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'''Natasha Holmes''' is a [[physics education]] researcher and the Ann S. Bowers Assistant Professor of Physics at [[Cornell University]]. She researches teaching and learning in [[physics]] and [[STEM]] fields including how students acquire knowledge, affects of course environment on learning, and the development of scientific ways of thinking. She completed her undergraduate degree at the [[University of Guelph]] in 2009 then went to [[UBC]] to get her Master's and Ph.D. by 2014 before becoming a post-doctoral researcher at [[Stanford University]] and then on to a professorship at [[Cornell University]] in 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ngholmes.wordpress.com/cv/|title=CV|date=2013-12-19|website=Natasha G. Holmes|language=en|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>.

 

As a graduate student she began researching structured inquiry and critical thinking in physics labs at [[UBC]] and was the executive coordinator of [[Let's Talk Science]] from 2012 to 2014. While working with [[Carl Wieman]] at [[Stanford University]], Holmes developed and tested new methods to teach critical thinking by instructing students more explicitly to analyze and share data and ideas with other groups<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidescience.org/news/how-lab-courses-can-teach-more-science|title=How Lab Courses Can Teach More Than Science Stanford team's approach can teach students improved critical thinking skills.|last=Choi|first=Charles|date=August 17, 2015|website=Inside Science|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2015/08/a-successful-strategy-to-get-college-students-thinking-critically/|title=A successful strategy to get college students thinking critically|last=Johnson|first=Scott K.|date=2015-08-18|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/08/18/teaching-long-term-critical-thinking|title=Teaching Long-Term Critical Thinking {{!}} Inside Higher Ed|website=www.insidehighered.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>. As part of her research at [[Cornell University]] she began the Cornell Physics Education Research Lab (CPERL) and her group has since researched topics covering physics lab courses, virtual reality as a teaching tool<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://physics.cornell.edu/oculus-education-partners-research-institutions-explore-vrs-impact-learning-outcomes|title=Oculus Education Partners with Research Institutions to Explore VR's Impact on Learning Outcomes {{!}} Department of Physics Cornell Arts & Sciences|website=physics.cornell.edu|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>, and the development of a [[concept inventory]] designed to probe critical thinking in physics labs<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cperl.lassp.cornell.edu/PLIC|title=Physics Lab Inventory of Critical thinking {{!}} CPERL|website=cperl.lassp.cornell.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>.