I don't know how she teaches 6B, but for 6A, she was a great professor, genuinely concerned about her students. That being said, she will make you work for the A. It's not impossible, but if you end up with an A in her class, it means you really put in the effort and you deserve it. If you are struggling, you can schedule an appointment with her and she will offer individualized suggestions on improving your understanding and study methods/approaches.

She did bombard us with homework and quizzes. There's "pre-quiz" before the material is actually taught, as well as a quiz on previous material and homework due on Fridays. Unless you have a really solid background in physics, the homework can become pretty challenging, not only because of the difficulty but the many problems she assigns. Yes, her midterms/tests are crazy hard, but she tries to model them after the homework problems you do. The first midterm was especially hard because she did not go over any of the "real life science" physics problems with the weird units. After everyone failed the first midterm, she adjusted her test and offered extra credit. There were many times where she offered extra credit (she doesn't curve though). She also welcomed student feedback after every lecture (another extra credit opportunity) and actually listened and adjusted her classes accordingly.

I had no previous background before taking this class. I struggled the most during the first few weeks. It does get better afterwards.

If you're looking for an easy A, she won't be the best professor for that. But if you don't mind the work, she's incredibly nice, a great person, and good at presenting the material.

Ok, so I saw the person who ranted about Prof. Shaked making you estimate values and dividing scientific notation without a calculator, and I think he/she needs to grow up. First of all, when you estimate something, she allows you to be off by a factor of 10 (Look at your own damn finger, how long is that in metric units? Then divide that length by half or something.. Stupid.) The point of her asking you to these estimations is to help you grow into being able to apply the knowledge you learn in class to the real world.

Though it is unlikely she's going to teach any more classes because the LA program is becoming successful, I think all prospective students should try to enroll in her class, if offered. It's been one of the most rewarding classes I've taken at UCLA. She tailors her class to the needs of her students, which I have found rare in a professor. On our first midterm, she gave half of our points back if we did corrections because the majority of the class felt that the exam was too long (Average was a 73% still). And because she was impressed by our corrections, she allowed us to do corrections again to get half our points back on the second midterm.

Very easy and fun class. Not too much work, and I learned a lot about teaching.

Honestly, this class itself provided the collaboration vibe that LAs are expected to implement in their respective content courses! I also love how the professor weaves her words to make student responses easier to understand! She’s friendly, funny, and passionate!

Professor Shaked teaches in the 2nd quarter of the food cluster and she does a really good job making sure her presentations are organized which I appreciate and her teaching style was very clear and to the point. I also liked how she would use example questions in the slide so we would know what to expect when we got to the test. Overall this was a really good portion of the food cluster! (and overall, i would highly recommend the food cluster, very interesting material if you are interested in sustainability and not way too much work like some of the other UCLA cluster classes).

Shanna Shaked is one of the top 3 best professors I have had at UCLA. She is so understanding. For example, one lecture my class didn't really do well on one specific question on a quiz (which isn't even worth that many points in the first place), so right after we all finished the quiz she told us we could redo the entire quiz next lecture (same questions and everything) and she would give us the grade of the average of the two quizzes. In addition to this I genuinely just enjoyed learning about what she was teaching, especially functional units. She really tied together the math and science aspects of the course in the most efficient and least stressful way. Loved this professor so much.

Favorite class. HIGHLY recommend. Don't be scared of clusters. Taking this was the best decision I've ever made. Chill, and most of the professors are engaging. Loved Shanna, not as engaging as the professors last quarter, but she's great and you can tell she really cares about what she does. I was never bored in lectures if I had a friend next to me to talk to lol. Homework was just one reading to comment on every week, and we had one Letter/Op-Ed that was long (10 pages) but honestly very manageable if you started early and enjoyed what you were writing about (I very much did. I actually enjoyed that assignment). I wouldn't change a thing.