Ann Senghas

The content was pretty interesting, especially after the first module. Some people say the lectures are a bit dry but she has lots of videos and anecdotes to make it more interesting. It's clear she cares about students and wants us to get the material. Really interesting content tbh!

i thought the class was very dry and the tests were strictly memorization, but I can tell Professor Senghas genuinely cares about her students and the content of the class. she was one of the people to develop the NSL, so the language aspect of the developmental part was interesting to learn.

Her class actually grew on me as the semester progressed. I also appreciate her understanding of certain circumstances that may prevent a student from taking an exam. She proved to me that she cares about the mental and physical well being of her students. Her passion for what she teaches is very admirable and has peaked my interest in the field as well.

She's a gem. Extremely bright and funny and always eager to help you understand. I agree that she might humor the questions in Developmental a bit too much for a large lecture course (my brother's friend's niece does so and so, is that normal?) but she tries to keep things moving. In her language seminar she's even better. She really knows her stuff and does some of the most interesting and compelling research in the field. Amazing.

Repitition lectures from the readings. but she tries to keep it interesting w/ videos and slides and guest speaker. she is a pretty okay professor. nice and approachable. exams are slightly difficult if you don't study hard or don't read details within the readings. pay attention to the things she lectures on that's not in the book. it will end up on the exam. overall, an okay class.

I hated this class and thought Senghas was a terrible teacher. There's a lot of memorization, and it's all dry. I recommend taking it with someone else. I did quite poorly in the class and I worked incredibly hard.

Very nice professor, but her tests do pay attention to a lot of details. Her tests are all multiple choice with some short answer. She is very nice about meeting before exams. Though she does not give review sessions or let you have the midterm to study, she will make a great effort to meet with you if you have questions. One time, I met with her at 9pm before an exam to ask questions, and she was really nice about it. She specializes in language development and is studying Nicaraguan sign language, so this topic will probably pop up in class.

Annie is the best! She is definitely one of the best teachers I have ever had. She cares so much about how much her students understand the information. Senghas is ALWAYS available to talk to, whether its about the class or anything else. Take her class whenever you can because she is SO amazing!

Developmental Psychology with Professor Senghas was decent class, but nothing great...standard for Barnard Psych 1000 levels. Although I found the material for the first half of the class to be a bit dry, the sections on academic achievement, temperament, attachment, and gender development were super interesting and Professor Senghas supplemented those sections with great readings (it might be helpful to note that I was particularly interested in those topics though before taking the class though...)! Professor Senghas is clearly very interested in the material and has a lot of anecdotes to illustrate the concepts on the slides. I definitely think the course is worthwhile if you're trying to fulfill the science requirement or you're a psych major, but I wouldn't necessarily take it as a "fun" elective. In terms of the exams, it's important to do the reading. She says it's the difference between an "A" and a "B" in the course. I'm not sure that's true - I didn't do all of the reading during the semester and I got an "A," but I definitely looked through the chapters pretty thoroughly when studying for the exams.

Professor Senghas is a nice, smart lady but I got the feeling that she didn't actually know a lot of the material past what she put on her powerpoint slides. Most questions from the class resulted in her spending a few minutes to rephrase the question and then ending with "But I don't know". The previous reviews are also right about class participation - there will be lots of students discussing their cousins and sometimes even themselves, particularly when it comes to them wanting to verify their status as "exceptions" to the general framework we were learning. I learned a fair amount, but much of it was common sense.