Recent Publications and Talks

Here are the recent (and upcoming) talks and publications from the group.

Publications (past ~5 years)

• A Snapshot of Organic Chemistry Instruction and Curriculum over the Past 100 Years. Thomas A. Holme, Editorial Journal of Chemical Education, 2023, 100(6), 2093-2095.
• Inorganic Chemistry Instruction and Curriculum over the Past 100 Years. Thomas A. Holme, Editorial Journal of Chemical Education, 2023, 100(6), 2091-2092.
• Considering 100 Years of Instructional Innovation in Biochemistry. Thomas A. Holme, Editorial Journal of Chemical Education, 2023, 100(4), 1411-1412.
• Virtual Special Issue Collecting Studies of Pandemic Related Changes in Teaching and Learning Chemistry. Thomas A. Holme, Editorial Journal of Chemical Education, 2023, 100(3), 1089-1091.
• How to Celebrate a Century of Publishing. Thomas A. Holme, Editorial Journal of Chemical Education, 2023, 100(2), 425-426.
• Accelerating Change Amidst Stability. John W. Moore, Norbert J. Pienta, Thomas A. Holme, Editorial Journal of Chemical Education, 2023, 100(1), 1-3.
• “Measuring the role of spatial ability and multiple external representations in introductory geology students’ knowledge of plate tectonics”. Jack D. Polifka, Cinzia Cervato, Thomas A. Holme, Journal of Geoscience Education, 2022, DOI: 10.1080/10899995.2022.2135351
• “A Systems Approach to Chemistry is Required to Achieve Sustainable Transformation of Matter: The Case of Ammonia and Reactive Nitrogen”, Joesph Marc Whalen, Stephen A. Matlin, Thomas A. Holme, Jaclyn J. Stewart, Peter G. Mahaffy, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2022, 10(39), 12933-12947 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03159
•   “Design of a Research-Based Assessment for Children’s Attitudes and Motivation at Chemistry Outreach and Museum Events”, Christopher F. Bauer, Mary E. Emenike, Thomas A. Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2022, 99, 2821-2833 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00191 
• “The Open-Response Chemistry Cognitive Assistance Tutor System: Development and Implementation”, Emily C. King, Max Benson, Sandra Raysor, Thomas A. Holme, Jonathon Sewall, Kenneth R. Koedinger, Vincent Aleven, David J. Yaron, Journal of Chemical Education 2022, 99, 546-552 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00947 
• “Investigating General Chemistry Students’ Ideas of the Role of Scientific Instruments”, Jiwoo An, Thomas A. Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2022, 99, 828-838 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00647 
• Contemplating Flexibility in Chemistry Education. Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2022, 99(7), 2439-2440. 
• Connecting Chemistry Education and Insects. Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2022, 99(4), 1545-1546. 
• Findability, Keywords, and the Content in the Journal of Chemical Education. Judith N. Currano, Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2022, 99(3), 1147-1148.  
• “Measuring the impact of incorporating systems thinking into general chemistry on affective components of student learning”, Jiwoo An, Glen R. Loppnow, Thomas A. Holme, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2021, 99 (8), 698-705. 
• Technology, Molecular Representations, and Student Understanding of Chemistry, Jack D. Polifka, John Y. Baluyut, Thomas A. Holme, in Problems and Problem Solving in Chemistry Education: Analyzing Data, Looking for Patterns and Making Deductions, Ed. G. Tsaparlis, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 2021 
• “Evaluation of Augmented Reality Application Usage and Measuring Students’ Attitudes toward Instrumentation”, Jiwoo An, Thomas Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2021, 98 (4), 1458-1464, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01268 
• Can We Envision a Role for Imagination in Chemistry Learning? Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2021, 98(12), 3615-3616.
•  What Role May Intuitive Concepts about Chemical Ideas Play When Students Take Timed Tests? Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2021, 98(10), 3059-3060. 
• Considering the Call to Action for Science Education. Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2021, 98 (9), 2739-2740. 
• Introducing Journal of Chemical Education Virtual Festschrifts. Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, JJournal of Chemical Education, 2021, 98 (8) , 2487-2489. 
• Virtual Special Issue Call for Papers: Teaching Changes and Insights Gained in the Time after COVID-19 Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2021, 98 (7), 2141-2142. 
• Can the Cognitive Processes of Reading Student Evaluations Influence Their Utility? Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education,2021, 98 (6), 1829-1830. 
• Framing Student and Faculty Stress in Education: A Proposed Science Analogy. Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education 2021, 98 (5), 1473-1475. 
• What is Laying the Groundwork Today for the Next Big Education Revolution? Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2021, 98 (3), 701-702. 
• Should Chemistry Education Be Doing More to Support the Teaching of the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology? Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2021, 98 (2), 255-256.  
• “Using the chemistry of pharmaceuticals to introduce sustainable chemistry and systems thinking in general chemistry”, Thomas Holme, Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2020, 16, 100234. doi: 10.1016/j.scp.2020.100234
• “The American Chemical Society Exams Institute Undergraduate Chemistry Anchoring Concepts Content Map V: Analytical Chemistry, Thomas A. Holme, Christopher Bauer, Jaclyn M. Trate, Jessica J. Reed, Jeffrey R. Raker, Kristen L. Murphy, Journal of Chemical Education, 2020 , 97, 1530-1535.
• "Benefits to students of team-based learning in large-enrollment calculus", Travis Peters, Elgin Johnston, Heather Bolles, Craig Ogilvie, Alexis Knaub, Thomas A. Holme, 2020, PRIMUS (Problems, Resources and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies) ,DOI:10.1080/10511970.2018.1542417
• "Adapting the Anchoring Concepts Content Map (ACCM) of ACS Exams by Incorporating a Theme: Merging Green Chemistry and Organic Chemistry", Thomas A. Holme, Jennifer MacKellar, David J.C. Constable, Olga R. Michels, Jaclyn M. Trate, Jeffrey R. Raker, Kristen L. Murphy, 2020, Journal of Chemical Education, 97, 374-382
• "Usability Testing and the Development of an Augmented Reality Application for Laboratory Learning", Jiwoo An, Laila-Parvin Poly, Thomas A. Holme, 2020, Journal of Chemical Education, 97, 97-105.
•  Will 2020 Be an Inflection Point in the Trajectory of Chemistry Teaching and Learning? Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2020, 97, 4215-4216. 
• What Role Should Chemistry Education Play in Addressing Societal Trust of Applications of Chemistry?, Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2020, 97, 3471-3473. 
• Introduction to the Journal of Chemical Education Special Issue on Insights Gained While Teaching Chemistry in the Time of COVID-19, Thomas A. Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2020, 97, 2375-2377. 
• Communication and the Chemistry Education Pause of 2020, Thomas Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2020, 97, 1509-1510. 
• Chemistry Education in Times of Disruption and the Times That Lie Beyond, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2020, 97, 1219-1220. 
• The Emerging Role of Prepublication in Chemistry Education, Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2020, 97, 595-596. 
• The Winding Path toward Research-Informed Teaching Practices, Thomas A. Holme, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2020, 97, 311-312.
• “Investigating the Content Connections of General Chemistry and Chemistry in the News” Annabelle Lolinco, Christina Kindle, Thomas A. Holme in Communication in Chemistry - ACS Symposium Series, 2019, 1327, 215-227
• “Ensuring That Test Takers Can Use New Chemistry Assessments Made Possible by Technology” Jack Polifka and Thomas A. Holme in Technology Integration in Chemistry Education and Research (TICER) - ACS Symposium Series, 2019, 1318, 167-175
• "Integrating the Molecular Basis of Sustainability into General Chemistry through Systems Thinking", Peter G. Mahaffy, Stephen A. Matlin, J. Marc Whalen, Thomas A. Holme, 2019, Journal of Chemical Education, 96, 2730-2741
• "Graphical Tools for Conceptualizing Systems Thinking in Chemistry Education", Katherine B. Aubrecht, Yehudit Judy Dori, Thomas A. Holme, Rea Lavi, Stephen A. Matlin., MaryKay Orgill, Heather Skaza-Acosta, 2019, Journal of Chemical Education, 96, 2888-2900
• “Incorporating elements of green and sustainable chemistry in general chemistry via systems thinking” Thomas A. Holme in Integrating Green and Sustainable Chemistry Principles into Education, Eds. Andrew Dicks, Lloyd Bastin, 2019, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 31-47.
• "Reproducibility, Replication, and Generalization in Research about Teaching Innovation", Thomas A. Holme, 2019, Journal of Chemical Education, 96, 2359-2360
• "What Do We Miss about Students’ Individual Decision Making by Focusing Only on Overall Trends?", Thomas A. Holme, 2019, Journal of Chemical Education, 96, 1537-1538
• "Can Today’s Chemistry Curriculum Actually Produce Tomorrow’s Adaptable Chemist?", Thomas A. Holme, 2019, Journal of Chemical Education, 96, 611-612
• “Systems Thinking as a Vehicle To Introduce Additional Computational Thinking Skills in General Chemistry” Thomas A. Holme in It's Just Math: Research on Students' Understanding of Chemistry and Mathematics - ACS Symposium Series, 2019, 1316, 239-250
• "Systems Thinking for Education about the Molecular Basis of Sustainability", Peter Mahaffy, Stephen A. Matlin, Thomas A. Holme, Jennifer MacKellar, 2019, Nature Sustainability, 2, 362-370 DOI:10.1038/s41893-019-0285-3
• "Eye tracking student strategies for solving stoichiometry problems involving particulate nature of mater diagrams", John Y. Baluyut, Thomas A. Holme, 2019, Chemistry Teacher International, 1, DOI: 10.1515/cti-2018-0003
• "Alignment of ACS Inorganic Chemistry Examination Items to the Anchoring Concepts Content Map", Keith A. Marek, Jeffrey R. Raker, Thomas A. Holme, Kristen L. Murphy, 2018, Journal of Chemical Education, 95, 1468-1476
• "Impacts of the 2018 Division of Chemical Education Bylaw Changes on the Division’s Executive Committee Composition and Work", Marcy H. Towns, Thomas A. Holme, 2018, Journal of Chemical Education, 95, 1448-1450
• "A Central Learning Outcome for the Central Science", Thomas A. Holme, James E. Hutchison, 2018, Journal of Chemical Education, 95, 499-501 DOI:10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00174
• “The ACS Exams Institute Undergraduate Chemistry Anchoring Concepts Content Map III: Inorganic Chemistry”, Keith A. Marek, Jeffrey R. Raker, Thomas A. Holme. Kristen L. Murphy, 2018, Journal of Chemical Education, 95, 233-237 + Supplemental material DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00498.
• “The ACS Exams Institute Undergraduate Chemistry Anchoring Concepts Content Map IV: Physical Chemistry”, Thomas A. Holme, Jeffrey R. Raker, Kristen L. Murphy, 2018, Journal of Chemical Education, 95, 238-241 + Supplemental material DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00531.

Talks (past ~3 years and upcoming)

Upcoming Talks

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Talks in the Past ~3 Years

• 1. Tips for Publishing Educational Innovation in Discipline-Based Education Journals, Thomas Holme, Center for Teaching Excellence Roundtable Presentation, Rice University, Houston, TX, March 2023
• Old and New Ways to Support Student Writing about Chemistry Connections to Systems Thinking, Thomas Holme, Annabelle Lolinco, Texas Community College Teachers Association General Convention, Houston, TX, March 2023.
• From Context to Systems Thinking in Chemistry Education, Thomas Holme, Keynote Speaker, 44th National Convention of the South African Chemistry Institute, Stellenbosch, South Africa, January 2023
• Analyzing the evolution of chemistry teaching responses to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, Thomas Holme, Atlantic Basin Conference on Chemistry, Morocco, December 2022
• Exploring the role of Journal Special Issues in translating theory into practice, Thomas Holme, Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, October 2022
• “Using systems thinking concepts to build a connecting thread of real world applications for general chemistry topics.” Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022. 
• “Moving along the pandemic response continuum from survival towards intentionality.” Melanie Cooper, Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022 
• “Where we’ve been. Where we are. Where we’re going.” Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022.
• “Implementation and analysis of a free-form intelligent tutoring system for general chemistry calculations.” Emily King, Thomas Holme, David Yaron, Sandra Raysor, Maxwell Benson, Jonathon Sewall, Kenneth Koedinger, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022 
• “Student interactions with open-response chemistry tutors.” Emily King, Thomas Holme, David Yaron, Sandra Raysor, Maxwell Benson, Jonathon Sewall, Kenneth Koedinger, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022 
• “Helping students synthesize chemistry with context through soundboarding.” Annabelle Lolinco, Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022 
• “Integrating chatbots into the chemistry classroom.” Annabelle Lolinco, Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022  
• “Systems thinking in foundational chemistry: connecting chemistry content to earth and societal systems”, Thomas Holme, Plenary Talk, International Conference on Chemical Education, Cape Town, South Africa, July 2022 – delivered remotely due to Covid-19 
• “Analysis of efforts in computational chemistry education published in the Journal of Chemical Education”, Thomas Holme, 12th Trienial Congress of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 2022 
• “Likert Scales and Some Alternatives for Measuring Affect Related to Teaching Changes”, Thomas Holme, Jiwoo An, Chris Bauer, Mary Emenike, Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Calgary, AB, Canada, June 2022 
• “Student Writing as a Key Component of Assessing Sustainability and Systems Thinking in General Chemistry”, Thomas Holme, Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Reston, VA, June 2022 
• “Using Artificial Intelligence to Support Open-Ended Problem Solving in Chemistry”, Thomas Holme, David Yaron, Emily King, Sandra Raysor, Maxwell Benson, Jonathon Sewall, Kenneth Koedinger, IUSE-Summit, Washington, DC., June 2022 
• “Contemplating the Role of Systems Thinking in Chemistry and Chemistry Education”, Thomas Holme, Keynote Speaker, Lester Andrews Graduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, May,, 2022 
• “Measuring student learning of connections of general chemistry content to broader societal contexts”, Thomas Holme and Annabelle Lollinco, ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March, 2022 
• “Exploring student conceptions of scientific instruments and measurements”, Thomas Holme and Jiwoo An, ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March, 2022 
• “Editors Panel on Publishing and Academic Bullying”, Arianna Colosio, Thomas Holme, Charlotte Payne, Jonathan Sweedler, Academic Parity Movement 2nd Annual Conference, East Lansing, MI (Virtual), March 2022. 
• “Using Systems Thinking Concepts in General Chemistry to Combat Compartmentalized Knowledge Acquisition”, Thomas Holme, Departmental Seminar, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO (virtual), February, 2022. 
• “Combating Compartmentalized Chemistry Knowledge with Systems Thinking”. Chinese Chemical Society - American Chemical Society Chemical Education Forum, Beijing China (Virtual), November, 2021 
• “Using Systems Thinking Concepts in General Chemistry to Combat Compartmentalized Knowledge Acquisition”, Thomas Holme, Departmental Seminar, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, November, 2021. 
• “Using Systems Thinking Concepts in General Chemistry to Combat Compartmentalized Knowledge Acquisition”, Thomas Holme, 1st International Seminar on Chemistry and Chemical Education, Keynote Speaker, Pattimura University, Ambon-Maluku, Indonesia (Virtual) September 2021. 
• “New Affordances in Measuring Student Conceptual Knowledge in Chemistry via Technology”, Thomas Holme, Latsis Symposium 2021: STEM, Zurich, Switzerland, September, 2021 
• “Communicating scholarly efforts in chemistry education over the past century in the Journal of Chemical Education”, Thomas Holme, ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA (Virtual), August, 2021 
• “Ammonia: Smelling Salts for Systems Thinking in Chemistry Education”. Marc Whalen, Peter Mahaffy, Jaclyn J. Stewart, Thomas Holme, Stephen A. Matlin, Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Montreal, QC, (Virtual), August, 2021 
• “Incorporating Systems Thinking Within the Constraints of the General Chemistry Curriculum Using Human Health as a Context”. Thomas Holme Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Montreal, QC, (Virtual), August, 2021 
• “From Busy Hands to Busy Minds: General Chemistry Labs - What Does the Future Hold?” Rebecca Eikey, Pamela Auburn, Thomas A. Holme, 2-Year College Chemistry Consortium Community Forum, (Virtual), March 2021 
• “Sustainability conversations to connect general chemistry to Earth and societal systems”. Texas Community College Teachers Association Conference (online) Houston, TX, February 2021 
• “Complexity and Chemistry Content when Teaching in Interesting Times” Education Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, England, October 2020. 
• “Complexity and Chemistry Content when Teaching in Interesting Times” Seminar, Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, September 2020. 
• “Expanding boundaries in general chemistry to build a systems thinking approach to life cycle analysis for a pharmaceutical molecule”, Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Thomas A. Holme, on-line, June 2020. 
• “Using Systems Thinking Concepts in General Chemistry to Combat Compartmentalized Knowledge Acquisition”, Thomas Holme, Gomberg Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 2020. 
• “Helping Foundations Flourish: Systems Thinking as a Means to Connect Introductory Chemistry to Broader Science Studies”, Thomas Holme, Colloquium, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto - Mississauga, Toronto, ON, January 2020 

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