

EE 321 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 8:48 pm, Mar 27, 2012 Report Evaluation		i am so glad my EE 321 section got switched at the last minute from Chinichian to Malone. at first i was pissed because i've heard that 20% of Chinichians class is on attendance and he curves like a mo fo but now that the class is over i'm happy it happened this way. malone not only taught us the material but was an overall great teacher. he gave two midterms and a final, all of which he had graded and posted before sundown that day. the tests were super easy and most of the time straight off his examples with different values. sometimes the values were the same. also all of our departments kids in malones class ended up tutoring the kids in Chinichians class. Chiniche didn't teach them anything and they came out of the class with nothing. overall a great professor and if you're an engineer who has to take EE 321, its malone all the way.

EE 201 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 6:57 pm, Jan 19, 2012 Report Evaluation		Malone is a good guy. Make sure that you do the HW because the quizzes are very close to the hw problems...in fact you might find that your quiz problems will "closely" resemble the example problems you would find it you read the book (I found this out when studying for the final and noticing that similarities between my quizzes and the examples)!!! The final was a beast, so good luck with that.

EE 201 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 9:35 pm, Dec 16, 2011 Report Evaluation		Malone is a decent teacher. His lectures are a little hard to follow but he definitely knows his stuff and you have to respect the industry experience at IBM. He makes a decent effort to put everything on blackboard but there is no organization at all meaning that you really have to want to find something to look for it. The grading is a little unique: there are a total of 5 Quizzes each worth 20% and you get to drop the worst one plus the final which is also worth 20% and that's it. I tended to focus more on my tougher classes with things actually due, but then the quizzes kind of snuck up on me sometimes. The class is a little tricky because it starts out super easy so you think that you don't need to put a lot of work into it, but then it gets very complicated very quickly and I quickly found myself behind with no time to catch up. Advice: stay up on homework, despite how easy it is. Besides all that, Malone is a really nice guy who knows his stuff and loves to teach it. He also is full of school spirit and almost always talks about the football game.

EE 201 Senior Grade Earned: A Elective 12:40 pm, Jun 29, 2011 Report Evaluation		Malone is a decent instructor. He often lost people when writing on the board. Super nice guy though and totally helpful if you go to office hours. The textbook for this class is probably the worst book I've ever used but you really don't need it except for the problems sets because everything is covered in lecture. The ee dept needs to change the book. Your grade consists of 5 quizzes(one or two dropped I don't remember exactly) and a final that are all weighted equally. They were representative of the material and in general pretty easy. If you want an easy A, show up to class, do the homework, and you won't have a problem.

EE 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: F Required (Support) 9:08 pm, Mar 18, 2011 Report Evaluation		This class was terrible. For one, the homework was never due so there is no motivation to complete it and the textbook was really difficult to understand. Also, the way Malone lectures is really hard to follow because he writes in random places all over the board and doesn't answer the questions you need clarification on in class. There are 5 quizzes that weigh the same amount as your final. So if you want to get a decent grade and actually learn something, take another professor.

EE 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 1:46 pm, Feb 18, 2011 Report Evaluation		Malone is the nicest professor you could ask for. With regard to the class, you take 6 quizzes and he drops the lowest one. Each is worth 20%. Thats all there is, and it's not too hard. I wish he taught more classes, he's a great guy.



EE 201 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 7:32 am, Jan 6, 2011 Report Evaluation		First of all, I dreaded EE so I put if off until my 4th year. I can't understand why now. Malone was absolutely fantastic. He is one of the most sincere and helping teachers I have had at Cal Poly. His 5 quizzes were very straight forward, and for the most part, were directly from the homework. Homework is not collected so some people did slack off and their grade reflected. If you put time into the homework and go to office hours, there is no reason anyone can't get an A in this class. Would take him again in a heartbeat!

EE 201 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 3:27 pm, Dec 30, 2010 Report Evaluation		This review is for Malone Sr. His class was really straight-forward, and hard work was rewarded. He gives you lecture notes on blackboard and quiz keys. The class had a quiz every other Monday and a final. No homework was collected, but it helped a lot with the quizzes. I highly recommend Malone to anyone who wants a good experience learning EE 201. :-)

EE 201 Senior Grade Earned: D Required (Support) 3:45 pm, Dec 14, 2010 Report Evaluation		This class is just full of suck, not only is the book a complete piece of shit, the material in the class is what EE majors take over an entire year Completely my fault for doing poorly in the class, I slacked off and really didn\'t try but luckily I got a D and can retake the class Do the homework Malone is good in that he communicates consistently with students and grades assignments quickly, he just kinda sucks at lecturing but at least he makes his lecture notes and midterm key\'s available

EE 201 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 11:15 am, Dec 14, 2010 Report Evaluation		Very nice guy. Sometimes loses students when writing on the board. Didn\'t really use the book, although I heard that it helped. Puts all notes and hw answers online which is helpful for review before the tests. Grade composed of 5 quizzes (drop one) and a final, all worth 20 percent of the grade. Wish quizzes weren\'t worth so much. Even so, he made the material relatively easy to understand and it wasn\'t a huge surprise what was on the quizzes. Not a bad teacher overall

EE 201 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 1:44 pm, Dec 9, 2010 Report Evaluation		What a solid dude. Presents material in a VERY straightforward manner. He was very good at separating the important, \"what you need to know\" stuff from all the crap in between. Also, the textbook in this class is awful and is impossible to read. This guy explains the stuff like its no big deal at all, and it becomes easy to understand. Not only that, there were no midterms, only quizzes every two weeks. He tells you exactly whats on them, and if you\'ve even glanced at the homework problems (which he does not collect) then you will know what to do. Grading is very straightforward, including a final curve on overall class grades. He posts quiz and final grades the day after the test. He does move pretty quickly in lecture, but stops frequently for questions. I think the only bad thing about him is that his writing is pretty messy, but he knows it.

IME 156 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 1:24 am, Mar 3, 2010 Report Evaluation		Overall not a bad teacher but not particularly outstanding. he seems like a nice guy but sometimes he can be a bit too nice, particularly with female students. maybe its just with our class but me and my friends joke, never be alone with Dan Malone. Just a warning to the girls.



MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 12:07 pm, Feb 3, 2010 Report Evaluation		Prof. Malone is really teaching to help students. He gives a very light homework load, and as long as you try, he will give you a 100 for your homework. He is also really great during office hours and will give you popcorn. Really a great guy.

MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 11:42 pm, Dec 29, 2008 Report Evaluation		Mr. Malone is a very sweet and understanding individual. Aside from those characteristics, Malone has no additional redeeming qualities. He has no idea how to present any type of material. He copies notes from the book onto a piece of paper and then comes to class and re-writes those notes onto the board. And this is what i'm paying tuition for. I find it insulting that an instructor such as Malone is allowed to let down an entire group of students who are ready and willing to learn. His lectures consisted of mumbles and fragmented sentences that made absolutely no sense at all. He clearly did not understand any of the material he was presenting, or simply did not know how to teach. Either way, having Malone as your instructor means a very long and painful quarter of rambling and inconsistency. Avoid this professor at all costs.

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