Project Description
We are seeking undergraduate research fellows to join our Elementary Computing for All project. Funding is provided by the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduate program. Our research project, led by Mark Warschauer, UCI Professor of Education and Informatics, is investigating the implementation of a computer science curriculum to meet the needs of English language learners and other culturally and linguistically diverse elementary school students. We are working in partnership with the Santa Ana Unified School District. We are seeking research assistants that are capable and interested in working with children, conducting research, analyzing data, and disseminating findings.
Students will receive a $1500 stipend per quarter for 10 hours a week participation in the project. It is also possible to arrange undergraduate field research or independent study credits in either Education Sciences or Informatics for those students who are interested.
Research Assistant Responsibilities
Research assistants will assist with data collection at participating teachers’ classroom sites and professional development sections while practicing the following skills:
Skills/Experience Needed
Applicants must have completed at least one year of coursework in a major related to Education Sciences, Psychological Science, Informatics, or Computer Science. Minimum of 3.0 GPA. Must commit at least 10 hours per week for 3 quarters (fall, winter, and spring).
Additional strengths include strong interest in promoting diverse children’s learning, interests in coding or computing in elementary schools, good written and spoken English, interest or experience in educational research, attention to detail. Fluency in Spanish is desirable but not required. Prospective research assistants must be reliable and interested in working with teachers and children. Previous experience working with children is helpful but not required. Access to a car is helpful but not required. All training for duties outlined above will be provided. Meetings of RAs are held every week.
Due to the National Science Foundation requirements, applicants must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent residents of the United States.
Apply
To apply, email a cover letter, your resume, a copy of your unofficial transcripts, a brief statement outlining why you are interested in being a research assistant for this project, and the names and email addresses of two references, one of which should be a UCI faculty member, to Leiny Garcia leinyg@uci.edu and cc Mark Warschauer markw@uci.edu with a subject line "REU Application" by August 22, 2021.
We are seeking undergraduate research fellows to join our Elementary Computing for All project. Funding is provided by the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduate program. Our research project, led by Mark Warschauer, UCI Professor of Education and Informatics, is investigating the implementation of a computer science curriculum to meet the needs of English language learners and other culturally and linguistically diverse elementary school students. We are working in partnership with the Santa Ana Unified School District. We are seeking research assistants that are capable and interested in working with children, conducting research, analyzing data, and disseminating findings.
Students will receive a $1500 stipend per quarter for 10 hours a week participation in the project. It is also possible to arrange undergraduate field research or independent study credits in either Education Sciences or Informatics for those students who are interested.
Research Assistant Responsibilities
Research assistants will assist with data collection at participating teachers’ classroom sites and professional development sections while practicing the following skills:
- Interview: conduct semi-structured interviews with teacher and student participants.
- Observation: observe teacher participants’ classroom teaching.
- Student Artifacts: analyze students’ computing artifacts for design mechanism, originality, use of computer science concepts, and user interactivity to assess students’ development of computational thinking.
- Video and audio data: collect video and audio data from classrooms to allow further analysis of student thinking, student collaboration, teacher-student interaction, and teachers’ instructional practices.
Skills/Experience Needed
Applicants must have completed at least one year of coursework in a major related to Education Sciences, Psychological Science, Informatics, or Computer Science. Minimum of 3.0 GPA. Must commit at least 10 hours per week for 3 quarters (fall, winter, and spring).
Additional strengths include strong interest in promoting diverse children’s learning, interests in coding or computing in elementary schools, good written and spoken English, interest or experience in educational research, attention to detail. Fluency in Spanish is desirable but not required. Prospective research assistants must be reliable and interested in working with teachers and children. Previous experience working with children is helpful but not required. Access to a car is helpful but not required. All training for duties outlined above will be provided. Meetings of RAs are held every week.
Due to the National Science Foundation requirements, applicants must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent residents of the United States.
Apply
To apply, email a cover letter, your resume, a copy of your unofficial transcripts, a brief statement outlining why you are interested in being a research assistant for this project, and the names and email addresses of two references, one of which should be a UCI faculty member, to Leiny Garcia leinyg@uci.edu and cc Mark Warschauer markw@uci.edu with a subject line "REU Application" by August 22, 2021.