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Amy is an amazing professor and a really sweet person. She works with you through any problem you might be dealing with and in general, is such an understanding person. You can tell she is passionate about her profession and it's a great opportunity to learn about how children develop skills through play. Attendance is required and there is a book!Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Wagner is a fantastic professor! I have had her before and I keep taking more classes with her. She is very funny and also very compassionate about the material. She wants students to succeed and is always ready to help when you need it. I highly recommend taking a class with her.Rate My Professors ↗
Not willing to help out after class at all.Rate My Professors ↗
Amy Wagner is my favorite professor at UW Madison. She is so responsive to what the class needs. She's always checking in with the class to see if the plan for that day is working for them. She's super knowledgeable and clearly cares about what she's teaching. Her lectures make me genuinely excited to come to class.Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Amy is incredible. She is very connected with all of her students and very passionate about the class material. She really changed my perspective on many topics and I learned so much about development on such a fascinating way. Would highly recommend to anyone, especially those going into educational or therapeutic fields.Rate My Professors ↗
She was hilarious and always found great ways to connect our lessons to real life. Lots of studying necessary but an amazing teacher that I would absolutely take again.Rate My Professors ↗
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Explores infant/toddler development milestones from conception to 36 months and evaluates child care access, quality, and real-time observation of infant development.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.82 GPA, 90.3% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 94.3% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 97.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
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Spring 2024–Spring 2026HDFS 501 covers specialized subject matter of current interest under the title SPECIAL TOPICS.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Amy Wagner
Amy Wagner taught with weekly quizzes and two fairly graded papers. Students found lectures useful for quizzes but noted that lecture materials posted late, making organization difficult.
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