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MELD Lab Student Help - Computer Programmer

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 508151
Division/Organization: School of Education
Department: Wisconsin Center For Education Research
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $18.00
Job Categories: Digital Technology, Teamwork/Collaboration, Information Technology and Computers

Department Overview:

 This project explores a range of issues concerning the development of students’ knowledge of fractions and related concepts.

Anticipated Start Date:

 1/9/2025

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 5 - 10

Schedule:

 TBD

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 $18.00

Number of Positions:

 1

Qualifications:

 Current UW Madison Undergraduate Student

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Required:
Experience with jsPsych and/or javascript.
Excellent communication skills.
Strong attention to detail.

Preferred:
At least two years of computer science training and some professional experience programming.
Experience with Psychology research methods and/or interest in Math education.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

- Communicate over email and in meetings with project team members about the needs of the project.
- Add features to existing tasks.
- Troubleshoot and improve functionality of existing tasks.
- Use existing tasks as a template to develop new tasks, according to the needs of the project team.
- Use Gorilla’s documentation and samples to guide the work.

The person hired for this position will serve as an hourly computer programmer throughout the 2024-2025 academic year and potentially summer 2025, to support the development, modification, and maintenance of study tasks that are delivered (a) online through Gorilla (https://gorilla.sc), a platform for conducting psychology experiments online and (b) via desktop computers in our lab space

Physical Demands:

N/A

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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