Current instructor

Percival Matthews

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Raw average: 3.67/5 from 9 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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What students say

Original student reviews · all captured dates

EDPSYCH 331
Quality 1/5Difficulty 1/5
Dr. Matthew's did not teach in a cohesive, easily comprensible manner. He took a long time to grade assignments.
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EDPSYCH 331
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Percival is a great psychology professor who really knows how to connect with students, help students find their own interests, and guide them to explore said interests. He is exceptional at understanding which concepts students do not understand, and explaining those concepts in different ways for each individual.
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EDPSYCH 331
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Percival is a great professor. He literally hands you the test, you just have to prepare for it. Would definitely recommend him.
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EDPSYCH 331
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Harsh grader on the one paper he grades and typically takes a long time to receive grades. Feedback was not very constructive, more just pointed out all the ways you're wrong. However, class is straight forward and he sets students up for success.
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EDPSYCH 331
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Dr. Matthews genuinely cares about students learning and makes lectures thought-provoking and fun to attend. He presents the material in the textbook via power point and provides study guides for all of the exams. Outside of class, it's required to participate in 3 psychology studies, but they're easily accessible and usually don't take long.
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Classes with Percival Matthews

EDPSYCH 470

Research Experience in Educational Psychology

1–6 credits

EDPSYCH 470 provides supervised research experience in Educational Psychology, involving reading published studies and presenting or writing a paper on team-based research.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades).

Haley VlachEdward Hubbard+4 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026
EDPSYCH 699

Independent Reading Undergrad

1–6 credits

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2017: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2017: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2018: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

Haley VlachEdward Hubbard+13 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2025 · limited sample
EDPSYCH 999

Independent Reading

1–3 credits

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Haley VlachEdward Hubbard+22 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
PSYCH 621

Mentored Research and Seminar

1–6 credits

PSYCH 621 is a mentored research and seminar course where students design and conduct research to extend current understanding in a topic area.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

C. Shawn GreenJenny Saffran+36 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026
PSYCH 682

Senior Honors Thesis

3 credits

PSYCH 682 is an individual study course for students completing senior honors theses under faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Jenny SaffranMartha Alibali+9 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
PSYCH 691

Undergraduate Thesis

2–3 credits

PSYCH 691 is an undergraduate thesis course focused on conducting research and completing a thesis, recommended for students intending to pursue graduate work in psychology.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

C. Shawn GreenSeth Pollak+38 more

No recorded grade history

PSYCH 692

Undergraduate Thesis

2–3 credits

PSYCH 692 is an undergraduate thesis course focused on completing research in psychology.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

C. Shawn GreenAnthony Auger+11 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
PSYCH 699

Directed Study

1–3 credits

PSYCH 699 is a directed study course involving independent mentored study with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

C. Shawn GreenSeth Pollak+32 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026

Recorded teaching history

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Browse recorded courses
TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026EDPSYCH 470Research Experience in Educational Psychology
Fall 2026EDPSYCH 699Independent Reading Undergrad
Fall 2026EDPSYCH 990Research or Thesis
Fall 2026EDPSYCH 999Independent Reading
Fall 2026PSYCH 621Mentored Research and Seminar
Fall 2026PSYCH 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026PSYCH 682Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026PSYCH 691Undergraduate Thesis
Fall 2026PSYCH 692Undergraduate Thesis
Fall 2026PSYCH 699Directed Study

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

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