# Yibin Pan — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## instructor

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### name

Yibin Pan

### email

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## reviews

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    "comment": "I can tell he really wants to be a good prof, but his slides are just filled to the brim with text, and his accent makes it hard to understand him. If he taught an easier class, I could see him being a liked prof, but if you're struggling in class and you don't really understand what he's saying it makes you quite mad at him.",
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    "comment": "Overhated, his slides are helpful but he does skip over algebraic steps and struggles to understand when the class is confused. As far as I know, he is unreachable outside of class and can rarely answer student questions properly. Additionally, he often provided incorrect information about which materials were eligible for testing. Avoid if you can",
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    "comment": "does not teach well or explain anything. lectures are pointless, you gotta self study or it's over.",
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    "comment": "Better off just using the homework and practice problems to learn what's happening. His lecture slides are crowded and have a bunch of irrelevant information on them. And when it comes to actually lecturing, he glosses over everything and jumps around in what he is talking about way too much to understand.",
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    "comment": "This professor unfortunately cannot teach. You are better off reading the textbook. The only reason I got a B is because we had a different professor for the first half of the class. The worst thing that he does is that he consistently states that the class is easy and simple.",
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    "comment": "The worst thing about this professor is his inability to realize that not everyone has had the same learning experience up until this class. He will bring up calculus 2 or 3 concepts not required for this class, and make simply physics far more confusing. Will skip every step saying that it is \"simple algebra\", and call the class simple and easy.",
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