个人简介

Tom Holme, Professor, joined the faculty in August 2008. He received his Ph.D. from Rice University in 1987 and was a Postdoctoral Associate at Hebrew University and the University of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1989. He began his academic career at the University of South Dakota and comes to us from the University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee. He maintains two research groups, one in Chemical Education Research and the other in Computational Chemistry.

研究领域

Chemical Education/Computational Chemistry

In Chemical Education, my research focuses on measurement and assessment of student learning. I serve as Director of the Examinations Institute of the American Chemical Society, and my research generally seeks to improve the quality of information that can be obtained from exams and other forms of assessment. The work is carried out within the context of theories of cognition that help organize our understanding of how students approach the tasks they undertake while taking an exam. My group is developing methods to assess the cognitive complexity of test items considering both the objective complexity inherent in the content covered by the assessment and the subjective complexity as determined by a student taking an exam. The combination of these types of complexity provides an estimation of the cognitive load the student experiences while testing and this information can help explain the validity and reliability of the measurement of that student's knowledge. In computational chemistry our research group carries out a combination of approaches to look at biologically important chemical processes — in both human and plant applications — that involve chemicals that include main-group inorganic elements like boron or silicon. Because molecules in this category often contain bonding motifs that have not been extensively studied in biochemical systems, the research begins with small molecule quantum chemistry studies that inform the development of force field parameterizations for molecular mechanics calculations. Ultimately, because the biochemical action of the molecules of interest often involves the breaking and/or forming of chemical bonds, hybrid QM/MM methods must be utilized for the study of these systems.

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"Exploring the Apparent Motivational Impact of Resurrection Points from Final Exam Performance", Jeffrey R. Raker and Thomas A. Holme, in Innovative Uses of Assessment for Teaching and Research - ACS Symposium Series, 1182, 115-131, 2014. "The Role of Non-Content Goals in the Assessment of Chemistry Learning", Jessica R. Reed and Thomas A. Holme,in Innovative Uses of Assessment for Teaching and Research - ACS Symposium Series, 1182, 147-160, 2014. "Bulding a database for the historical analysis of the General Chemistry curriculum using ACS General Chemistry Exams as artifacts", Cynthia J, Luxford, Kimberly J. Linenberger, Jeffrey R. Raker, John Y. Baluyut, Jessica J. Reed, Chamila DeSilva, Thomas A. Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, 91 DOI: 10.1021/ed500732q Infusing Sustainability Science Literacy through Chemistry Education: Climate Science as a Rich Context for Learning Chemistry", Peter G. Mahaffy, Brian E. Martin, Mary Kirchoff, Lalie McKenzie, Thomas Holme, Ashley Verspille, Marcy Towns, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2014, 2, DOI: dxdoi.org/10.1021/sc500415k "Biochemistry Instructors’ Views towards Developing and Assessing Visual Literacy in Their Courses", Kimberly J. Linenberger and Thomas A. Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, 91 DOI: 10.1021/ed500420r "Improving instructional design with better analysis of assessment data", Kristen L. Murphy and Thomas A. Holme, Journal of Learning Design, 2014, 7, 28-46. "Comparing Recent Organizing Templates for Test Content between ACS Exams in General Chemistry and AP Chemistry", Thomas Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, 91 1352-1356 DOI: 10.1021/ed400856r "Investigating Faculty Familiarity with Assessment Terminology by Applying Cluster Analysis to Interpret Survey Data", Jeffrey R. Raker and Thomas A. Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, 91 1145-1151 DOI: 10.1021/ed500075e "Results of a National Survey of Biochemistry Instructors to Determine the Prevalence and Types of Representations Used during Instruction and Assessment" Kimberly J. Linenberger and Thomas A. Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, 91 800-806 DOI: 10.1021/ed400201v Book review of "Pioneers of Quantum Chemistry", edited by Strom & Wilson, Thomas Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, 91 773-775. DOI: 10.1021/ed500184t General Chemistry for Engineering Students, 3E, Lawrence Brown and Thomas Holme, Cengage Publishing, © 2014 – published November 2013. "Adaptation of an Instrument for Measuring the Cognitive Complexity of Organic Chemistry Exam Items", Jeffrey R. Raker, Jaclyn M. Trate, Thomas A. Holme and Kristen Murphy, Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90, 1290-1295 DOI: 10.1021/ed400373c "A Historical Analysis of the Curriculum of Organic Chemistry using ACS Exams as Artifacts" Jeffrey R. Raker and Thomas A. Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90 DOI: 10.1021/ed400327b "Importance of considering longitudinal trajectories in education reform efforts", Thomas Holme, Melanie Cooper and Pratibha Varma-Nelson, in Trajectories of Chemistry Education Innovation and Reform, ACS Symposium Series, 1145, 3-10, 2013. "A trajectory of reform in general chemistry for engineering students", Thomas Holme and Heather Caruthers, in Trajectories of Chemistry Education Innovation and Reform, ACS Symposium Series, 1145, 65-78, 2013. "Lessons learned from collaboration in chemistry assessment across universities: Challenges in transfer and scale", Pamela Paek and Thomas Holme, in Trajectories of Chemistry Education Innovation and Reform, ACS Symposium Series, 1145, 157-169, 2013. "Polytomous versus Dichotomous Scoring on Multiple-Choice Examinations: Development of a Rubric for Rating Partial Credit ", Megan L. Grunert, Jeffrey R. Raker, Kristen L. Murphy, Thomas A. Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90, DOI: 10.1021/ed400247d "The ACS Exams Institute Undergraduate Chemistry Anchoring Concepts Content MapI I: Organic Chemistry", Jeffrey. Raker, Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy, Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90, DOI: 10.1021/ed400175w "Validating Chemistry Faculty Members' Self-Reported Familiarity with Assessment Terminology", Mary E. Emenike, Jeffrey R. Raker, Thomas A. Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90, DOI: 10.1021/ed400094j "Computational studies of dative bond containung heterocyclic ring structures" Chamila C. De Silva and Thomas A. Holme, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 2013, 1019, DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2013.06.022 "Using Structural Equation Modeling to Understand Chemistry Faculty Familiarity of Assessment Terminology: Results from a National Survey", Jeffrey R. Raker, Mary E. Emenike, Thomas A. Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90, DOI: 10.1021/ed300636m "Identifying Differential Performance in General Chemistry: Differential Item Functioning Analysis of ACS General Chemistry Trial Tests", Lisa Kendhammer, Thomas Holme, Kristen Murphy, Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90, 561-567 DOI: 10.1021/ed4000298 "Results from a National Needs Assessment Survey: A View of Assessment Efforts within Chemistry Departments", Mary Elizabeth Emenike, Jacob Schroeder, Kristen Murphy, Thomas Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90, 561-567 DOI: 10.1021/ed200632c