Prof Lillard was unenjoyable. She had what I perceived as an arrogant air about her (Montessori explanation didn't need to last the span of a week) and was completely unapproachable. While I didn't put much/any effort into the midterm paper and got the grade I deserved, I worked extremely hard on the final and got the SAME grade that I received on the midterm. Got a B- on iClickers and never read the textbook...skipped a few classes too. Overall I would NOT advise others to take this class...just not worth it. Prof. Lillard also loves to kick people out for "breaking the honor code."

This class was a lot of work, but it's definitely worth the effort.

The stuff Prof. teaches is pretty interesting. HOWEVER, those little iclicker problems that we have every classes are quite confusing, and it's 25% of the grade. In order to do well in the iclickers, you have to read chapter thoroughly and understand it! My TA, Ms.Tornello (I might have spelled wrong) was great. One more thing, one project and final essay is quiet tough, those TAs who read the paper are hard graders!

The good: it's reasonably interesting material.

The bad: Lillard makes in-class iClicker quizzes 25% of the grade, so you have to go to every class.

The more bad: the mid-term and final papers are kind of confusing, and can be hard to write.

Harder than expected. If you take this class DON'T GET MATTHEW LERNER AS A T.A. he is the hardest grader of them all and he chooses favorites. class attendance if pretty much mandatory... i clicker questions in every lecture and they're 25% of your grade.

lots more work than you'd expect

She's not all that great or all that bad. I learned a lot in the class, but found that she lectured about some topics ad naus. You have to come to class with your little clicker thing because she has like at least 3 questions at the beginning of every class. The papers are not graded harshly and are not hard to write. However, I would suggest something that doesn't involve "field work," simply because the paper is only like 4-5 pages and it's just too much to incorporate. Just don't take the class if you aren't interested and you should be fine.

the lectures were boring, but she's easy on the papers. 1 project, 1 take home essay for final, and discussion grade

I thought Professor Lillard was phenomenal. I must admit, I slept through her lectures, but that was mostly because I never committed to going to bed early enough for her 9:30am class. Many people thought the essays were graded harshly, but so long as you choose a topic that others are not as likely to choose, then there will be less comparison of your essay to others. I thought she was a great teacher and I would recommend her class to anyone..... especially anyone interested in children and teaching.

Prof. Lillard is an atrocious teacher. She loves to lecture about stuff she finds really important, like her children and the Montesorri school. Seriously, no one cares about your children. Essays are graded rather arbitrarily. Take this with Bonvillian instead.