George Mateer

School: Penn State University
Department: Economics
Location:University Park, PA
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 Pros: Really fun class. He provides a lot of incentives to go, pretty easy to get a good grade, and is funny!
Cons: He can move really quickly in class, but there are so many other extra opportunities to clarify any problems
ECON ROCKS
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 Mateer is a great professor! Everything explained in class is basically on the test. He does give extra credit at times and thats great. I would retake him again
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 Pros: Nice. Loves teaching
Just go to class, it is that simple.
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 Pros: Students use his textbook which is really great because he cuts out all the weird wording. He gives the best examples in class. There is little homework. Must go to class to get a butt load of extra credit.
Cons: None.
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 Pros: Very good real world examples
Entertaining
So much extra credit
Cons: none
Very good, i recommend this class to everyone of every major
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 Pros: Coming to class gets you a higher grade
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 Pros: He makes class so much fun and gives out extra credit all the time!
Cons: None!
He's an amazing teacher! I've never taken an econ course before, but Mateer makes it fun and interesting! You often times get extra credit just for showing up at class! He knows how to teach and does it well!
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 Pros: Gives out a lot of participation points.
Cons: Exams aren't so easy.
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 Pros: extremely interesting class; mateer uses examples from movies and tv shows; classes werent madatory but i was always willing to go and wanted to learn because of the teacher's ability to make the information relevant to me.
Cons: class started out easy and by the last test the information was much harder, which I did not expect
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 Pros: he is a great teacher! he provides you with everything you need for exams! lots of oportunity to gain points towards participation!! fun and energentic teacher!!!
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 Pros: He teaches the course in such a fun way that gets the whole class involved
Cons: the course itself can be hard, but it's acceptable for the level of course it is.
If your'e taking ECON 002, take it with dirk mateer!
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 Pros: great teacher. dirk is a boss. watch movie clips in class that go along with what he teaches. little to no homework. activities in class. its in thomas so theres 700 other people.
Cons: you will be jealous and wish you were as cool as dirk is.
best econ teacher ever. show up to class when you feel like you need to and follow his study guide for exams and you're golden
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 Pros: Fun class! He really helps get the point across and uses tons of examples to do so. Great teacher.
Cons: Exams are sometimes tough
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 Pros: Makes the class very interesting and offers incentives for coming to class.
Cons: NONE
Perhaps the best teacher at Penn State.
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 Pros: GREAT teacher - able to relate to you and make things easy to understand. Econ was a breeze with him
Cons: HUGE classes make it VERY difficult to get to know him (if you like to know your profs)
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 Pros: He gives a lot of extra credit which can really boost a low grade.
He is very enthusiastic about economics.
Cons: He does not define terms easily and his notes can be very confusing.
Compared to other economics teachers he is not as good.
He loves to give examples in class but never clearly defines the terms of the examples he is giving.
I really did not enjoy this class and thought it was very difficult.
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 excellent teacher. dynamic and effective at getting material across
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 he is a great teacher and this is a great class. made me change my major to economics
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 Dirk Mateer *** is a great teacher. You can tell he is passionate about what he teaches and he does very well to project his ideas to the class. His homeworks aren't mandatory, but they earn you extra credit, making you actually want to do the assignments.
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 homework is optional and it counts as extra credit

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