research and employment Opportunities
CURRENT research OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS
AND STUDENTS
Contextual influences on Math performance
Adults
Learning Through Board Games
Preschool
Learning from Worked Examples
6-8th grade (in ASSISTments)
CURRENT POSITION OPENINGS
MAPLE Lab Coordinator
WPI Undergraduate Student
Federal Work Study Students
Hourly, 5-10 hours/week
Research Asssistants
WPI Undergraduate or Graduate Students
Federal Work Study Students
Hourly, 5-10 hours/week
The Math Abstraction Play Learning and Embodiment (MAPLE) Lab conducts research using different educational technologies in order to aid mathematical teaching and learning. Professor Ottmar invites Federal Work Study students to spend their work study hours assisting with the lab’s federal research projects. While working on the project you will have the opportunity to engage in the entire process of educational and psychological research in classrooms including experimental design, material development, study implementation, and data analysis. You will also have opportunities to work with after school programs and teachers. Programming skills are also needed.
To learn more about the position and projects, please contact Erin Ottmar at erottmar@wpi.edu
Email erottmar@wpi.edu for more information about openings
Future graduate students
Erin Ottmar will be on sabbatical for the 2022-2023 Academic Year and will not be accepting any more new students for next year.
If you are interested in working with Erin and the MAPLE Lab and applying to the LST graduate school program for the 2023-2024 school year, please reach out to Erin at erottmar@wpi.edu.