# BENJAMIN PEHERSTORFER — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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## instructor

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### source

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### identity status

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### name

BENJAMIN PEHERSTORFER

### first observed at

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

2

#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### quality count

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#### difficulty count

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#### courses

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#### graded

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#### sections

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### current

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### courses

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### revision

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id | title                   |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------- |
| 1184 | course\_30b7af243793fc0540887d4f | ME 340     | DYNAMIC SYSTEMS         |
| 1184 | course\_e33ce416ca88e57dc84c5908 | ME 890     | PHD RESEARCH AND THESIS |
| 1182 | course\_30b7af243793fc0540887d4f | ME 340     | DYNAMIC SYSTEMS         |
| 1182 | course\_e33ce416ca88e57dc84c5908 | ME 890     | PHD RESEARCH AND THESIS |
| 1174 | course\_30b7af243793fc0540887d4f | ME 340     | DYNAMIC SYSTEMS         |
| 1172 | course\_30b7af243793fc0540887d4f | ME 340     | DYNAMIC SYSTEMS         |

## timeline

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| ---- | ------- |
| 1172 | 1       |
| 1174 | 1       |
| 1182 | 2       |
| 1184 | 2       |

## term

1272

## courses

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## reviews

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    "review_date": "2019-10-01 23:31:39 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "You can hardly learn any thing from the lecture which is simply a combination of deriving of formulas and reading out contents from poorly organized slides, without any meaningful interaction with students. PS: a quote scary from syllabus: &quot;failing to submit any one of the homework will fail the overall course&quot;.",
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    "review_date": "2018-05-09 11:37:58 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Solid lecturer, BUT DO NOT ATTEND LECTURE! He records all of his lectures and goes way too fast in person to really take notes and understand what he is talking about. Skip lecture and watch the recording at your own pace. Somewhat difficult material, but he does a good job with examples and concepts and the homework helps too.",
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### courses

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| course\_30b7af243793fc0540887d4f | ME 340     |

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