M.S. Chemistry (Education); Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 1995
B.S. Chemistry; Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 1991
Courses Taught
General Chemistry II/General Chemistry II Lab
Laboratory Safety
Physical Chemistry I/Physical Chemistry I Lab
Physical Chemistry II/Physical Chemistry II Lab
Chemistry Seminar
Academic Interests
Chemistry Education
Application of Mathematics in Science Education
Laboratory Revision
Scholarly Activity
Bowers, P.G., Hofstetter, C., Letter, C. Toomey, R.T., Supersaturation Limit for Homogeneous Nucleartion of Oxygen Bubbles in Water at Elevated Pressure: "Super-Henry's Law", J. Phys. Chem. Vol. 99, No 23, pp. 9632-9637 (1995)
Bowers, P.G., Hofstetter, C., Ngo, H/L/, Toomey, R.T., Temperature Dependence of Bubble Nucleation Limits for Aqueous Solutions of Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogen and Oxygen, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 215, pp. 441-442 (1999)
Cohen, J., Kennedy-Justice, M., Pai, S., Torres, C., Depierro, E., Garafalo, F., Toomey, R.T., Encouraging Meaningful Quantitative Problem Solving. J. Chem. Educ. Vol. 77, No. 9, pp. 1166-1173 (2000)
Toomey, R., DePierro, E., Garafalo, F., Helping Students to Make Inferences About the Atomic Realm by Delaying the Presentation of Atomic Structure. Chem. Educ. Res. Pract. Eur.. Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 183-202 (2001)
Targeted Connections In Science and Mathematics: Presented at the 50th National Science Teachers Association, San Diego, CA 2002.
Toomey, R.; DePierro, E.; Garafalo, F. Using a Socratic Dialog to Help Students Construct Fundamental Concepts. J. Chem. Educ. Vol. 80, No. 12, pp. 1408-1416 (2003)
Toomey, R.; Garafalo, F. Linking Physics with Chemistry - Opportunities in a Constructivist Classroom. Chem. Educ. Res. Pract. Eur. Vol. 4, pp.189-204 (2003)
Garafalo, F., DePierro, E., Toomey, R. Insights Obtained Through the Study of A Concentration Cell. Chem. Educ. Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 67-70 (2007)
Garafalo, F., DePierro, E., Toomey, R., Helping Students Make Sense of Logarithms and Logarithmic Relationships. J. Chem. Educ., Vol. 85, No. 9, pp. 1226-1228 (2008)
Using Inquiry to Build the Foundation for a Meaningful Understanding of Science. Presented at the 56th National Meeting of the National Science Teachers Association. Boston, MA,, 2008.
Student Group Advisement
Gamma Sigma Epsilon National Chemistry Honor Society
Other Professional Experiences
Member of the American Chemical Society
Member of the National Science Teachers Association
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