Student Research Internship Opportunities

College of Education at the University of Oregon

Category: Technology

Science Instructional Coach Student Internship

Project Title: ESCOLAR, eText Supports for Collaborative Online Learning and Academic Reading

Principal Investigator: Fatima Elvira Terrazas-Arellanes, PhD, fatima@uoregon.edu

Project Description:  ESCOLAR is a five-year study conducted by the University of Oregon’s Center for Advanced Technology in Education (CATE). The project is creating and evaluating high-quality Collaborative Online Learning (COL) units to help middle-school students explore science, collaborate with others online, and enhance learning. The project is funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).

Internship Activities:  Working with a team of researchers in designing and teaching online science curriculum, developing content lessons, and lesson plans. Specifically:

  • Design instructional lessons and lesson plans
  • Conduct classroom observations and instructional coaching to middle school science teachers
  • Prepare materials for instructional coaching activities
  • Conduct professional development workshops for middle school science teachers

Student Time & Commitment: Negotiable and variable depending on the students needs, interests, and availability.

Qualifications Needed for Internship: Applicants should have:

  • A bachelor’s degree in biology, chemistry, physics or a closely related field awarded within the past 4 years or, if the degree is older, recent significant employment in a biological, chemistry or related field;
  • Enrolled in Masters or PhD program from the College of Education

Internship Benefits

  • Gain classroom experience working with teachers and students
  • Apply science knowledge in a real-world environment
  • Network with schools and districts
  • Collaborate with researchers in education studies
  • Earn credit hours while getting job experience

Application Procedure:

  • Submit a letter of interest and resume, including a list of biology, chemistry, physics, and closely related courses taken and grades received (unofficial copies of transcripts are acceptable) to Emily Walden at ewalden@uoregon.edu.

Key Words: science, teaching, online, coaching, collaborative learning, classroom observations

Internship with Center for Advanced Technology in Education (CATE)

Project Title: Mathematics eText Research Center (MeTRC) 

Principal Investigator: Mark Horney, PhD, mhorney@uoregon.edu

Project Description:  MeTRC is funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to investigate reading and writing in mathematics, particularly by students with learning disabilities or vision impairments. MeTRC is currently analyzing two large data sets from research projects conducted over the past two years. The first involves a database of student interactions with an online supplemental mathematics curriculum, and seeks to understand the patterns of student behaviors as they make use the various features available in a digital reading and study environment. The second data set is a collection of mathematical explanations written by students studying fractions. This study is focused on the differences between explanations written using traditional pencil and paper tools and those available in a multimodal digital writing environment.

Internship Activities:  Working with a team of researchers in organizing and coding data, and identifying patterns in learning outcomes using a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis procedures.

Student Time & Commitment: Negotiable and variable depending on the students needs,  interests, and availability.

Skills Needed for Internship: Some practical experience in working with data in a research team and in preparing manuscripts for publication.

Key Words: mathematics, reading, writing, multimodal, data analysis

 

 

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