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Tim Kiemel KNES370 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/08/2025	Interesting class; just make sure you have a base of anatomy knowledge to help aid in learning. He basically just reads off of the slides so it doesn't matter if you attend or not, I personally skipped all classes and just took notes off of the recorded lectures. 2 midterms which were actually difficult somehow (don't know what the other reviews were talking about) and were not just based on the ELMS quizzes
Tim Kiemel KNES370 Expecting an A- Anonymous 01/28/2025	Dr Kiemel is very nice but his lectures are incredibly dry and boring. Motor development should be such an interesting subject and he explains it in the most boring way. He LOVES using graphs so get ready for about a million graph slides. This class was easy but you do have to study a little bit for the exams. The quizzes are so easy because he pulls questions directly from his lecture and lets you take them twice. You always get full credit for the slidos (his version of clicker) as long as you do them.
Tim Kiemel KNES370 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/14/2024	Very nice just a little boring. He reads off of slides for the whole class and they're always posted. Easy to make up participation grade too if you don't go to lecture.
Tim Kiemel KNES370 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/31/2023	Professor Kiemel was really nice but this class just isn't that interesting. The discussion was stressful because my TA would grade things really strictly but my friends in the other section had things graded very easily. There were 2 exams, 13 quizzes, and 9 discussion assignments plus a final exam. The exams and quizzes were all multiple choice. The quizzes were super easy, you got two tries on them, and the lowest 2 were dropped. There were clicker questions in lecture but they were for extra credit. If you want to pass the class, study for the exams by doing the practice quizzes until you have memorized the answers. I promise that is the best way to do well on the exams.
Tim Kiemel KNES370 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/25/2023	Dr. Kiemel is a really nice and chill professor, however, his class is super boring. His lectures are so dry to trying to pay attention can be really hard. The class consists of 2 midterm exams, discussion assignments, weekly quizzes, and a final exam. The discussion assignments are tedious but easy. Some of them are useful but most of them are just used for a grade. The discussion never lasted more than 30 minutes, which was nice. He offers a few extra credit opportunities which I highly recommend doing. He also drops your two lowest quiz grades and allows 2 attempts on each quiz The exams can be challenging if you don't put the time in but I found making quizlets to be really helpful. Making friends with people in your discussion or the class is general is also really helpful for forming study groups.
Tim Kiemel KNES370 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/20/2023	Kiemel is a great professor BUT extremely boring. Stopped attending his lectures the last month of the semester due to me falling asleep. Tests CAN be confusing but it's extremely easy to get an A or B.
Tim Kiemel KNES370 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/23/2022	Dr. Kiemel is a really nice professor who is understanding and easy to contact. This class is very straightforward with 3 exams, discussion assignments, and weekly online quizzes. Attendance for lecture is not necessary, but in order to do well I would recommend going. Attendance for discussion is mandatory and is where you do most of your work for the class. The class's grades are majority based off the exams, so studying and being prepared for these exams is extremely important. Dr. Kiemel makes this relatively easy as he provides practice quizzes and recording to help prepare. The exams are all MC as well. Overall I have nothing bad to say about this class. Dr. Kiemel's lectures can get boring, but overall this class is relatively easy. He provides some extra credit opportunities which can help as well. If you get lazy like I did, your grade can slip pretty easily.
Tim Kiemel KNES370 Expecting a C Anonymous 12/17/2022	Very nice professor but has boring lectures. Taking this class made me realize the KNES major is not for me, but that is good! Not the professor. Just not interested in this type of stuff anymore. The discussion assignments are easy and time-consuming, but if you follow the rubric, you'll get a 10/10. The exams were very tricky, but that also could've been about I'm not interested in the content. The extra credit assignments help your grade so DO THEM. Do all the turning points and the study.
Tim Kiemel KNES370 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/14/2022	Professor Kiemel is a very dry lecturer BUT the information is very interesting. I personally found his exams to be pretty easy ESPECIALLY the weekly online ones. He exams are pretty straight forward as long as you study his lectures and PowerPoints. He also gives lots of opportunities for extra credit by participating in studies, writing a paper, and then coming to lecture and doing turning point. As long as you put time and effort into it you’ll get an A. As for the “lab” it’s literally a discussion and I got a 10/10 on every assignment. Would definitely recommend this course and professor!
Tim Kiemel KNES370 Expecting a B- Anonymous 04/18/2022	The class is super boring and he goes over exactly what is on the slides. If you are a good test taker, then this class is an easy A for you, Quizzes are super easy and directly relate to the content you are learning in class. DO THE TURNING POINT AND EXTRA CREDIT!!! All exams and finals are multiple-choice, which is easier to prepare for. Really not hard to get a good grade in this class, but the hard work comes from discussions. My TA was terrible and was a tough grader and the assignments were difficult and oftentimes way too complex for what we were learning compared to lecture content.
Tim Kiemel KNES370 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 06/28/2021	Human Motor and Development. Good learning about different aspects of human development.
Tim Kiemel KNES370 Anonymous 04/07/2021	great professor, so sweet

Tim Kiemel
KNES370

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/08/2025

Interesting class; just make sure you have a base of anatomy knowledge to help aid in learning. He basically just reads off of the slides so it doesn't matter if you attend or not, I personally skipped all classes and just took notes off of the recorded lectures. 2 midterms which were actually difficult somehow (don't know what the other reviews were talking about) and were not just based on the ELMS quizzes

Tim Kiemel
KNES370

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
01/28/2025

Dr Kiemel is very nice but his lectures are incredibly dry and boring. Motor development should be such an interesting subject and he explains it in the most boring way. He LOVES using graphs so get ready for about a million graph slides. This class was easy but you do have to study a little bit for the exams. The quizzes are so easy because he pulls questions directly from his lecture and lets you take them twice. You always get full credit for the slidos (his version of clicker) as long as you do them.

Tim Kiemel
KNES370

Expecting an A
Anonymous
11/14/2024

Very nice just a little boring. He reads off of slides for the whole class and they're always posted. Easy to make up participation grade too if you don't go to lecture.

Tim Kiemel
KNES370

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/31/2023

Professor Kiemel was really nice but this class just isn't that interesting. The discussion was stressful because my TA would grade things really strictly but my friends in the other section had things graded very easily. There were 2 exams, 13 quizzes, and 9 discussion assignments plus a final exam. The exams and quizzes were all multiple choice. The quizzes were super easy, you got two tries on them, and the lowest 2 were dropped. There were clicker questions in lecture but they were for extra credit. If you want to pass the class, study for the exams by doing the practice quizzes until you have memorized the answers. I promise that is the best way to do well on the exams.

Tim Kiemel
KNES370

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/25/2023

Dr. Kiemel is a really nice and chill professor, however, his class is super boring. His lectures are so dry to trying to pay attention can be really hard. The class consists of 2 midterm exams, discussion assignments, weekly quizzes, and a final exam. The discussion assignments are tedious but easy. Some of them are useful but most of them are just used for a grade. The discussion never lasted more than 30 minutes, which was nice. He offers a few extra credit opportunities which I highly recommend doing. He also drops your two lowest quiz grades and allows 2 attempts on each quiz The exams can be challenging if you don't put the time in but I found making quizlets to be really helpful. Making friends with people in your discussion or the class is general is also really helpful for forming study groups.

Tim Kiemel
KNES370

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/20/2023

Kiemel is a great professor BUT extremely boring. Stopped attending his lectures the last month of the semester due to me falling asleep. Tests CAN be confusing but it's extremely easy to get an A or B.

Tim Kiemel
KNES370

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
12/23/2022

Dr. Kiemel is a really nice professor who is understanding and easy to contact. This class is very straightforward with 3 exams, discussion assignments, and weekly online quizzes. Attendance for lecture is not necessary, but in order to do well I would recommend going. Attendance for discussion is mandatory and is where you do most of your work for the class. The class's grades are majority based off the exams, so studying and being prepared for these exams is extremely important. Dr. Kiemel makes this relatively easy as he provides practice quizzes and recording to help prepare. The exams are all MC as well. Overall I have nothing bad to say about this class. Dr. Kiemel's lectures can get boring, but overall this class is relatively easy. He provides some extra credit opportunities which can help as well. If you get lazy like I did, your grade can slip pretty easily.

Tim Kiemel
KNES370

Expecting a C
Anonymous
12/17/2022

Very nice professor but has boring lectures. Taking this class made me realize the KNES major is not for me, but that is good! Not the professor. Just not interested in this type of stuff anymore. The discussion assignments are easy and time-consuming, but if you follow the rubric, you'll get a 10/10. The exams were very tricky, but that also could've been about I'm not interested in the content. The extra credit assignments help your grade so DO THEM. Do all the turning points and the study.

Tim Kiemel
KNES370

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/14/2022

Professor Kiemel is a very dry lecturer BUT the information is very interesting. I personally found his exams to be pretty easy ESPECIALLY the weekly online ones. He exams are pretty straight forward as long as you study his lectures and PowerPoints. He also gives lots of opportunities for extra credit by participating in studies, writing a paper, and then coming to lecture and doing turning point. As long as you put time and effort into it you’ll get an A. As for the “lab” it’s literally a discussion and I got a 10/10 on every assignment. Would definitely recommend this course and professor!

Tim Kiemel
KNES370

Expecting a B-
Anonymous
04/18/2022

The class is super boring and he goes over exactly what is on the slides. If you are a good test taker, then this class is an easy A for you, Quizzes are super easy and directly relate to the content you are learning in class. DO THE TURNING POINT AND EXTRA CREDIT!!! All exams and finals are multiple-choice, which is easier to prepare for. Really not hard to get a good grade in this class, but the hard work comes from discussions. My TA was terrible and was a tough grader and the assignments were difficult and oftentimes way too complex for what we were learning compared to lecture content.

Tim Kiemel
KNES370

Expecting a C+
Anonymous
06/28/2021

Human Motor and Development. Good learning about different aspects of human development.

Tim Kiemel
KNES370

Anonymous
04/07/2021

great professor, so sweet

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