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Elizabeth Redcay
PSYC355 Expecting an A Anonymous 06/10/2025 |
I loved the course content and the lectures each day I found to be very interesting and engaging. However I did not like the work assigned. We had in-class assignments that I thought were graded unfairly as we were told to work with a partner but were not given much time in class to work on them. Aside from this we had weekly reading quizzes on the chapter of the textbook we were supposed to read. Dr. Redcay is super nice and she gives extra credit outside of class by completing SONA studies or going to guest speaker talks on certain topics and writing a paper about them. She also implements clicker questions in each class which are basically free participation credit/bonus points for showing up to class, these add up and can make a difference in your grade. There were 3 exams (2 midterms and 1 final) all of which she provides a study guide for and allowed us to have 3 pages of notes double sided which is extremely helpful because there are so many concepts that you need to know. Overall, if you are interested in this class/coursework I would definitely recommend taking it with Dr. Redcay, as long as you complete the work and show up to class for participation points you should do fine! |
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Elizabeth Redcay
PSYC355 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/16/2025 |
Dr. Redcay was extremely sweet, understanding, and engaging. I would highly recommend her! Lectures: A lot of concepts/material did feel repetitive, but her lectures were very helpful! I didn’t read the textbook too much, probably a couple chapters because she went over all the main ideas. She does clickers and a decent amount were dropped, but I highly recommend attending and doing them because it could be the difference between grades! Exams: The exams weren’t bad because she allows 3 pages of notes (front and back). I got a 65/70 on the first midterm and 68/70 on the second one. The final also wasn’t too bad, a little bit harder than the midterms, but it wasn’t really cumulative. All exams were also online, but done in class. Assignments: There were reading quizzes for each chapter due before class and “in class” activities on different concepts. The in class activities were also pretty easy and consisted of answering a few prompts. These could’ve been done with a partner and outside of class, which I did for every one. I believe she also drops your lowest reading quiz. Tips: I don’t think you need to study extensively (like memorizing vocabulary/theories), but I would recommend not falling behind on content. For “studying,” I just followed the outline/study guide she provides for each midterm and wrote it on my cheat sheet, which was the most helpful for exams as almost every question asked was in my cheat sheet. |
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Elizabeth Redcay
PSYC355 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/16/2025 |
Dr.Redcay has been one of the best professors I have had here at UMD. Her lectures were very well paced and the amount of work she assigned was very reasonable. She teaches the class very well and I learned lots of it. She is extremely nice and understanding and was very accommodating when I was sick and had to be out of class. She records all of her lectures, which is great for those who want to review at home. I would definitely recommend taking her class. |
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Elizabeth Redcay
PSYC355 Expecting an A- Anonymous 04/10/2025 |
Dr. Redcay is an amazing professor. Her lectures are very informative and you can tell that she cares. I really enjoyed the topics covered in this class and the readings are not hard to do because the reading quizzes motivate you to read the chapters. If you are actually interested in the course you will not find it hard at all. |
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Elizabeth Redcay
PSYC355 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/18/2024 |
TLDR- Kind professor, chill class. Grading- Exams were weighted 50% (2x15 for midterms and 20 for final). In class activities were easy and totaled 20%. Reading quizzes (online, 24%) and in class clickers (6%) rounded out the remaining 30%. Structure- Each week involved on average one reading quiz (online, due before class) and one in class activity (you can work with a partner and finish outside of class). Lectures were T/Th 1h15 but I swear they lasted for 3 hours - the lectures really tended to drag. Content- There are 7 themes that the course emphasizes in multiple contexts of developmental psychology. Dr Redcay focuses on these and it helps to tie everything together. Most of the essay questions on exams were related to themes, so make sure you understand and can apply them. I found the content interesting and varied. Professor- It is clear that Dr Redcay cares about teaching her class well in addition to her research (whereas some other professors clearly just care about their research). She had a mid-semester feedback survey and changed a few class aspects in response to student feedback (for example reading quiz due dates). She also made it so we could take exams outside of class due to internet connectivity issues in ESJ. I'm not sure if that will continue but still demonstrates that she is kind and receptive to feedback. Overall I would recommend! |
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Elizabeth Redcay
PSYC355 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/01/2024 |
The only downside to this class is that there is a LOT of reading--that being said, anyone who manages their time decently enough will be fine. Exams and reading quizzes are fair and she has a lot of resources to go to if you need help. Class content is relatively easy enough and although participation points are recorded, she tries to make lectures as engaging as she can. Overall, I fully recommend this class and professor! |