Wilbert mckeachie biography
Wilbert J. McKeachie
American psychologist (1921–2019)
Wilbert James "Bill" McKeachie (August 24, 1921 – June 12, 2019) was an American psychologist. He served as president of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Foundation and the American Association of Higher Education. He was a longtime faculty member at the University of Michigan and the initial author of McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers, a widely read book on college teaching that was first published in 1951 and more recently in its 14th edition in 2013.
Biography
Early life
McKeachie was born the son of a teacher in Clarkston, Michigan.[1] He was awarded a scholarship to attend Michigan State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University, where he majored in Math with History and English minors with the hopes to become a high school teacher in 1942.[2] Simultaneous powerful educational Wilbert mckeachie teaching tips.