Teaching Overview
Welcome to my teaching webpage. Below is a brief overview of my teaching experience. My recent teaching evaluations can be found in the links below. A sample of written comments are also included towards the bottom of this page. My Teaching ePortfolio (updated 2022) is a subpage of this webpage; it can be found in the drop-down menu of the Teaching tab at the top right of this page. Links and buttons have been included in my ePortfolio for ease of navigation through its contents. For a more detailed picture of my teaching, please see my faculty & peer evaluations page or my student letters of support page.
Teaching History
Instructor of Record
- MATH 230-2 Multivariable Integral Calculus @ NU (Spring 2024) (course coordinator & instructor) Teaching Evaluation
- MATH 202-0 Finite Mathematics @ NU (Spring 2024) Teaching Evaluation
- MATH 235-0/228-0 Series and Multiple Integrals @ NU (Winter 2024) Teaching Evaluation
- MATH 202-0 Finite Mathematics @ NU (Winter 2024) Teaching Evaluation
- MATH 351-0 Fourier Analysis and Boundary Value Problems @ NU (Fall 2023) Teaching Evaluation
- MATH 202-0 Finite Mathematics @ NU (Fall 2023) Teaching Evaluation
- MATH 025 Elementary College Algebra @ RU (Summer 2023)
- MAT 286 Life Sciences Calculus II @ SU Teaching Evaluation
- MAT 296 Calculus II @ SU (Fall 2022) Teaching Evaluation
- MAT 286 Life Sciences Calculus II @ SU (Spring 2022) Teaching Evaluation
- MAT 285 Life Sciences Calculus I @ SU (Spring 2021) Teaching Evaluations M001, M004
- MAT 286 Life Sciences Calculus II @ SU (Fall 2020) Teaching Evaluation
- MAT 221 Elementary Probability and Statistics I @ SU (Summer 2020) Teaching Evaluation
- MAT 286 Life Sciences Calculus II @ SU (Spring 2020) Teaching Evaluation
- MAT 295 Calculus I @ SU (Spring 2019) Teaching Evaluation
- MAT 221 Elementary Probability and Statistics I @ SU (Summer 2018) Teaching Evaluation
- MATH 114 Contemporary Mathematics @ NJCU (Spring 2017)
- MATH 106 College Algebra @ NJCU (Spring 2017)
- MATH 106 College Algebra @ NJCU (Fall 2016)
- MATH 104 Statistics I @ NJCU (Fall 2016)Teaching Assistant
- MAT 551 Fundamental Concepts of Geometry @ SU (grader, Spring 2023)
- MAT 221 Elementary Probability and Statistics I @ SU (recitation instructor, multiple semesters 2017-2021) Teaching EvaluationMath Clinic Instructor
C2 Education Mathematics & Science Teacher/Tutor (Spring 2014-Spring 2016)
For more details regarding my teaching experience please see my Full CV or Teaching ePortfolio.
Teaching Mentor, The Graduate School @ SU (2022-2023 academic year) Small Group Evaluation
Directed Reading Program @ SU
- Organizing Committee (Fall 2022)
- Mentor (Spring 2022, Fall 2022)Mentor to Advanced Undergraduates @ CCNY (Summer 2016)
For more details regarding my mentoring experience please see my Full CV or mentoring & service page.
Select Student Comments from Northwestern University:
"Professor Ng is probably one of the best instructors I've had in the math department. Course content was perfectly planned out, and the lecture notes were comprehensive and useful for reviewing course content. His communication skills were also excellent, which made following the class very easy considering the difficulty of the course content."
"Nick is a great professor. While the material of the class can be quite hard, Nick makes it easy to understand (his lecture notes are very good). Nick is overall great please take a course with him."
"Super engaging, motivating, kind, and great at communicating ideas."
"He was always very prepared for class and conveyed the content, though dry at times, very clearly. There was a lot of content for the course but he managed to cover it all very concisely. Excellent professor!"
"Very organized."
"Very kind. Offers very personal help during office hours."
"He is very smart and has a good grasp for the topic."
"Always prepared for class, able to explain the material well, answered questions to a great ability."
"Everything, he's the best. Super kind, knows the material very well, and is clear and concise when teaching. Could not have asked for a better instructor."
"His lecture style was amazing and he conveyed the material very clearly. I also found the lecture notes to be incredibly helpful and wish I could have lecture notes like his in every math class I take."
"Professor Ng is REALLY willing to help students out. He's almost always available to set up appointments with students and walk through any materials/questions we have."
"Professor Ng is always straight to the point and is very swift and simplistic in his teaching style. He spends the perfect amount of time on each separate subject and also shows interest for what he teaches."
"Very clear explainer of information, really accessible and helpful."
"Nicholas Ng is the best at teaching the course by far. He is so helpful and is really just so smart at what he does."
"Professor Ng was amazing and did a really good job conveying the material and creating resources that enhanced my understanding."
"Professor Ng was very knowledgeable and always willing to go back and explain any topics we were confused about. He’s also a very understanding and fair professor."
"The instructor was always willing to help and answer questions."
"Very understanding, open to explain something as many times as needed, focused on the topic during lectures and office hours. Also, he gave great example exam questions."
"Very patient and able to make students understand relevant knowledge in a clear and simple way."
"Professor Ng is a great professor. He cares about students learning, and while this was an intro class, never judged a question."
"Professor Ng is SO wonderful. He knows most people are taking this course to fulfill a requirement, and thus makes his expectations very clear for exams and homework. He is available for office hours whenever needed. The course content is very manageable if you keep up with it throughout the quarter. If you don't enjoy math and just need to fulfill a requirement, TAKE THIS COURSE! You will enjoy it and save yourself a lot of pain."
"He breaks down the content into very easily digestible and understandable ways."
"He explained examples well and fully utilized instructional time (I never felt like I had wasted my time by being on time to and attending his class)."
"Very good at communicating math concepts with students. Prof. Ng was approachable and clear. Great instructor!"
"Nick is great at lecturing."
"He was a very kind and understanding instructor. Anytime I was confused or had to miss a class he was very accommodating."
"Detailed lesson plans, readily available to assist and answer questions."
"Very knowledgeable in the subject and is willing to help if the student ask for it."
"I would highly recommend taking this course with Professor Ng."
Select Student Comments from Syracuse University:
"Nick is fantastic, whenever I didn’t understand the content from lecture, he went through it and it made sense. He was incredible and really helped me make sense of statistics. I definitely would have done a lot worse in this class if I didn’t have this recitation."
"Professor Nick was a top tier TA. He answered every question and gave good examples to practice with during recitation periods. He was also quick to respond to emails asked outside of class time."
"The TA was extremely knowledgeable and always willing to help students. He always came to class with a plan and written out notes for the class period. The quizzes were fair and never on topics we hadn’t covered in lecture/recitation. The TA was extremely helpful."
"Nick was accommodating of questions and extremely thorough in his explanations. I left class with a far better understanding of material that I had struggled with."
"I really like Nick. He really helped make difficult concepts clearer for me. He is very easy to understand and works thru example problems with us so we have enough practice with the concepts. I’m thankful for Nick."
"NG is a great professor and gives students the best chance at success. I was afraid to take calculus but he broke it down in a way that allowed me to fele comfortable and tackle the subject head on."
"This TA was amazing, he helped me a lot with lecture notes and even can teach you new stuff if the instructor didn’t cover it yet."
"Super helpful! Open to questions and actually approachable."
"Very well prepared and enthusiastic."
"Loved this TA very helpful and would explain in different ways if I was confused."
"Nice guy who knows his math and is good at communicating that knowledge to others."
"One of the best TAs I’ve had at SU. Made stuff learned in lecture much easier to understand."
For more of my student evaluations and comments please see my student evaluations page.