Wilbert J. McKeachie Quotes

United States, Psychologist
August 24, 1921 – June, 12, 2019.

Wilbert James "Bill" McKeachie 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.

Professors known as outstanding lecturers do two things; they use a simple plan and many examples.

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What could be more interesting to students than their own behavior and that of others?

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The best answer to the question, 'What is the most effective method of teaching?' is that it depends on the goal, the student, the content, and the teacher. But the next best answer is, 'Students teaching other students.'

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