Scholar
N.G. Holmes
Google Scholar ID: wfzF-1IAAAAJ
Cornell University
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,767
H-index
27
i10-index
57
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Resume
Academic Achievements
- Published the first interdisciplinary discipline-based education research paper; successfully defended the first PER dissertation at Cornell.
Research Experience
- Leads the Cornell Physics Education Research Lab (CPERL), which focuses on improving undergraduate physics labs, developing new lab methods aimed at enhancing students' understanding of scientific measurement.
Background
- Research interests include introductory college-level physics labs, focusing on what students learn, how to help them learn better, and what lab learning offers that lecture learning does not. Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of the nature of scientific measurement, concepts of measurement and uncertainty, skills for handling and analyzing data, and critical thinking behaviors for reasoning about data scientifically. Also interested in gender and diversity issues in the lab.