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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS
The Quality Talk research team is seeking an hourly employee to work research project which was federally funded and housed in the College of Education. This employee will provide support for various research activities, including literature searches, data management, and processing and analyzing data.
The project was funded by the National Science Foundation and is aimed at enhancing mathematics teacher educators’ capacity to support preservice teachers developing pedagogical knowledge and skills through reasoning-intensive mathematics discussions. The model and professional development approach used in the project, Quality Talk, has been shown in previous studies to increase teachers’ discussion-based pedagogical content knowledge and efficacy as well as students’ critical-analytic thinking and reasoning.
Responsibilities include deidentifying and processing video discourse data, as well as data management tasks such as scanning, scoring, and ensuring data integrity. Other research tasks may also be assigned. Training for these skills will be provided as needed.
Compensation for this part-time position starts at $15/hr.
Required Applicant Prerequisites:
Preferred Applicant Qualities:
Applicants must apply online at Careers | Human Resources. Questions regarding this position can be directed to Cory Tondreau (clt5486@psu.edu). Applicants should express interest by November 24th, 2025, but materials will be accepted until the position is filled.
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