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TIMOTHY BERTRAM

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Raw average: 4.38/5 from 21 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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CHEM 104
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Bertram was very clear during lecture and was always willing to further clarify concepts. The top hats and in lecture practice problems were very helpful. There were optional textbook readings, but I did not think they were necessary. Exams were fair.
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CHEM 104
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Explained very clearly and kept the lecture interesting with helpful experiments! I would definitely recommend Professor Bertram to any students.
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CHEM 104
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Much clearer expectations that 103, exams were challenging, but fair. Lecture attendance not required but top hat points make up decent part of grade. Did nor appreciate that he would not post lecture slides with annotations. He also went right into examples and did not explain general concepts sometimes
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CHEM 104
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
There's a textbook w/ recommended readings which I've always done because it helps a lot with the pre-class assignments. However, technically it's not mandatory. He's a great teacher who explains things very clearly. The TopHat questions throughout the lec are also very helpful. Very engaging.
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CHEM 104
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
I really liked Bertram, he was very clear in lecture and went through a lot of practice problems during lectures. I highly recommend going to lecture when you have him, he explains things really well.
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CHEM 104
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
Dr. Bertram was a pretty good lecturer, and the general chemistry sequence is well organized.
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