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Publications

2020

Assessing the assessment: Mutual information between response choices and factor scores

Walsh C, Holmes NG. Assessing the assessment: Mutual information between response choices and factor scores. In: Conference. 2020. pp. 597-602, .

Context of authority may affect students’ evaluations of measurement

Smith EM, Chodkowski N, Holmes NG. Context of authority may affect students’ evaluations of measurement. In: Conference. 2020. pp. 554-559, .

Student interpretations of uncertainty in classical and quantum mechanics experiments

Stein MM, White C, Passante G, Holmes NG. Student interpretations of uncertainty in classical and quantum mechanics experiments. In: Conference. 2020. pp. 573-578, .

Why Traditional Labs Fail, and What We Can Do About It

Holmes NG. Why Traditional Labs Fail, and What We Can Do About It. Active Learning in College Science: The Case for Evidence-Based Practice. 2020;:271-290, .

2019

Using the Ecology and Evolution-Measuring Achievement and Progression in Science assessment to measure student thinking across the Four-Dimensional Ecology Education framework

Smith MK, Walsh C, Holmes NG, Summers MM. Using the Ecology and Evolution-Measuring Achievement and Progression in Science assessment to measure student thinking across the Four-Dimensional Ecology Education framework. Ecosphere. 2019;10(9).

A re-examination of the fundamental parameters approach to calibration of the Curiosity rover alpha particle X-ray spectrometer

Campbell JL, Thomson DD, Flannigan EL, Holmes NG, Tesselaar DW, VanBommel S. A re-examination of the fundamental parameters approach to calibration of the Curiosity rover alpha particle X-ray spectrometer. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 2019;447:22-29, .

Operationalizing the AAPT Learning Goals for the Lab

Holmes NG, Smith EM. Operationalizing the AAPT Learning Goals for the Lab. Physics Teacher. 2019;57(5):296-299, .

Tools for change: Measuring student conceptual understanding across undergraduate biology programs using bio-maps assessments

Smith MK, Brownell SE, Crowe AJ, Holmes NG, Knight JK, Semsar K, et al. Tools for change: Measuring student conceptual understanding across undergraduate biology programs using bio-maps assessments. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. 2019;20(2).

2018

Assessment of critical thinking in physics labs: Concurrent validity

Walsh C, Quinn KN, Holmes NG. Assessment of critical thinking in physics labs: Concurrent validity. In: . 2018.

Confirming what we know: Understanding questionable research practices in intro physics labs

Stein MM, Smith EM, Holmes NG. Confirming what we know: Understanding questionable research practices in intro physics labs. In: . 2018.