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51
Citations
25714
World Ranking
5091
National Ranking
2794

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 1988 - E. L. Thorndike Award, American Psychological Association
  • 1972 - E. F. Lindquist Award, American Educational Research Association
  • 1962 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Wilbert J. McKeachie was affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their academic work primarily centered on the fields of psychology and social sciences, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding human behavior and education.

The main areas of study for Wilbert J. McKeachie included:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

More specific subfields of research involved:

  • Social Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Education

Their work addressed several key topics within these domains, notably:

  • Communication in Education and Healthcare
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Evaluation of Teaching Practices

Throughout their career, Wilbert J. McKeachie contributed to the advancement of knowledge in educational methods and psychological evaluation, focusing on how communication and teaching innovations impact learning environments.

Their recognition in the academic community is reflected in multiple awards spanning several decades. These include:

  • James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (2008)
  • E. L. Thorndike Award, American Psychological Association (1988)
  • E. F. Lindquist Award, American Educational Research Association (1972)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1962)

Wilbert J. McKeachie's contributions thus span significant recognition from both psychological and educational research organizations, indicating sustained influence and engagement within these professional communities over several decades.

Best Publications

  • McKeachie's teaching tips

    Wilbert J. McKeachie

  • Reliability and Predictive Validity of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (Mslq)

    Paul R. Pintrich;David A. F. Smith;Teresa Garcia;Wilbert J. Mckeachie

  • Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers

    Robert C. Kleinsasser;Wilbert J. McKeachie

  • The Making of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire

    Teresa Garcia Duncan;Wilbert J. McKeachie

  • McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers

    Wilbert James McKeachie;Marilla Svinivki;David Nicol

  • Student ratings: The validity of use.

    Wilbert J. McKeachie

  • Teaching tips: A guidebook for the beginning college teacher

    Wilbert James McKeachie

  • Test Anxiety: Deficits in Information Processing.

    Moshe Naveh-Benjamin;Wilbert J. McKeachie;Yi-guang Lin;Dorothy P. Holinger

  • Teaching Learning Strategies

    Wilbert J. McKeachie;Paul R. Pintrich;Yi-Guang Lin

  • Research on College Teaching: The Historical Background.

    Wilbert J. McKeachie

  • College student intrinsic and/or extrinsic motivation and learning

    Yi-Guang Lin;Wilbert J McKeachie;Yung Che Kim

  • Student Ratings of Faculty: A Reprise.

    Wilbert J. McKeachie

  • Two types of test-anxious students: support for an information processing model

    Moshe Naveh-Benjamin;Wilbert J. McKeachie;Yi-guang Lin

  • Student Ratings of Teacher Effectiveness: Validity Studies

    W. J. McKeachie;Yi-Guang Lin;William Mann

  • Inferring students' cognitive structures and their development using the "ordered tree technique."

    Moshe Naveh-Benjamin;Wilbert J. McKeachie;Yi-guang Lin;David G. Tucker

  • 7: The Evaluation of Teachers in Higher Education

    James A. Kulik;Wilbert J. McKeachie

  • Dimensions of student evaluations of teaching.

    Robert L. Isaacson;Wilbert J. McKeachie;John E. Milholland;Yi G. Lin

  • Student motivation, cognition, and learning : essays in honor of Wilbert J. McKeachie

    Paul R. Pintrich;Donald R. Brown;Claire E. Weinstein;Wilbert James McKeachie

  • Liberal Education, Study in Depth, and the Arts and Sciences Major--Psychology.

    Thomas V. McGovern;Laurel Furumoto;Diane F. Halpern;Gregory A. Kimble

  • The Multisource Nature of Learning: An Introduction

    Asghar Iran-Nejad;Wilbert J. McKeachie;David C. Berliner

Frequent Co-Authors

Moshe Naveh-Benjamin
Moshe Naveh-Benjamin University of Missouri
Diane F. Halpern
Diane F. Halpern Claremont McKenna College
Neal E. Miller
Neal E. Miller Rockefeller University
Charles D. Spielberger
Charles D. Spielberger University of South Florida
Joseph D. Matarazzo
Joseph D. Matarazzo Oregon Health & Science University

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