McDermott, Lillian C.

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Name (Latin)
McDermott, Lillian C.
Date of birth
1931
Date of death
2020-07-08
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 70643221
Wikidata: Q106644927
Library of congress: n 95085749
TEC10: 000068701
Sources of Information
  • A view from physics, 2021:PDF back cover (Lillian C. McDermott, Ph.D. (1931-2020), was a professor and Director of the Physics Education Group at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Physical Society. Dr. McDermott was the recipient of many scientific and academic awards, including the Medal of the International Commission on Physics Education, the Oersted Medal of the American Association of Physics Teachers, the Education Research Award of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents, and the Millikan Lecture Award of the AAPT. Lillian passed away before the publication of this book.)
  • Physics by inquiry, 1995:CIP t.p. (Lillian C. McDermott, prof. of physics)

Wikipedia description:

Lillian Christie McDermott (1931 – July 8, 2020) was an American physicist. In the early 1970s, McDermott established the Physics Education Group (PEG) at the University of Washington to "improve the teaching and learning of physics from kindergarten all the way through graduate school." She was recognized for her many contributions to the field of physics education research with an election to the American Physical Society in 1990.

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