Bill W. Tillery,
Arizona State University Eldon D. Enger,
Delta College Frederick C. Ross,
Delta College
ISBN: 0072996749 Copyright year: 2007
About the Author
Bill W. Tillery
Bill W. Tillery is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Arizona State University, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1973. He earned a Bachelors degree at Northeastern State University (1960), and Masters and Doctorate degrees from the University of Northern Colorado (1967). Before moving to Arizona State University, he served as Director of the Science and Mathematics Teaching Center at the University of Wyoming (1969-73) and as an assistant professor at Florida State University (1967-69). Bill has served on numerous councils, boards, and committees and was honored as the "Outstanding University Educator” at the University of Wyoming in 1972. He was elected the "Outstanding Teacher" in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Arizona State University in 1995.
During his time at Arizona State, Bill has taught a variety of courses, including general education courses in science and society, physical science, and introduction to physics. He has received more than 40 grants from the National Science Foundation, the U. S. Office of Education, from private industry (Arizona Public Service), and private foundations (The Flinn Foundation) for science curriculum development and science teacher inservice training. In addition to teaching and grant work, Bill has authored or co-authored more than 60 textbooks, many monographs, and served as editor of three separate newsletters and journals between 1977 and 1996.
Bill also maintains a web site dedicated to providing resources for science teachers. This site is named The Science Education Resource Page (SERP) and is funded by a grant from the Flinn Foundation. The URL is http://serp.la.asu.edu.Eldon D. Enger
Eldon D. Enger is professor emeritus of biology at Delta College, a community college near Saginaw, Michigan. He received his B.A. and M.S. degrees from the University of Michigan. Professor Enger has over 30 years of teaching experience, during which he has taught biology, zoology, environmental science, and several other courses. He has been very active in curriculum and course development.
Professor Enger is an advocate for variety in teaching methodology. He feels that if students are provided with varied experiences, they are more likely to learn. In addition to the standard textbook assignments, lectures, and laboratory activities, his classes are likely to include writing assignments, student presentation of lecture material, debates by students on controversial issues, field experiences, individual student projects, and discussions of local examples and relevant current events. Textbooks are very valuable for presenting content, especially if they contain accurate, informative drawings and visual examples. Lectures are best used to help students see themes and make connections, and laboratory activities provide important hands-on activities.
Professor Enger has been a Fulbright Exchange Teacher to Australia and Scotland, received the Bergstein Award for Teaching Excellence and the Scholarly Achievement Award from Delta College, and participated as a volunteer in Earthwatch Research Programs in Costa Rica, the Virgin Islands and Australia. During 2001 he was a member of a People to People delegation to South Africa.
Professor Enger is married, has two adult sons, and enjoys a variety of outdoor pursuits such as cross-country skiing, hiking, hunting, kayaking, fishing, camping and gardening. Other interests include reading a wide variety of periodicals, beekeeping, singing in a church choir, and preserving garden produce. Frederick C. Ross
Fred Ross is professor emeritus of biology at Delta College, a community college near Saginaw, Michigan. He received his B.S. and M.S. from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, and has attended several other universities and institutions. Professor Ross has over 30 years teaching experience, including junior and senior high school, during which he has taught biology, cell biology and biological chemistry, microbiology, environmental science, and zoology. He has been very active in curriculum and course development. These activities included the development of courses in infection control and microbiology, AIDS and infectious diseases, and a PBS ScienceLine course for elementary and secondary education majors in cooperation with Central Michigan University. In addition, he was involved in the development of the waste water microbiology technician curriculum offered by Delta College.
He was also actively involved in the National Task Force of Two Year College Biologists (American Institute of Biological Sciences), N.S.F. College Science Improvement Program (COSIP), Evaluator for Science and Engineering Fairs, Michigan Community College Biologists (MCCB), Judge for The Michigan Science Olympiad, Science Bowl, a member of committee to develop and update Blood-borne Pathogen Standards protocol, American Society for Microbiology as a member of Topic Outlines in Introductory Microbiology Study Group, and Member Sigma Xi, honor society for scientists and engineers.
Professor Ross involved his students in a variety of learning techniques and has been a prime advocate of writing-to-learn. Besides writing, his students are typically engaged in active learning techniques including use of inquiry based learning, the Internet, e-mail communications, field experiences, classroom presentation, as well as lab work. The goal of his classroom presentations and teaching is to actively engage the minds of his students in understanding the material, not just memorization of 'scientific facts.' Professor Ross is married and recently a grandfather. He enjoys sailing, horseback riding, as well as cross-country skiing.
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