Bill W. Tillery,
Arizona State University Eldon D. Enger,
Delta College Frederick C. Ross,
Delta College
ISBN: 0073512257 Copyright year: 2013
About the Authors
Bill W. Tillery Bill W. Tillery is professor emeritus of Physics at Arizona
State University. He earned a bachelor’s degree at Northeastern
State University (1960) and master’s 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 (1969–1973) and as an assistant professor
at Florida State University (1967–1969). 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 forty grants from the National Science Foundation,
the U. S. Office of Education, private industry (Arizona
Public Service), and private foundations (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 sixty textbooks and many
monographs, and has served as editor of three newsletters and
journals between 1977 and 1996.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 thirty 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 thirty 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,
and 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 wastewater 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) and in the National Science Foundation College
Science Improvement Program, and has been an evaluator for
science and engineering fairs, Michigan Community College
Biologists, a judge for the Michigan Science Olympiad and the
Science Bowl, a member of a committee to develop and update
blood-borne pathogen standards protocol, and a member of
Topic Outlines in Introductory Microbiology Study Group of
the American Society for Microbiology.
Professor Ross involves his students in a variety of learning
techniques and has been a prime advocate of the writing to-
learn approach. 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,
and cross-country skiing.
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