Rebecca L. Sansom

Office: C161 BNSN
Office Phone: 801-422-9089
Email: rsansom@chem.byu.edu
Office Hours
Education:
B.A., Boston University (2001)
A.M., Harvard University (2005)
M.Ed., Southern Utah University (2013)
Ph.D., Brigham Young University (2019)
Research:
There are three main foci for the Sansom research group: how to improve student success in general chemistry, how to support university faculty to use evidence-based instructional practices, and how to improve the quality of science instruction in K-12 classrooms.
Publications:
17. Sansom, R.L.* (2022) Ecological Models of Behavior Change. Invited, peer-reviewed, online publication. Available at https://ascnhighered.org/ASCN/change_theories/collection/ecological_models.html.
16. West, R., Jensen, J., Sansom, R.L., Nielson, J., Wright, G., Johnson, M. (2022) STEM Faculty Institute: An Intensive Interdisciplinary Effort To Improve STEM Faculty Adoption of Evidence-based Instructional Practices. Journal of College Science Teaching 51(3), 78-87. Available at https://www.nsta.org/journal-college-science-teaching/journal-collegescience-teaching-januaryfebruary-2022/stem-faculty.
15. Sansom, R.L.* (2021) Make Thinking Explicit to Support Student Learning, in Decision-Based Learning: An innovative pedagogy that unpacks expert knowledge for the novice learner, edited by Wentworth, N., Plummer, K.J., and Swan, R.H. Emerald Publishing, Bingley, UK.
14. Sansom, R.L.* (2021) Theory of Planned Behavior. Invited, peer-reviewed, online publication. Available at https://ascnhighered.org/ASCN/change_theories/collection/planned_behavior.html.
13. West, R., Jensen, J., Sansom, R.L., Nielson, J., Wright, G., Johnson, M. (2020) STEM Faculty Institute: An Intensive Interdisciplinary Effort To Improve STEM Faculty Adoption of Evidence-based Instructional Practices. Journal of College Science Teaching. Accepted.
12. West, R.E., Sansom, R.L, Nielson, J., Wright, G., Turley, R.S., Jensen, J., Johnson, M. (2020) Ideas for supporting student-centered STEM learning through remote labs: A response. Educational Technology Research and Development. Published Online. DOI: 10.1007/s11423-020-09905-y.
11. Sansom, R.L.* (2020) Pressure from the pandemic: Pedagogical dissatisfaction when beliefs and practices do not align. Journal of Chemical Education. 97(9), 2378-2382. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00657.
10. Sansom, R.L.*, §Bodily, R., Bates, C.†, Leary, H. (2020). Increasing student use of a learner dashboard. Journal of Science Education and Technology 29(3), 386-398. DOI: 10.1007/s10956-020-09824-w.
9. Sansom, R.L.*, Walker, J. (2019). Investing in Laboratory Courses. Journal of Chemical Education 97(1), 308-309. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00714
8. §Reynders, G., Suh, E.†, Cole, R., Sansom, R.L.* (2019). Developing Student Process Skills in a General Chemistry Laboratory. Journal of Chemical Education 96(10), 2109-2119.
7. Sansom, R.L.*, Suh, E.†, Plummer, K.J. (2019). Decision-Based Learning: If I Just Knew Which Equation to Use, I Know I Could Solve this Problem! Journal of Chemical Education 96(3), 445-454.
6. Sansom, R.L.* (2014-2020). Chemistry 107 Laboratory Manual (1st-6th eds.). Plymouth, MI: Macmillan Learning. Updated and revised annually.
5. Sansom, R.L.* (2014). Uncovering student thinking through the Science Literacy Framework. Chemistry Solutions 1(2). http://www.teachchemistry.org/
4. Sansom, R.L. (2014) Constructing Ionic Compounds, Limiting Reactant, and Nuclear Energy Power Plants. In American Association of Chemistry Teachers Online Classroom Resources. http://www.teachchemistry.org/
3. Li, Z., Sansom, R.L., Bonella, S., Coker, D., Mullin, A.S. (2005). A classical trajectory study of “supercollision” relaxation of hot pyrazine with CO2. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 109(34), 7657 -7666.
2. Elioff, M.S., Sansom, R.L., Mullin, A.S. (2000). Vibrational Energy Gain in the n2 Bending Mode of Water via Collisions with Hot Pyrazine (Evib = 37 900 cm-1): Insights into the Dynamics of Energy Flow. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 104(45), 10304-10311.
1. Elioff, M.S., Fraelich, M., Sansom, R.L., Mullin, A.S. (1999). State-resolved collisional quenching of highly vibrationally excited pyridine by water: The role of strong electrostatic attraction in VRT energy transfer. Journal of Chemical Physics 111(8), 3517-3525.