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Thomas A. Holme Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry Personal Data: Work Address: Department of Chemistry; Iowa State University, 1105 Gilman Hall, Ames, IA, 50011 Computer Address: taholme@iastate.edu Work Phone: 414 - 229 – 5680 Work FAX: 515 - 294 - 4492 Education: Rice University, Houston, Texas; August 1983 - March 1987 Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa; August 1979 - May 1983 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Physics - Magna Cum Laude Honors and Awards (as faculty): Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2011 Fellow, American Chemical Society, 2011 Great Lakes Regional Award for Volunteer Service – American Chemical Society, 2006 Milwaukee Section Award – American Chemical Society, 2005 Biography Listings

- Who’s Who in American Education, first listed in 2005 - 2000 Top Scientists of the 21st Century, 2004 - America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals, (2003-2008) - Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, first listed in 2002 - Who’s Who in America, first listed in 2001

Helen M. Free Award for Public Outreach, American Chemical Society, 1999 Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1998 Inducted, Loras Players (Theatre) Hall of Fame, Loras College, 1997 Elected as Faculty Member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Universtiy of South Dakota 1994 Belbas-Larson Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of South Dakota, 1993 Fulbright Scholar, University of Zambia, 1989 Professional Affiliations: American Association for the Advancement of Science American Chemical Society National Science Teachers Association Sigma Xi

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Professional Experience: Professor, Iowa State University, 2008 – present Professor and Director of General Chemistry, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, 2002 - 2008 Exchange Professor, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea, Spring 2000 Associate Professor and Director of General Chemistry, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, 1994 - 2002 Assistant Professor, University of South Dakota, 1989 - 1994 Fulbright Lecturer, University of Zambia, 1989 - 1990 Research Assistant, University of Pennsylvania, 1988 - 1989 Research Assistant, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1987- 1988 Research Assistant, Rice University, 1984 - 1987 Teaching Assistant, Rice University, 1983 - 1984 Teaching Assistant, North Dakota State University, 1983 Research Assistant, North Dakota State University, Summer 1982, 1983 NSF Undergraduate Research Participant, North Dakota State University, 1981 Funded Grant Activity (as PI or co-PI): “Needs Assessment of Chemistry Instructors for Educational Measurement Professional Development Materials.” with Kristen Murphy, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, NSF-CCLI: $168,872, 9-1-2009 through 8-30-2011. “Collaborative Research: A Data-Driven Model for Chemistry Education Reform” (lead PI) with Stacey Bretz, Univ. of Miami, Melanie Cooper, Clemson, Jennifer Lewis, Univ. of South Florida, Norbert Pienta, Univ. of Iowa, Ron Stevens, IMMEX, Marcy Towns, Purdue, Project Budget: $499,860: Iowa State Budget: 310,000 9-15-2008 through 3-14-2012 “Collaborative Research: Electronic Delivery and Criterion Referencing of Assessment Materials in Chemistry” (lead PI) with Dave Hart, UMass Amherst and John Moore, UW-Madison, Project budget: $499,881: UWM Budget: $199,997 9-15-2007 through 1-31-2012 “Using Cognitive Load Theory to Design and Assess Questions and Problem Solving Strategies in Chemistry” with Norbert Pienta (lead PI), University of Iowa and Melanie Cooper, Clemson University, National Science Foundation, CCLI Project Budget: $481,686 UWM Budget, $98,840 2006-2008 “Adapting IMMEX to Provide Problem Solving Assessment Materials from the ACS Exams Institute”, Collaborative Project with Melanie Cooper, Clemson University and Ron Stevens, UCLA. National Science Foundation, CCLI Project Budget: $459,198 UWM Budget $193,323. 2005- 2007 “NUE: Nanoscience Based Supplementary Items for ACS Exams Institute Assessment Materials”, National Science Foundation – Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education, 2004-2006, $100,894

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“Gateway Examinations in General Chemistry for Engineers”, National Science Foundation - Course and Curriculum Development, 1998-2001, $120,000. “Chemical Toxicology for Fire Department Hazardous Materials Teams Through Distance Learning”, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, 1998-1999, $25,000 “Using Technology to Enhance Learning in Large Lecture Science Courses”, UWM Student Technology Competition, 1996, $50,000 “ Theoretical Studies of Boronated Biomolecules”, UWM Graduate School Grants Competition, 1995, $5,740 “Computational Studies of Cluster Chemistry as a Model of the Gas-Surface Interface”, National Science Foundation-EPSCoR, 1992-95 $239,935. “Simulation Studies of the Gas-Surface Interface: Laser Induced Thermal Desorption,” South Dakota Future Fund-EPSCoR, 1991, $94,324. Courses Taught: Honors Seminar: Chemistry and Science Fiction – UWM Senior Seminar – UWM Inorganic Chemistry – UWM Big Ideas in Science – An Introduction to Scientific Reasoning for Education Majors - UWM Basic Chemistry for Teachers - UWM Graduate Chemical Kinetics - UWM Chemistry Curriculum Development for Teachers – UWM Chemical Concepts in AP Chemistry – UWM Preparatory Chemistry (for students lacking background) - UWM Chemistry for Non-science Majors - UWM Computer Modeling in Chemistry - UWM, USD General Chemistry (for science majors) - UWM, USD, University of Zambia, Ajou, Iowa State General Chemistry (for engineering majors) – UWM, Iowa State Physical Chemistry (Thermodynamics) – USD, UWM Graduate Thermodynamics - USD, University of Zambia Graduate Quantum Mechanics/ Molecular Orbital Theory - USD Physical Chemistry Laboratory - USD Honors Course: Scientific Creativity, Past, Present and Future - USD History of Chemistry – USD, UWM Introductory Organic Chemistry - University of Zambia

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National Professional Service: 1. Lead Editor, AP Chemistry Laboratory Manual, College Board; 2011 – present. 2. Member, Advisory Board, American Chemical Society Office of Professional Education,

2009 – present.

3. Chair, Review Panel for the National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, July, 2010

4. Member, Curriculum Development and Assessment Committee, for AP Chemistry, College Board, 2008 – 2009

5. Member, Domain Analysis Panel for Reinventing AP Chemistry, College Board, 2008 6. Member, Domain Model Development team for Evidence Centered Design: AP Chemistry,

College Board, 2007 – 2008 7. Chair, Review Panel for the National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate

Education, July, 2008 8. Member, Editorial Review Board: Journal of Nano Education, 2007 – present. 9. Member, ACS Award Selection Committee, 2007 – 2009, 2010 – present (Committee chair,

2009) 10. Conference co-organizer, “Practicing Chemistry with Theoretical Tools”, Maui, HI,

January 2007. 11. Member, Review Panel, National Science Foundation, REC Division, 2006. 12. Member, Panel for Content Domain Analysis of the Reinventing AP Chemistry Project,

College Board, 2006 – 2009 13. Symposium Organizer, “Models for Contextualizing General Chemistry Course Content”

National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA March 2006 14. Symposium Organizer, “Accreditation of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry

Education”, International Conference on Chemical Education, Seoul, Korea, August, 2006 15. Member, Search Committee for Editor, Journal of Chemical Education, 2005 – 2006 16. Chair, Review Panel for the National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate

Education, July, 2005 17. Discussion Leader, Gordon Conference on Innovations in Chemistry Education, June 2005

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18. Feature Editor, Resources for Student Assessment, Journal of Chemical Education, 2003 –

2009. 19. Director, Examinations Institute of the Division of Chemical Education, 2002 – present 20. General Chair, 2006 Great Lakes Regional Meeting, 2003 – 2006 21. Associate Member, Society Committee on Education (SOCED), American Chemical

Society, 2004 - 2007 22. Councilor, Milwaukee Section of the American Chemical Society, 2000 - 2008 23. Member, Steering Committee, NSF Workshop on Cyber-enabled Chemistry, October 2004. 24. Associate Editor, Thompson/Gale Encyclopedia of Chemistry, 2001 – 2004 25. Member, Committee on Public Relations and Communication, American Chemical Society,

2001- 2003 (member of the Helen Free Award for Public Outreach selection subcommittee). 26. Advisory Board Memberships, (1) FIPSE Grant, Youngstown State University, 2002-

present; (2) NSF-ASA Grant, SUNY – Stony Brook, 2003. 27. Symposium Organizer, “Can we talk? Communication in Chemistry Education.” National

Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA 2003 – Designated as a Presidential Event

28. Chair, Review Panel for the National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate

Education, August, 1999 29. Member, Review Panel for the National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate

Education, February, 1999 30. Symposium Organizer, with Dr. Cathy Middlecamp (UW-Madison) “Peer Review: It’s

Role in Chemistry Education”, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, 1999

31. Speaker, ACS Speaker Service for Local Section meetings, 1998 – 2010 32. Symposium Organizer, “Students Then and Now: Opportunities and Challenges”, Joint

Symposium in Chemistry Education and History of Chemistry, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, 1997

33. Public Relations Chairman, Division of Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society

1996-2001

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34. Editor, Users Newsletter for Chemistry in Context, William C. Brown Publishers, 1995 – 1998

35. Chairman, Committee to Develop National Exam for Chemistry in Context, ACS Exams

Institute, 1995 – 1996 36. Symposium Organizer, “Reform When We’re Not Singing to the Choir”, National Meeting

of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA March 1996 37. Discussion Leader, Gordon Conference on Innovations in Chemistry Education, January

1995 Summary of Scholarly Activity: 54 refereed/invited publications - 34 in chemistry/science education - 20 in chemistry research (theoretical/computational chemistry) 2 textbooks (first and second edition) 1 Chemistry Encyclopedia, Associate Editor 20 National Workshops directed 42 Chemistry exams released (secure exams are not “published”) 121 contributed papers - 79 in chemistry/science education - 42 in chemistry research - 22 of these research papers given by undergraduate students 176 invited presentations - 121 in chemistry/science education - 55 in chemistry research Publications: 1. "Building the ACS Exams Anchoring Concept Content Map forUndergraduate Chemistry",

Kristen Murphy, Thomas Holme, April Zenisky, Heather Caruthers and Karen Knaus, Journal of Chemical Education, 2012, in press, available in ASAP DOI: 10.1021/ed300049w

2. "The ACS Exams Institute Undergraduate Chemistry Anchoring Concepts Content Map I:

General Chemistry", Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy, Journal of Chemical Education, 2012, in press, available in ASAP DOI: 10.1021/ed300050q

3. “Classroom Response Systems Have Not “Crossed the Chasm”: Estimating Numbers of

Chemistry Faculty Who Use Clickers”, Mary Emenike and Thomas Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2012, 89, 465-469.

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4. “Investigating factors that influence item performance on ACS Exams”, Jacob Schroeder, Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme; Journal of Chemical Education, 2012, 89, 346-350.

5. “ACS Exams as an example of scholarship based assessement in a discipline”, Thomas Holme and Megan Grunert, invited paper, Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, American Institute of Physics, 2012, 1413, 35-38.

6. “Assessing Conceptual versus Algorithmic Knowledge: Are We Engendering New Myths in Chemical Education?”, Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy, in, Investigating Classroom Myths through Research on Teaching and Learning, Bunce, D.M. ed., ACS Symposium Series, pgs 195-206, 2011.

7. “A Snapshot of Chemistry Faculty Members’ Awareness of Departmental Assessment Efforts” Mary Emenike, Jacob Schroeder, Kristen Murphy, Thomas Holme, Assessment Update, 2011, 23(4), 1-2, 14-16.

8. “Assessing Conceptual and Algorithmic Knowledge in General Chemistry with ACS Exams”

Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy, Journal of Chemical Education, 2011, 88, 1217-1222.

9. “A Valid and Reliable Instrument for Cognitive Complexity Rating Assignment of Chemistry Exam Items”, Karen Knaus, Kristen Murphy, Anja Blecking and Thomas Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2011, 88, 554-560.

10. “Enhancing the role of assessment in curriculum reform in chemistry”, Thomas Holme, Stacey Lowery Bretz, Melanie Cooper, Jennifer Lewis, Pamela Paek, Norbert Pienta, Angelica Stacy, Ron Stevens, Marcy Towns, Chemical Education Research and Practice, 2010, 11, 92-97.

11. “The Impact of Nanoscience Context on Multiple Choice Chemistry Items”, Karen Knaus,

Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme, in Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education, Eds. K.A.O. Pacheco, R.W. Schwenz, W.E. Jones; ACS Symposium Series, Oxford University Press, 2010, 7-18.

12. "Data-Driven Implementation and Adaptation of New Teaching Methodologies", Kristen L.

Murphy, John P. Picione, and Thomas A. Holme, Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010, 40, 80-86.

13. Chemistry for Engineering Students (2nd Edition), Lawrence S. Brown and Thomas A.

Holme, Cengage Publishers, Belmont, CA, © 2010 14. “ Designing Chemistry Practice Exams for Enhanced Benefits: An Instrument for Comparing

Performance and Mental Effort Measures”, Karen Knaus, Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2009, 87, 827-832.

15. “Assessing Problem-solving Strategies in Chemistry Using the IMMEX System”, Melanie

Cooper, Ron Stevens and Thomas Holme, in Proceedings of the National STEM Assessment

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Conference, eds. D. Deeds & B. Callen, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, 2008.

16. “Advancements in curriculum and assessment by the use of IMMEX technology in the

organic laboratory” Charles T. Cox Jr., Melanie M. Cooper, Rebecca Pease, Krystal Buchanan, Laura Hernandez-Cruz, Ron Stevens, John Picione and Thomas Holme, Chemical Education Research and Practice, 2008, 9, 163-168.

17. “Nanoscience Items for Standardized Exams in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum” in

Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education: Issues, Trends and Future Directions, ed., A.E. Sweeny & S. Seal, American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Ranch, CA, 2008.

18. Chemistry for Engineering Students, Lawrence S. Brown and Thomas A. Holme, Thomson,

Brooks/Cole Publishers, Belmont, CA, December 2005 19. "Synthesis, thermal, mass and ab initio analyses of cyclopropane-1,1,2-tricarboxylic acid"

T.L.N. Taoana, T.Holme & J. Bariyanga, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2004, 694, 173-178.

20. “Investigating the Effect of Internet Posted Lecture Notes on Student Note-taking in College

Chemistry Courses”, Thomas Holme, in, Learning More About Learning: In the Trading Zone, eds. C.M. Schroeder & A. Ciccone, (UWM - CIPD Publication, Milwaukee, 2004)

21. “Assessment and Quality Control in Chemistry Education”, Thomas Holme, Journal of

Chemical Education, 2003, 80, 594-598. 22. “Divergence of Faculty Perceptions of General Chemistry and Problem Solving Skills”,

Thomas Holme, Journal of Chemical Education, 2001, 78, 1578-1581. 23. “Managing Information Flow for Flexible Assessment of Student Learning in Large Lecture

Classes”, Thomas Holme, Chemical Educator, 2001, 6, 313-314. 24. “MM3 Parameterization for the B-N Dative Bond”, Luke Fisher and Thomas Holme, Journal

of Computational Chemistry, 2001, 22, 913-922. 25. “Using Web-based Databases in Large Lecture Chemistry Courses”, Luke Fisher and

Thomas Holme, Chemical Educator, 2000, 5, 269-276. 26. “Theoretical Study of the Role of Boron-Nitrogen Dative Bonds in the Physiological Action

of Boronated Compounds”, Luke S. Fisher, Kathleen McNeil, Jennifer Butzen and Thomas A. Holme, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2000, 104, 3744.

27. “Teaching Computational Chemistry in the Undergraduate/Graduate Chemistry Curriculum”,

Thomas Holme, Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 1999, 17, 244.

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28. “Evolving Towards Meaningful Web Assignments”, Thomas Holme, Chemical Educator - (6):S1430-4171 (98) 06255-0 Avail URL: http://journals.springer-ny.com/chedr

29. “Theoretical Calculation of the Interaction of Ammonia with Silicon Trimer”, Lyn Ratcliff

and Thomas Holme, Journal of Physical Chemistry. A, - 1998, 102, 9531 30. “Using Interactive Anonymous Quizzes in Large Lecture General Chemistry Courses”,

Thomas Holme, Journal of Chemical Education 1998, 75, 574 31. “A Test of Density Functional Theory for Dative Bonding Systems” Thomas A. Holme and

Thanh N. Truong, Chemical Physics Letters, 1994, 215, 53. 32. “Providing Motivation for the General Chemistry Course Through Early Introduction of

Current Research Topics”, T.A. Holme, Journal of Chemical Education 1994, 71, 919. 33. “Student Participation in Large Lecture Settings via Instantaneous Small Groups” Thomas

A. Holme in Selected Papers from the 4th National Conference on College Teaching and Learning (Florida Community College, Jacksonville, 1993) pg. 85

34. “Undepersonalizing the Large Lecture General Chemistry Course”, T.A. Holme, Journal of

Chemical Education 1993, 70, 933 - feature article 35. “Chemical Education in Africa” T.A. Holme and S. Lubinga, Invited article Journal of

Chemical Education. 1993, 70, 317 36. “Hydrogen Adsorption on Platinum Surfaces Using Dynamic Electrochemistry”, M.D.

Koppang and T.A. Holme, in Innovative Experiments in the Undergraduate Analytical, Computational and Physical Chemistry Laboratory, eds. T.A. Lehman and K.L. Ratzlaff, (American Chemical Society, Lawrence, KA, 1992)

37. “Using the Socratic Method in Large Lecture Courses: Instantaneous Group Formation,”

T.A. Holme, Journal of Chemical Education. 1992, 69, 974. 38. “Introducing Dynamic Electrochemistry into the Physical Chemistry Curriculum: Hydrogen

Adsorption at a Platinum Electrode,” M.D. Koppang and T.A. Holme, Journal of Chemical Education. 1992, 69, 770.

39. “Non-statistical Energy Flow Dynamics in Silicon Clusters as a Result of Bond

Directionality,” T.A. Holme and W.J. Lee, Journal of Physical Chemistry. 1992, 96, 3568. 40. “A Model for Impulsive Mode-Mode Energy Transfer in Highly Vibrationally Excited

Molecules,” R.P. Muller, J.S. Hutchinson and T.A. Holme, Journal of Physical Chemistry. 1989, 90, 4582.

41. “Theoretical and Computational Studies of Highly Vibrationally Excited Acetylene”, T.A.

Holme and R.D. Levine, Chemical Physics 1989, 131, 169.

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42. “Computational Studies of Rapid Laser Induced Desorption: A Microscopic Mechanism for

Selectivity,” T.A. Holme and R.D. Levine, Surface Science, 1989, 216, 587. 43. “Short Time Vibrational Dynamics of Acetylene versus Its Isotopic Variants,” T.A. Holme

and R.D. Levine, Chemical Physics Letters 1988, 150, 393. 44. “An Algebraic Hamiltonian for Electronic and Nuclear Degrees of Freedom Based on the

Vector Model,” T.A. Holme and R.D. Levine, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 1988, 23, 457.

45. “Energy Flow Pathways and Their Spectral Signatures in Vibrationally Excited Acetylene,”

T.A. Holme and R.D. Levine, Journal of Chemical Physics 1988, 89, 3379. 46. “A Comment on ‘A Theory for Long-Lived High Energy Excitation of a Local Mode Using

Two Lasers’,” Thomas A. Holme and John S. Hutchinson, Chemical Physics Letters. 1988, 145, 354.

47. “Bond Selective Processes in Laser Desorption Studies as an Example of Inefficient IVR

Mediated by Low-Frequency Modes”, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday, Trans. 2 1988, 84, 1630. 48. “A Theoretical Application of Coherent Multi-Color Laser Spectroscopy to Selective Control

of Singlet-Triplet Excitations in Carbon Mono Sulfide,” Thomas A. Holme and John S. Hutchinson Journal of Chemical Physics. 1987, 86, 42.

49. “Ab initio and Matrix FTIR Studies of Sulfur Trioxide Radical Anion,” David N. Stanbury,

Thomas A. Holme, Z.H. Kafafi and John L. Margrave, Chemical Physics Letters 1986 129, 181.

50. “Dynamics of Overtone Excitation Processes for a Polyatomic Model”, Thomas A. Holme

and John S. Hutchinson, Journal of Chemical Physics 1986, 84, 5455. 51. “A Theory for Long Lived High Energy Excitation of a Local Mode Using Two Lasers,”

Thomas A. Holme and John S. Hutchinson, Chemical Physics Letters 1986, 124, 181. 52. “Vibrational Energy Flow into a Reactive Coordinate: A Theoretical Prototype for a

Chemical System,” Thomas A. Holme and John S. Hutchinson, Journal of Chemical Physics. 1985, 83, 2860.

53. “SCF Calculations of the Structure, Force Field and Dipole Function of Cyanoacetylene,”

Thomas A. Holme and John S. Hutchinson, Chemical Physics, 1985, 93, 419. 54. “Theoretical Studies of Cyclic C2Si2H4 Molecules,” Thomas A. Holme, Mark S. Gordon,

Satoshi Yabushita and Michael W. Schmidt, Organometalics, 1984, 3, 853.

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Other Writing/Publications: Assessment Data and Decision Making in Teaching, Editorial, Journal of Chemical Education, 2011, 88, 1017. Assessment of Student Learning (Chapter 11): Thomas Holme and Laura Slocum, in Chemistry in the National Science Standards, ed. S.L. Bretz., American Chemical Society, 2008 The Official Guide: ACS Exam for Physical Chemistry. Richard Schwenz, editor, Kristen Murphy co-editor, 2009. Book Review of Quantum Chemistry, 2nd Edition by Donald McQuarrie, Journal of Chemical Education, 2010, 87, 586. Standardized Examinations for the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society (Note: Officially, exams are released for purchase and use but are not “published” under the legal definitions related to secure exams.) :

- 2002 First Term General Chemistry - 2002 Second Term General Chemistry - 2002 Inorganic Chemistry - 2003 Biochemistry - 2003 High School Chemistry - 2003 General Chemistry - 2004 Organic Chemistry - 2004 Advanced High School Chemistry - 2004 First Term General Chemistry (ACS

Text) - 2005 General Chemistry

- 2005 High School Chemistry - 2005 First Term General Chemistry - 2005 1st Term General Chemistry Paired

Questions - 2006 Physical Chemistry –

Thermodynamics - 2006 Physical Chemistry – Quantum

Mechanics - 2006 Physical Chemistry – Dynamics

- 2006 Physical Chemistry – Comprehensive - 2006 Physical Chemistry – Combined Semester

- 2006 General Chemistry – Brief Exam - 2006 Second Term General Chemistry - 2006 High School Advanced Exam - 2006 California Diagnostic Exam - 2007 General Chemistry Exam - 2007 High School Chemistry Exam - 2007 2nd Term General Chemistry Paired

Questions Exam - 2007 Analytical Chemistry Exam

- 2007 Biochemistry Exam - 2008 General Chemistry (Spanish Version) - 2008 Organic Chemistry - 2008 Organic Chemistry (Spanish Version) - 2008 General Chemistry (Conceptual) - 2009 Inorganic Chemistry - 2009 Chemistry in Context - 2009 High School Chemistry - 2009 General Chemistry - 2009 Toledo Placement Exam - 2009 Instrumental Analysis Exam - 2009 First-term General Chemistry Exam - 2010 High School Advanced Exam - 2010 Second-term General Chemistry

Exam - 2010 First-term Organic Chemistry Exam - 2011 General Chemistry Exam - 2011 High School Chemistry Exam - 2012 Organic Chemistry Exam

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Encyclopedia Articles: (in Chemistry: Foundations and Applications, Thompson/Gale, 2004)

- Active Site - Amino Acids - Cortisone - Denaturation - Fibrous Protein - Neurochemistry - Neurotoxins - Neurotransmitters - Luis Pasteur - Photosynthesis - Proteins - Protein Synthesis - Terpenes - Transmembrane Protein - Venom

Case Studies for AP Reinvention Project (Assigned to Biology AP exam work)

- Initiating events for fibrosis of silica in lungs - Quorum sensing in bacteria

Primary author of multi-media presentation on Chemistry Outreach to the Millenials Generation produced by the Committee on Public Relations and Communication of the American Chemical Society – Released in Fall 2004. National Workshops Directed: “Mapping the content of Physical Chemistry to anchoring concepts for ACS Exams and Criterion Referencing”, Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 2011 “Mapping the content of Biochemistry to anchoring concepts for ACS Exams and Criterion Referencing”, Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 2011 “Mapping the content of Analytical Chemistry to anchoring concepts for ACS Exams and Criterion Referencing”, Thomas Holme and Mary Emenike, Pittsburgh Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 2011 “Complexity Analysis of Organic Chemistry Test Items”, Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 2011 “Complexity Analysis of Organic Chemistry Test Items”, Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme, Joint Southeast/Southwest Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA December, 2010

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“Building a map of the undergraduate chemistry content: Physical Chemsitry”, Kristen Murphy, April Zelinski and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2010 “Alignment of ACS organic chemistry items to a content criterion map” Kristen Murphy, April Zelinski and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2010 “Alignment of ACS first-term general chemistry items to a content criterion map” Kristen Murphy, April Zelinski and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2010 “Alignment of ACS second-term general chemistry items to a content criterion map” Kristen Murphy, April Zelinski and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2010 “Alignment of ACS general chemistry items to a content criterion map: Kristen Murphy, April Zelinski and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, August 2009 “Building a map of the undergraduate chemistry content: Organic Chemistry”, Kristen Murphy, April Zelinski and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, August 2009 “Rating task complexity for multiple-choice chemistry exam items”, Kristen Murphy, April Zelinski and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, August 2009 “Testing as Measurement and Sources of Error”, Thomas Holme, Chemistry Education Research Graduate Student Conference, Miami University, Oxford, OH, June 2009 “Rating task complexity for multiple-choice chemistry exam items”, Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009 “Mapping the fine grain level of the content domain for General Chemistry”, Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT March, 2009 “Electronic Delivery of ACS Exams”, Thomas Holme and David Hart, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bloomington, IN, July 2008. “Investigating the Content of Multiple Choice Exam Items on ACS Exams via Criterion Referencing”, Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bloomington, IN, July 2008.

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“Mapping the content of General Chemsitry to anchoring concepts for ACS Exams and Criterion Referencing”, Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bloomington, IN, July 2008. “Developing Assessment Tools in a Discipline”, Stacey Lowery Bretz and Thomas Holme, CCLI Conference: Inventions and Impact 2: Building Excellence in Undergraduate STEM Education, Washington, DC, August 2008 “Mapping the content of Organic Chemistry to anchoring concepts for ACS Exams and Criterion Referencing”, Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, August 2008 Invited Presentations (past 10 years): “Research and development of enhanced assessment tools for chemistry education”, Physics Education Research Conference, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, August, 2011. “Measuring student learning in analytical chemistry: content map development and exam item complexity analysis”, Mary Emenike, Lisa Kendhammer, Christopher Bauer, Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme, Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Indianapolis, IN, June 2011. “Investigating the relationship between conceptual question complexity and student performance using ACS Exams”, Megan Grunert and Thomas Holme, Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Indianapolis, IN, June 2011. “Research and development of enhanced assessment tools for chemistry education”, Departmental Seminar, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, April, 2011. “National survey to determine the needs of college chemistry instructors for professional development related to assessment.”, Thomas Holme, Mary Emenike, Kristen Murphy, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 2011. “Research and development of enhanced assessment tools for chemistry education”, Departmental Seminar, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, March, 2011. “Research and development of enhanced assessment tools for chemistry education”, Departmental Seminar, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT February, 2011. “A Model for Data-driven Reform of Chemical Education, Thomas Holme, NSF-TUES Conference, Washington, DC, January, 2011. “Measuring learning – the analytical chemistry analog of chemistry education research”, Thomas Holme, Frontiers of Chemical Education, Iowa City, IA, November 2010

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“Data-driven Decisions in the Classroom”, Thomas Holme, NOBCChE Midwest Regional Conference, Iowa City, IA, November 2010 “ACS Exams for Teacher Professional Development”, Thomas Holme, Midwest Regional Meeting of the ACS - High School Teacher Day, Wichita, KS, October, 2010 “Decades of Instructor-Built National Assessment. The Case of Chemistry and the ACS Examinations Institute”, Thomas Holme, Keynote Speaker – Professional Development Track - , IUPUI Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN October 2010. “The Role of Assessment in Change for the Chemistry Curriculum”, Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Denton, TX, August, 2010. “Developing higher-order thinking skills in the first two years of chemistry”, Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Denton, TX, August, 2010. “Research and development of enhanced assessment tools in chemistry”, Thomas Holme , Transforming Research in Undergraduate Science Education Conference, Orono, ME, June 2010. “Evidence that student performance differences on conceptual vs. algorithmic exam items have become more mythic than real” with Kristen Murphy National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2010 “What's next in measuring student knowledge in general chemistry”, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2010 “Building a collaborative model for data-driven reform in chemistry education” with Stacey Lowery Bretz, Melanie Cooper, Jennifer Lewis, Pamela Paek, Norbert Pienta, Angelica Stacy, Ron Stevens, Marcy Towns, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2010 “Developing Assessment Tools in a Discipline”, Thomas Holme and Stacey Bretz, IUPUI Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN October 2009. “Building criterion referencing exams for national chemistry assessment”, Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy, IUPUI Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN October 2009. “The Biogeochemistry of Boron” Departmental Seminar, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL September 2009. “Measuring content knowledge with ACS Exams: Beyond norm referencing”, Thomas Holme, Chemistry Education Divisional Seminar, Purdue University, September 2009. “The role of assessment in deciding the road ahead for chemistry education”, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, August, 2009.

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“ACS Examinations Institute: A look back as we look forward”, Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, August, 2009. “Data, anecdotes and the future of chemistry education research”, Thomas Holme, Gordon Research Conference – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Waterville, ME, June 2009. “Building electronic delivery and criterion referencing for ACS Exams”, Tom Holme and Dave Hart, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, March, 2009. “Building the elements of a successful TV outreach program”, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, March, 2009. “Analyzing exam items and student performance in terms of complexity and working memory”, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, March, 2009. “When faculty plagiarism meets copyright law”, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, March, 2009. “ACS Exams in the classroom and for professional development”, 184th National Meeting of the 2-Year College Chemistry Committee, Salt Lake City, UT March, 2009 “The biogeochemistry of boron and fundamental chemical questions”, Departmental Seminar, Loras College, Dubuque, IA March 2009 “ACS Exams in the classroom and for professional development”, Thomas Holme, Kansas College Chemistry Teaching Conference, Wichita, KS, March, 2009 “An overview of selected chemical education research projects”, M. Cooper, D. Wink, T. Holme, T. Greenbowe, J. Lewis, National Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago, IL March, 2009 “Building the bridge between cognitive science and discipline based education research”, Thomas Holme, Divisional Seminar – Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Washington, DC, February, 2009 “The Chemistry of Boron in Physiological Systems”, Departmental Seminar, Northern Colorado University, Greeley, CO, October 2008 “Boron: It’s Not Just for Rocket Fuels Anymore”, Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Oregon Section of the American Chemical Society, Corvalis, OR, September 2008. “Boron: It’s Not Just for Rocket Fuels Anymore”, Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Portland Section of the American Chemical Society, Portland, OR, September 2008.

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“Chemistry, Society and Science Fiction”. Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Puget Sound Section of the American Chemical Society, Olympia, WA, September, 2008 “Reinventing AP Chemistry”, with LaTanya Sharpe, College Board, Presentation and 90-minute question session the AP Chemistry Readers Meeting, Lincoln, NE, July 2008. “Measuring student knowledge with ACS Exams: Content and Cognition”, Student Awards Day Seminar, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, April 2008. “Chemistry, Society and Science Fiction”. Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Central North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society, Raleigh, NC, March, 2008 “Chemistry, Society and Science Fiction”. Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Eastern North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society, Wilmington, NC, March 2008 “Chemistry, Live in Your Living Room”, T.A. Holme, Meeting of the Permian Basin Section of the American Chemical Society, Alpine, TX, October 2007. “Chemistry of Fibrotic Lung Disease”, T.A. Holme, Meeting of the Southern Plains Section of the American Chemical Society, Lubbock, TX, October 2007. “Chemistry, Society and Science Fiction”. Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Central Texas Section of the American Chemical Society, Austin, TX, October, 2007 “The Chemistry of Boron in Physiological Systems”, Student Award Day Keynote, Thomas Holme, University of Central Missouri, Warrensville, MO, October 2007 “Adding value to ACS Exams via Estimates of Item Cognitive Complexity”, Thomas Holme, Karen Knaus, Kristen Murphy, Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Greenville, SC, September 2007 “Making measurements of student learning in chemistry”, Thomas Holme, Departmental Seminar, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, September 2007 “Computer Enhanced Research in Chemistry and Chemistry Education”, Thomas Holme, Departmental Seminar, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, September 2007 “ACS Exams for High School Chemistry”, Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, August 2007 “Articulating the Challenges of National Laboratory Assessment”, Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, August 2007 “Optimizing the Information Available from National Chemistry Assessments via ACS Exams”, Thomas Holme, Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Lewiston, ME, June 2007

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“Chemistry, Society and Science Fiction”. Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Iowa Section of the American Chemical Society, North Liberty, IA, May, 2007 “Chemistry, Society and Science Fiction”. Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Iowa-Illinois Section of the American Chemical Society, Monmouth, IL, May, 2007 “Chemistry, Live in Your Living Room”, T.A. Holme, Meeting of the Illinois Heartland Section of the American Chemical Society, Peoria, IL, May 2007. “Constructing Testing Instruments and ACS Exams”, Thomas Holme, workshop, Chicago Public Schools/ University of Illinois – Chicago consortium, Chicago, IL, April 2007 “Assessing Chemistry Learning in the 21st Century”, Thomas Holme, Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, April 2007. “Nanotech Items for ACS Exams Standardized Tests”, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, March, 2007. “Programmatic Assessment with ACS Exams”, Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, March, 2007. “Using ACS Exams as a Tool for Teaching”, (YCC Symposium: Chemistry Pedagogy 101) National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, March, 2007. “Using and Assessing POGIL in Large Lecture Preparatory Chemistry”, Kristen Murphy, John Picione and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, March, 2007. “Chemistry, Society and Science Fiction”. Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Lake Superior Section of the American Chemical Society, Duluth, MN, February, 2007. “Chemistry, Society and Science Fiction”. Thomas Holme, Meeting of the NE Wisconsin Section of the American Chemical Society, Oshkosh, WI, February, 2007. “Chemistry, Society and Science Fiction”. Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Central Wisconsin Section of the American Chemical Society, Stevens Point, WI, February, 2007. “Assessing Chemistry Learning in the 21st Century”, Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Lacrosse-Winona Section of the American Chemical Society, LaCrosse, WI, February, 2007. “On the Importance of Strategic Direction for Chemistry Education”, Thomas Holme, presented to senior leadership team, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. October 2006

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“Using IMMEX to Assess Problem Solving Strategies in Chemistry,” Thomas Holme, Melanie Cooper, Ron Stevens, Charlie Cox, Minory Nammouz & Eddie Case, A National STEM Assessment Conference, Washington, DC October 2006 “IMMEX as a Research Tool,” Thomas Holme, Melanie Cooper and Ron Stevens, A National STEM Assessment Conference, Washington, DC October 2006 “Is Science Education Broken? Can Better Communication Fix It?” Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September 2006. “On the Importance of Data-driven Educational Materials Development for the Cyber-enabled Future” Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September 2006. “Assessment Tools for the High School Classroom from ACS Exams”, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September 2006. “Emerging Tools for Program Wide Assessment from ACS Exams”, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September 2006. “ACS Exams and Programmatic Assessment” Thomas Holme, International Conference on Chemical Education, Seoul, Korea, August 2006 “The Emerging One-semester General Chemistry Course for Engineering Students”, Thomas Holme, Seminar for the Applied Chemistry Department, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, August 2006 “Constructing Testing Instruments” Thomas Holme, Conference on SOL Testing and the Teaching of Chemistry, Richmond, VA, June 2006. “ACS Exams Materials for the High School Classroom”, Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme, 37th Great Lakes Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Milwaukee, WI, June 2006. “Introducing an ACS Advanced High School Exam that does not require calculators”, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, March 2006. “ACS Exams and the (electronic) future of chemistry testing” Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, March 2006. “Chemistry, Society and Science Fiction”. Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Indiana Section of the American Chemical Society, Indianapolis, IN, February 2006 “Chemistry, Society and Science Fiction”. Thomas Holme, Meeting of the St. Joseph’s Valley Section of the American Chemical Society, South Bend, IN, February, 2006. “Boron: It’s Not Just for Rocket Fuels Anymore”, Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Wabash Valley

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Section of the American Chemical Society, Terre Haute, IN, February, 2006. “Chemistry Education Research: Measurement of Learning in Chemistry”, Keynote Lecture, Meeting in Miniature of the Cleveland Section of the American Chemical Society, Cleveland, OH, February, 2006. “ACS Exams and Programmatic Assessment” Special Seminar, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, February 2006. “Chemistry Education Research: Measurement of Learning in Chemistry” , Milwaukee Section Award Address, Meeting of the Milwaukee Section of the American Chemical Society, Milwaukee, WI, November 2005. “Assessing Chemistry Learning in the 21st Century”, Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Puerto Rico Section of the American Chemical Society, San Juan, PR, October 2005 “Chemistry, Society and Science Fiction”. Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Orlando Section of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL, October 2005 “Chemistry, Society and Science Fiction”. Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Tampa (Southern) Section of the American Chemical Society, Sarasota, FL, October 2005 “Boron: It’s Not Just for Rocket Fuels Anymore”, Thomas Holme, Meeting of the Tampa (Northern) Section of the American Chemical Society, Tampa, FL, October 2005. “Nanoscience Based Supplementary Items for ACS Exams Institute Assessment Materials.” Thomas Holme, NSF Broader Impacts Showcase, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC August 2005. “In Pursuit of Excellence: Maintaining Standards along with Student Accessibility”, Panel Session on 2-year/4-year College Articulation, with John Clevenger, Jeanne Pemberton, Uni Susskind, 18th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Ames, IA, July 2004 “The ACS Exams Institute and the Future of Standardized Testing.”, 36th Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Indianapolis, IN, June, 2004 “Assessment in College Courses and ACS Exams”, Meeting of the UW-College Chemistry Faculties, Manitowoc, WI, April 2004. “Chemistry of Fibrotic Lung Disease”, T.A. Holme, Meeting of the Florida Section of the American Chemical Society, Lakeland, FL , March 2004. “Chemistry of Fibrotic Lung Disease”, T.A. Holme, Meeting of the South Florida Section of the American Chemical Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL , March 2004. “Technology and the Development and Use of Assessment Tools”, T.A. Holme, Departmental

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Seminar, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, November 2003. “Computer Use and Chemistry Student Learning”, T.A. Holme, Departmental Seminar, University of Missouri – St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, February 2003. “What use are Computers in Chemistry Education?” , T.A. Holme, Michoacan State Conference on Chemistry Education, Morelia, Mexico, January 2003. Contributed Papers (at conferences in the past 10 years): Adding partial credit to multiple-choice ACS Exams: Process and results Jeffrey Raker, Megan Grunert, Kristen Murphy, Thomas Holme. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2012 Instrument for reliable pre/post assessment of children's attitudes and motivation at informal chemistry outreach events Christopher Bauer, Mary Emenike, Jessica Reed, Thomas Holme. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2012 Measurement of the relationship between self-efficacy beliefs and performance in a general chemistry course, Solomon Hughes and Thomas Holme, (Undergraduate Research Poster) National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2012 Understanding factors that influence engineering students performance in a one-semester vs. two-semester general chemistry course Heather Caruthers and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2012 Formative assessment and the role of context in a one-semster general chemistry course for engineering students. Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2012 Results of a national survey of faculty familiarity with assessment terminology, Jeffrey Raker, Mary Emenike, Kristen Murphy, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2012 Investigating the relationship between conceptual question complexity and student performance using ACS Exams. Megan Grunert and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2012 “Theoritical study of hydrolization of B2O3", Chamila De Silva and Thomas Holme, Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, St. Louis, MO, October 2011. "CREPES, a tool for conformational searching on a potential energy surface", Michael VerHaag and Thomas Holme, Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, St. Louis, MO, October 2011.

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“Applying the ACS Exams Institute Concept Map to Organic Chemistry”, Heather Caruthers and Thomas Holme, Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Davidson, NC, July 2011. “Development and Psychometrics of Models to Support Partial Credit on ACS Exams”, Megan Grunert and Thomas Holme, Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Davidson, NC, July 2011. “Needs Assessment: Snapshot of Assessment Efforts within Chemistry Departments”, Mary Emenike, Jacob Schroeder, Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme, Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Davidson, NC, July 2011. “Snapshots of student learning in upper-level chemistry courses via ACS Exams statistics”, Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy, Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Davidson, NC, July 2011. “Adventures in assessment: Exams Institute fellowship expands horizons by supporting faculty sabbatical.” Christopher F. Bauer, Mary Emenike ,Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 2011. “Needs assessment and chemistry faculty’s knowledge of assessment concepts and terminology.” Mary Emenike , Jacob D. Schroeder, Kristen Murphy, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 2011. “Students’ results comparison in online vs. paper and pencil chemistry assessment.” Anna A. Prisacari, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 2011. “Applying the ACS Exams Institute Concept Map to organic chemistry.” Heather Caruthers, Thomas Holme, Jacob Schroeder, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 2011. “Development and psychometrics of models to support partial credit on ACS Exams.” Megan L. Grunert, Mary Emenike, Christopher F. Bauer, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 2011. “View of upper-level chemistry courses from ACS Exams statistics.” Kristen Murphy, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 2011. “Identifying factors of student success in general chemistry for pre-engineering students.” Diana L. Merritt, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 2011.

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“Building a needs assessment for professional development in assessment for chemistry teachers”, with Jacob Schroeder and Kristen Murphy, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2010 “Building Assessment Driven Collaboration for Education Reform”, Thomas Holme, Transforming Undergraduate Biology Education: Mobilizing the Community for Change, Washington, DC, July 2009 “New Products and New Location for ACS Exams” Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, August 2008. “Electronic Delivery and Criterion Referencing of Assessment Materials for Chemistry”, CCLI Conference: Inventions and Impact 2: Building Excellence in Undergraduate STEM Education, Washington, DC, August 2008 “Chemistry and the Logic of Life: A General Chemistry Curriculum” Melanie Cooper, Michael Klymkowski and Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bloomington, IN, July 2008. “Complexity analysis of chemistry exam items: Suggesting a new method to measure knowledge growth”, Karen Knaus, Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bloomington, IN, July 2008. “Future OWL”, David Hart and Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bloomington, IN, July 2008. “An instrument for measuring cognitive efficiency”, Karen Knaus, Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme, Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Greenville, SC, September, 2007. “The Design of a New Instrument for Expert-based Cognitive Load Analysis of Chemistry Items”, Karen Knaus and Thomas Holme, Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Lewiston, ME, June 2007 “Item order effects on ACS High School Exams”, Kristin Affeldt and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, March, 2007. “Devising IMMEX exercises for ACS Exams”, John Picione and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, March, 2007. “Investigating persistent student misconceptions using multiple-choice exams”, Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, March, 2007. “Cognitive Load Analysis and ACS Exams”, Karen Knaus and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, March, 2007.

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“Electronic Delivery and ACS Exams”, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, March, 2007. “Computational Studies of Boron Containing Molecules with Physiological Activities”, Thomas Holme, Practicing Chemistry with Theoretical Tools Conference, Maui, HI, January 2007. “Computational Studies of Borane Transfer Reactions”, Michael VerHaag, Thomas Holme and Luke Fisher, 37th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Milwaukee, WI June 2006 “Investigating Item Order Effects on ACS Exams” Kristin Affeldt, Thomas Holme and Craig Machut, 37th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Milwaukee, WI June 2006 “Serving on ACS Exams as a Form of Professional Development:, Laura Slocum and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, March 2006. “Building an Interactive Score Reporting System for Norms of ACS Exams” Michael VerHaag and Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC August 2005. “ACS Exams and Meeting State Standards for High School Chemistry”, with Laura Slocum, ChemEd Conference, Vancouver, BC, July 2005 “Cyber-enabled Chemistry and Computation Chemistry Education for the 21st Century”, Thomas Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA March 2005. “ACS Exams and Meeting State Standards for High School Chemistry”, Workshop conducted with Laura Slocum, 18th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Ames, IA July 2004 “Separate Assessment of Problem Solving Skills in General Chemistry”, Thomas Holme, Invention and Impact: NSF-CCLI Conference, Crystal City, VA, April 2004 “Studies of the Solution Phase Structure of 2-Aminoethoxydiphenyl Borate”, M.A. Collins and T.A. Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New York, NY, September 2003. “Assessing Problem Solving Skills for Engineering Students in General Chemistry” T.A. Holme, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New York, NY September 2003.