Pena Teaching Philosophy and Student Teaching Evaluations

Give a Man a Fish and He Will Eat Just For One Night;

But Teach a Man How to Fish and He Will Eat Forever.

My Thoughts on Student Teaching Evaluations: I do NOT believe in their ability to measure the effectiveness of an instructor to impart knowledge. However, it is here to stay in our universities, and so in the spirit of full disclosure and unbiasedness, I am providing my full student teaching evaluations verbatim to anyone who would like to look at them. Click on the blue links below on the course or courses that you would like to look at.

To a Student who IS Contemplating Taking a Class From Me: It is my every intention to make you work very, very hard in my class because it is the best way to learn, and I mean LEARN. There will be NO practice exams given, nor review sessions, since they will otherwise bias the results of examinations. If you work hard and understand deeply the materials, then getting a high grade from me will be easy; if you slack off, do not work hard, skip classes, or simply ask tutors or friends to do your assignments (hence, will not understand the materials), then with very high probability you will get a low grade or a failing grade from me [unless you are a genius, but only 2% in the population are considered geniuses (IQ above 140)]. Therefore, if you seek a high grade without doing full effort and work, I may NOT be the ideal professor for you to take. But, if you want to be challenged, wants to learn as much as you can, and enjoys learning new knowledge, you are very much welcome to be in my class.

GRADUATE COURSES

****Stat 761: Reliability and Lifetime Data Analysis****

FALL_2009-STAT_761_001_-_Fall_2009.pdf

FALL_2009-STAT_761_600_-_Fall_2009.pdf

FALL_2011-RELIABILITY_&_LIFE_TEST.pdf

FALL_2013-STAT761-J50-FALL-2013.pdf

FALL_2015-Reliability_and_Life_Testing.pdf

****Stat 822: Advanced Mathematical Statistics & Decision Theory****

FALL_2009-STAT_822_001_-_Fall_2009.pdf

FALL_2011-Stat 822 Advanced Math Stat.pdf

SPRING_2014-STAT822-001-SPRING-2014.pdf

****Stat 810-811: Probability Theory I & II****