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APSY 1030

Child Development · 15 instructors on record · 58 sections

What the course score is made of

80BC evaluations58 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

11thMore challenging than 11% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

81BC — “Intellectually Challenging”58 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

3rdMore work than 3% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

38BC — “Workload”58 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

This is one of two foundational courses (APSY 1030 & APSY 1031) focused on multiple dimensions of child development from the prenatal period through middle childhood, with a consideration of applications to educational and other applied settings. The course offers an overview of the array of research methods used in developmental psychology; normative trends in physical, social-emotional, and cognitive development; and factors and processes that affect developmental change and optimize child development. Key questions in the field of developmental psychology, such as "How do nature and nurture together shape development?" and "How do children become so different from one another?" will recur across topics to help students establish a coherent understanding of child development.

The board

15 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 15Filters the rows below. Positions are always against the whole class, so a rank does not change when the list is narrowed.

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 1 of the 15 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Jiwon BanCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology	934 records	2nd	16th	—no page
2	Ji Hye ParkCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology	934 records	39th	15th	—no page
3	Julie MacevoyCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology	9025 records	2nd	6th	788 ratings · all classes
4	Lindsay LanteriCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional fewer records	912 records	2nd	9th	—no page
5	Yilin LiuCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	882 records	25th	4th	—no page
6	Hyun Young ChoCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	882 records	2nd	53rd	—no page
7	Courtney ColganCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	882 records	78th	16th	—no page
8	Muanjing WangCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	872 records	2nd	10th	—no page
9	Yilin WangCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	872 records	78th	24th	—no page
10	Linxi LuEducation Provisional	852 records	0th	29th	—no page
11	Sinwoo BaeCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	842 records	2nd	2nd	—no page
12	Ruoying ZhangCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	842 records	25th	41st	—no page
13	Erin KimCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	842 records	78th	30th	—no page
14	Kennedy DamoahCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	842 records	0th	3rd	—no page
15	Elida LaskiCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology	793 records	81st	37th	7025 ratings · all classes

All 15 instructors listed.

How this board is orderedPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 11 of 15 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 58 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9345th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9238th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9138th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9338th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9146th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9043rd pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

8824th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8415th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9146th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9043rd pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

383rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8111th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8520th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

58 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Julie Macevoy	Spring 2026	01	89	82	40
Julie Macevoy	Spring 2026	02	100	90	—
Ruoying Zhang	Spring 2026	02	80	90	—
Julie Macevoy	Spring 2026	03	90	84	40
Ruoying Zhang	Spring 2026	03	88	84	40
Julie Macevoy	Spring 2026	04	85	88	20
Kennedy Damoah	Spring 2026	04	92	88	20
Julie Macevoy	Spring 2026	06	83	70	20
Julie Macevoy	Spring 2026	07	87	77	—
Kennedy Damoah	Spring 2026	07	75	77	—
Julie Macevoy	Spring 2026	09	93	78	20
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2025	01	90	83	40
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2025	02	72	62	40
Jiwon Ban	Fall 2025	03	95	80	40
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2025	03	90	80	40
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2025	04	87	81	20
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2025	05	98	82	40
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2025	06	92	66	40
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2025	07	91	81	40
Jiwon Ban	Fall 2025	08	92	85	20
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2025	08	87	85	20
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2025	09	90	67	40
Julie Macevoy	Spring 2025	01	83	78	40
Yilin Wang	Spring 2025	03	82	78	60
Yilin Wang	Spring 2025	04	91	86	60

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How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.