My name is William H. Robertson and I am currently an Associate Provost in the
Provost's Office at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) as well as an
Associate Professor in the Teacher Education Department in the College of Education. My
areas of expertise are in science education, curriculum development and technology
integration in the K-12 levels. Previous to coming to UTEP, I was an employee at Los
Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for ten years, where I worked in science and technology
education and outreach. I completed my Ph.D. in Multicultural Teacher and Childhood
Education with an emphasis in science and technology at the University of New Mexico in
2000. I have also obtained a Master's degree in Science Education from the
University of Colorado – Boulder, a BA in Spanish from UTEP, a BS in Zoology from
Northern Arizona University and a BA degree in History from Duke University. In 2008, I
received an appointment with the Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación
(UMCE) in Santiago, Chile as part of the Fulbright US Scholars program. I held a teaching
and research appointment at UMCE from July to December of 2008. I have also been a long
time participant and performer in skateboarding with over 30 years in the sport, and have
developed Dr. Skateboard’s Action Science, which addresses physical science concepts for
middle school students.

Articles

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Dr. Skateboard’s action science: Teaching physics in context, The science education review (2009)

Dr. Skateboard’s Action Science, a curriculum supplement which consists of video instruction and classroom activities...

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The Greatest Constructivist Educator Ever: The Pedagogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew in the Context of the 5Es, Christian Perspectives in Education (2009)

The gospel message of Jesus Christ found in the New Testament requires the learner to...

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Bridging the gap between real world polar science and the classroom (with Vanessa Lougheed, Craig Tweedie, Aaron Velasco, and Claudia V. Garcia), The journal of college science teaching (2009)

The International Polar Year - Research and Educational Opportunities in Antarctica for Minorities (IPY-ROAM) program...

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Dr. Skateboard’s action science: Transforming science education for middle school students, The south eastern teacher education journal (2009)

The main objective of this article is to describe an example of unique and creative...

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Skateboard: Ciencia de acción de Doctor Skateboard: Educacion transformativa en física, Perspectivas educacionales (2009)

This article, written in Spanish, describes a transformative process for teaching physics in the middle...

Books

Developing problem-based curriculum: Unlocking student success utilizing critical thinking and inquiry (2008)

This book utilizes a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) approach to curriculum development and delivery. PBL is...

Conference Proceedings

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Project STIMMULIS: Science Teachers Integrating Mathematical Modeling for Undergraduate Learning and Instruction in Schools (with David Carrego), In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference 2010 (pp. 1612-1619). (2010)

Computer-based mathematical modeling in Physics is a process of constructing models of concepts and the...

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Dr. Skateboard’s action science: Increasing science knowledge and skills for middle school teachers, Proceedings of American Institute of Higher Education (AIHE) International Conference 2010, Volume 3, Number 1, pp. 288-297. (2010)

Dr. Skateboard’s Action Science maps to the physical science Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS)...

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Transforming Middle School Science Education Through Action Science, Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) (2009)

Dr. Skateboard’s Action Science is a curriculum supplement for middle school students that is designed...

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Increasing Pre-service Teacher Science Test Success with a Tutorial CD (with Brian H. Giza and Stephanie S. Kuehne), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) (2007)

Pre-service teachers often perform poorly on high-stakes state certification exams. Noting that there were a...

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Field-based science education with a community service learning focus, Proceedings of American Educational Research Association (AERA) International Conference 2007. (2007)

Field-based program of studies for future teachers provides opportunities for powerful learning through a dialectical...