Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Science Education Research with the PhET Interactive Simulations Project
The PhET Interactive Simulations project at CU Boulder has an opening for a Research Associate (postdoctoral researcher) position focusing on studying interactive simulations (sims) for learning science. The research project, funded by the Yidan Prize Foundation, is led by Carl Wieman, Professor at Stanford University and Founder of and Senior Advisor to PhET. The successful candidate will work with Professor Wieman in Palo Alto, CA. The PhET Team develops interactive sims for teaching and learning science and math, builds activities that couple with the sims, and makes all of these resources freely available worldwide to educators and students on the web.
This project will mesh with and build on the work of Wieman’s group in studying problem-solving in science. The successful candidate will test this hypothesis by addressing the following research questions:
- How well do students learn knowledge and problem-solving skills through sim based educational activities compared to other instructional formats?
- How well does this learning process transfer across simulations and subjects?
- What is an optimum sim-based activity design for achieving such learning?
More information on PhET can be found at: http://phet.colorado.edu
More information on the Wieman group can be found at: https://wiemangroup.stanford.e
To learn more and to apply, go to the CU Boulder Jobs posting:
https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs
Monday, June 14, 2021
PhET Project Postdoc [working with Prof. Carl Wieman], Palo Alto CA [Update: position filled]
