Science-based research on the effectiveness of RISE curricular materials and professional development on student performance.

The following articles have been published on RISE projects and research activities.

NC Kwiek, MJ Halpin, JP Reiter, LA Hoeffler, and RD Schwartz-Bloom (2007) Pharmacology in the High School Classroom. Science 317:1871-1872 Read »
POSTER presented at the 2007 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Student Science Enrichment Program Meeting: LEAP---Launch Into Education About Pharmacology Read »
POSTER presented at the 2007 Society for Neuroscience Meeting: Pharmacology Education Partnership II: Teaching Neuroscience & Pharmacology to High School Students Improves Achievement in Biology & Chemistry Read »
POSTER presented at the 2006 Society for Neuroscience Meeting: Professional Development in Neuroscience & Pharmacology for High School Teachers Improves Their Students' Scores in Biology & Chemistry Read »
MJ Halpin, L Hoeffler, and RD Schwartz-Bloom (2005) Piquing student interest with pharmacology. The Science Teacher. Nov. 48-51. Read »
RD Schwartz-Bloom (2005) Science Education: A Neuroscientist's View of Translational Medicine. Journal of Neuroscience 25:5667-5669. Read »
RD Schwartz-Bloom (2005) The Pharmacology Education Partnership: Improving high school biology and chemistry. The Pharmacologist 47:13-16. Read »
RD Schwartz-Bloom and MJ Halpin (2004) The Pharmacology Education Partnership: Improving high school biology and chemistry. Proceedings of the Conference on K-12 Outreach from University Science Departments. Read »
RD Schwartz-Bloom and MJ Halpin (2003) Integration of pharmacology topics into high school biology and chemistry classes improves student performance. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 40: 922-938. Read »