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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/18/2022 |
Kate is a great professor. I think this may have been her last semester teaching, but I want to leave a review in case she continues. Lectures can be slow and tiring, especially because class was at 9am in a hot lecture hall. Most, if not all, of the material on exams was covered in lecture. If you show up to class (or at least watch the lecture videos when provided) then it's hard to get lower than a B. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP400 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/25/2021 |
I had Skinker for an entry level HESP class and really enjoyed her. I was excited to have her for 400, however I was very disappointed in her teaching this semester. She never posted a class schedule and would always change up the syllabus. She would also get mad anytime anyone asked a question and just acted like she didn’t want to be there. The class felt very unorganized, she didn’t know how to have Canvas show our overall grade and took forever to grade things and didn’t respond to emails. It is now 12/24 and we still do not have our final project grade or final overall grade. The class is overall easy and straight forward, but I think they need a more organized and patient professor. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP400 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/21/2021 |
Professor Skinker will have organized ppt, but the information is not the most exciting, and she knows it. She does her best to tech it in a manner that at least makes it interesting. Her quizzes were mainly online, until the last one which was in class, but that was due to her feeling the class was not grasping the concept she was teaching. Not sure if that was on the part of her teaching or us as a class. Instead of a final, we had a major project due at the end of the semester. All of the homework correlated with the information given in class, just make sure to take good notes because she requires you do so via an actual notebook and not your computer. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP400 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/19/2021 |
Kate is always all over the place, but being online makes it worse. The lectures were discombobulated, but everything is relatively easy and straightforward except for the final project. I felt unprepared to do such a large and time consuming final project since there were few assignments due before this and the feedback was not helpful. No need to buy the textbook, she posted all the sections you need. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/10/2020 |
This class was ridiculously easy. If you show up to class and pay attention you literally cannot get below a 90%. Kate is super quirky and nice and tlaking to her always brightened my day. TBH i loved her and can't wait to take another class of hers |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/18/2019 |
Ridiculously easy, stopped attending class in the first month and just watched the recorded lectures on 2x a couple days before exams and got an A. Pretty interesting information but lectures were boring. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/02/2019 |
Kind of annoying, and not as accommodating as she tries to make herself seem. Has high expectations for students, and is not understanding when students cannot meet them. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 Expecting an A Anonymous 02/08/2019 |
Kate is a great professor. Show up to class, do the readings and the quizzes, and you can't get less than a B. Sometimes the material is a little dry but she does her best to make it interesting. Sitting in the front is worth it because she will recognize you. Several quizzes (5?), 2 exams + non cumulative final, easy and quick project summarizing child language development. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 Expecting an A Anonymous 07/21/2013 |
Kate is excellent. She's a great lecturer. She's funny, experienced, and such a sweet person. If you get above a 90, she gives you an A, not an A-. The class was a good taste of hearing and speech sciences, while not being too much work. There was one paper, it was short and easy. You watch a movie for it. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/24/2012 |
Kate is a fantastic professor. She has been in the profession for years, so she knows what she's talking about. She has a lot of examples of all of the different disorders we learned about, which really helped me understand everything she was talking about. I would recommend going to lecture, but missing one or two is fine, you can get notes from a friend. If you do have to miss lecture, I'd recommend reading the corresponding text. All of her lectures come directly from the book, so just study lecture notes when studying for tests. Basically if you show up to class you'll do fine. Definitely a good class and one of my favorite professors. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/06/2011 |
This class wasn't as easy I anticipated. I had heard that it was an easy A. There aren't many graded assignments. Fall 2011 there were 5 quizzes (1 dropped), 2 tests, and a non cumulative final. Plus we were required to do experimental participation. That was easy though. The quizzes are multiple choice based entirely off the reading, which is in the book. She announces a few days before each quiz when it will be and what it will be on. And although she says that she chooses the biggest points and if you read you shouldn't have a problem on the quizzes, I always read for the quizzes and still failed 2 of the 4 we've had thus far. The material isn't very hard, but you do have to study to remember it all. Because there aren't many graded assignments one bad grade can really bring you down. I really liked Kate and the class was really interesting, I just wish I had been more on top of it from the beginning. It can be an easy class if you stay on top of the material. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 Expecting an A Siema101 05/17/2011 |
Good professor, cares about how students perform in the class. Tests are not too bad as long as you study. I recommend using a laptop because you need to take a lot of notes. For all the lazy people that don't go to class, they do not get as good grades. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 Expecting an A aschnei4 12/15/2010 |
Required to go to lecture, but if you miss one you can copy notes from someone or meet with the TAs. Slides are self-explanatory, but professor adds things in class that helped me remember the information (examples, videos, demonstrations). Dropped one quiz, gave extra credit to those who were there the day before Thanksgiving, gave extra credit if over 95% of class filled out course evaluation, extra credit to 10 people in the hearing section if you get to the front of the class first. Exams are multiple choice, true/false, matching, and fill-in the blank. I thought the first exam would be easier--need to know the information well and memorize what terms belong in which category to get an A. After first exam you can figure out how to study for her exams. Final was not cumulative. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/23/2010 |
This class was very interesting. Kate is so knowledgable about the subject. There's not too much to your grade- 5 quizzes, 1 two page paper, and 3 non cumulative exams. You do have to go to lecture becuase she never posts slides on elms, and tests are almost 100% based off of lecture notes. The class is quite time consuming, but isn't bad compared to many other electives. I did learn a lot too. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 Anonymous 05/11/2010 |
I didn't really like this class- you really have to pay attention all the time in order to do well. I'm not a bad student, but I don't have that many hours to devote to this one class. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/27/2010 |
I loved Kate. Her voice is not bad at all and she's perfectly intelligible. Her tests are straight from the powerpoints, but she doesn't post them online so you have to go to class. There's one two page paper which was a review on a movie with a person with a developmental disorder (I watched I Am Sam). There are 2 experiential requirements. She gives quizzes but tells you in class and emails you exactly when they are and exactly what you need to read (which isn't much) to pass them. I took this class as an elective but loved it so much I'm thinking about majoring in hearing and speech. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 Expecting an A- Anonymous 01/14/2009 |
Her voice drove me out of my mind and the class was early so I basically never went. All of the quizzes are 5 questions mult. choice but she tells you when they are. Tests are straight from the notes so all you need to do is copy someones notes and your fine. This class is easy but if you take it too easy you can get screwed. |
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Kathleen Skinker
HESP202 blf123 04/15/2008 |
Kate is a great teacher. She is really animated and keeps you on your toes. She wants you to do well, and proves it by throwing out questions on tests that too many people get wrong. Really interesting class (HESP202) and she's a great person to take it with |