Publications
Holmes, N.G., Park, A.K., Day, J., Bonn, D.A., & Roll, I. (2013) Making the failure more productive: scaffolding the invention process to improve inquiry behaviours and outcomes in productive failure activities. Instructional Science, doi:10.1007/s11251-013-9300-7
Holmes, N.G. & Bonn, D.A. (Accepted) Doing science or doing a lab? Engaging students with scientific reasoning during physics lab experiments. Accepted to PERC Proceedings 2013, AIP Press.
Holmes, N.G., Roll, I., & Bonn, D.A. (Accepted) Participating in the physics lab: does gender matter? Accepted to Physics in Canada.
Holmes, N. G., Martinuk, M. “Sandy”, Ives, J., & Warren, M. (2013). Teaching Assistant Professional Development by and for TAs. The Physics Teacher, 51(4), 218. doi:10.1119/1.4795361
Roll, I., Holmes, N.G., Day, J., & Bonn, D.A. (2012). Evaluating metacognitive scaffolding in guided invention activities. Instructional Science, 40, 691-710.
Holmes, N.G. (2011). Creating better scientists: Using metacognitive scaffolding and intelligent tutoring systems to improve learning from invention. Master’s thesis, University of British Columbia.
Campbell, J.L., Lee, M., Jones, B.N., Andrushenko, S.M., Holmes, N.G., Maxwell, J.A. and Taylor, S.M. (2009) A fundamental parameters approach to calibration of the Mars Exploration Rover Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer. Journal of Geophysical Research. 114, E04006, doi:10.1029/2008JE003272
Oral Presentations
Holmes, N.G. & Bonn, D.A. (July, 2013) Reflection and evaluation in physics labs: Can it be done? American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting (Portland, OR)
Holmes, N.G., Roll, I., Day, J., Bonn, D.A. (May, 2013). Developing analysis skills through invention; Canadian Association of Physicists Congress (Montreal, QC)
Holmes, N.G., Ramshaw, B.J. Roll, I., Day, J., Bonn, D.A. (May 2013) The Invention Support Environment: The effect of task structure on student reasoning during invention activities; American Educational Research Association Annual meeting (San Francisco, CA)
Holmes, N.G. (April 2013) New roles for teaching assistants; Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative End-of-year Event (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC)
Holmes, N.G., Roll, I., Day, J., Bonn, D.A. (October, 2012). Developing analysis skills through invention; American Association of Physics Teachers Washington Section Meeting (Bellingham, WA)
Holmes, N.G., Roll, I., Day, J., Bonn, D.A. (August, 2012). Developing analysis skills through invention; Women in Physics Canada (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC)
Holmes, N.G., Roll, I., Day, J., Bonn, D.A. (July, 2012). Developing analysis skills through invention; American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting (Philadelphia, PA)
Holmes, N.G. (July 2011). The Invention Lab: Helping students become better scientists; Women in Physics Canada (Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, ON)
Holmes, N.G., Roll, I., Bonn, D.A., Day, J. (October 2010). Examining Invention Task Support to Improve Student Acquisition of Scientific Reasoning Skills; Graduate Student Seminar Series (Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC)
Poster Presentations
Holmes, N.G. & Bonn, D.A. (July 2013) Doing Science Or Doing A Lab? Engaging Students With Scientific Reasoning During Physics Lab Experiments. Physics Education Research Conference (Portland, OR)
Holmes, N.G., Roll, I., Day, J., Bonn, D.A. (April 2013) Reflection, evaluation, and participation in undergraduate physics labs; Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative End-of-year Event (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC)
Holmes, N.G., Roll, I., Bonn, D.A., Day, J. (June 2012). The Invention Support Environment: Where do we go from here?; Foundations and Frontiers in Physics Education Research – Puget Sound (Burlington, WA)
Holmes, N.G., Roll, I., Bonn, D.A., Day, J. (April 2012). The Invention Support Environment: Where do we go from here?; Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative End-of-year Event (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC)
Holmes, N.G., Roll, I., Bonn, D.A., Day, J. (March 2011). On guided invention activities that support scientific reasoning and domain learning; Foundations and Frontiers in Physics Education Research – Puget Sound (Olympic Peninsula, WA)
Holmes, N.G., Roll, I., Bonn, D.A., Day, J. (May 2010). Examining Invention Task Support to Improve Student Acquisition of Scientific Reasoning Skills.; inter-Science of Learning Center Conference (iSLC) (Boston University, Boston, MA)