# SARAH TAMMEN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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## instructor

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### name

SARAH TAMMEN

### first observed at

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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##### course 0dd25611eebe714d971b7bfb

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#### graded

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### courses

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id    | title                                     |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| 1264 | course\_dcdb624e3fb8cbaf9a557ab9 | MATH/STAT 431 | INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF PROBABILITY |
| 1262 | course\_dcdb624e3fb8cbaf9a557ab9 | MATH/STAT 431 | INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF PROBABILITY |
| 1252 | course\_0dd25611eebe714d971b7bfb | MATH 522      | ANALYSIS II                               |
| 1244 | course\_0dd25611eebe714d971b7bfb | MATH 522      | ANALYSIS II                               |
| 1242 | course\_dcdb624e3fb8cbaf9a557ab9 | MATH/STAT 431 | INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF PROBABILITY |

## timeline

| term | courses |
| ---- | ------- |
| 1242 | 1       |
| 1244 | 1       |
| 1252 | 1       |
| 1262 | 1       |
| 1264 | 1       |

## term

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## courses

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Sarrah is a great, very intelligent mathematician. She, however, is not a great lecturer. She cares deeply about her students and the content she teaches, but she does not deliver good lectures. I recommend her if you care about her research (she has a great cv), but otherwise not a great teacher. Some other ratings are too harsh.",
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    "comment": "Her lecture maybe is not the best, but obviously she prepares a lot before lecturing, very caring and helpful during office hours.",
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    "comment": "Failed to reproduce the proof during lectures. But she is kind of nice (Maybe?).",
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    "comment": "Clearly cares about the students and is a nice teacher, but also very inexperienced and isn't that great at explaining difficult concepts. There were some topics in the course description that wasn't covered due to time issues (no Fourier series, approximation, differential equations) so if you're interested on those, it might be disappointing.",
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    "comment": "Real Analysis is a tough course to teach, particularly if it's your first time teaching it. The reviews below don't consider this. Y'all be thinking this is calculus when it's higher mathematics.\n\nBe prepared to study a lot and know how to solve all the hw and study guide problems, among others. Then, you may just about be able to manage... or not.",
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    "comment": "I think Sarah is a really nice person. She knows people by name which is amazing imo. However, this is a tough class so she might not teach really well or super prepared. I am sure it will get better. Other reviews are a bit harsh.",
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### courses

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