Temporary Research Assistant

Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, England, United Kingdom

Location
Worcester
Job Type
Part time
Posted
June 05, 2026

Job Description

JOB TITLE

Temporary Research Assistant

LOCATION

Worcester

DEPARTMENT NAME

Social Science & Policy Studies - JM

DIVISION NAME

Worcester Polytechnic Institute - WPI

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The candidate will perform basic and applied research in math education and support the processing and analysis of educational data that is produced as students engage with math problems using a variety of technology tools (eye tracking, executive function tasks, math technology). The researcher would join an interdisciplinary team to work on several NSF funded projects examining the intersections of math and algebra problem solving, math cognition, perceptual learning, student errors and strategy use, feedback, executive function and attention, and learning technologies. These projects will provide a lot of opportunities to examine student math performance and achievement outcomes as well as action and problem log-level data analysis of stud...

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