Student Help-Math Education Learning and Development Laboratory (MELD Lab) Project Manager at UW

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Student Help-Math Education Learning and Development Laboratory (MELD Lab) Project Manager

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 509491
Division/Organization: School of Education
Department: Educational Psychology
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: 15.00-20.00
Job Categories: Interpersonal Communication, Leadership, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Digital Technology, Teamwork/Collaboration, Professionalism/Work Ethic, Education and Training, Child Development and Care, STEM, Data Analysis, Graduate Assistant-Research, Graduate Assistant-Programs/Projects, Career Management, Honoring Context and Culture, Higher Education-Student Affairs

Department Overview:	The Department of Educational Psychology at UW–Madison is the top-ranked Educational Psychology program in the country, according to the 2025 U.S. News & World Report. We are a highly interdisciplinary department anchored at the nexus of theory, research, and practice in education. As one of the leading sites for cutting-edge research at the forefront of our discipline, we house talented students, visionary faculty, and dedicated staff.
Anticipated Start Date:	09/16/2025
Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):	06/01/2026
Remote Work Eligibility Detail:	Not Remote
Anticipated Hours Per Week:	Minimum: 10 Maximum: 16
Schedule:	Variable; can be negotiated
Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:	Minimum: $15.00 Maximum: $20.00
Number of Positions:	1
Qualifications:	Some previous behavioral research or psychological laboratory experience is preferred. Experience working with children and families is highly desirable. The successful candidate will possess: • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail • Ability to work independently • Good oral and written communication skills • Familiarity with basic office software (word processing, spreadsheets) • Background and/or interest in cognitive developmental research
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:	• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail • Ability to work independently • Good oral and written communication skills • Familiarity with basic office software (word processing, spreadsheets) • Background and/or interest in cognitive developmental research
Position Summary/Job Duties:	The person hired for this position will serve as project manager and will organize the day-to-day operation of the project under the supervision of the PI. This includes recruiting participants, scheduling and participating in data collection, helping to design data collection scripts and coding manuals, coding data, overseeing the work of undergraduate research assistants, managing and maintaining project databases, assisting with literature reviews, and creating materials for conference presentations and manuscripts. The position includes occasional evening and weekend work.
Physical Demands:	Minimal. Occasionally transporting supplies and occasionally helping with light cleaning of the lab space.
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/

Advertised: September 02, 2025 09:00 AM Central Daylight Time
Applications close: September 16, 2025 11:55 PM Central Daylight Time

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Student Help-Math Education Learning and Development Laboratory (MELD Lab) Project Manager	School of Education	Educational Psychology	15.00-20.00	UW Student Jobs	September 16 2025
This position will be in support of the Math Education Learning and Development Laboratory (MELD Lab) under the supervision of PI Percival Matthews. MELD Lab researchers study mathematical cognition with two overarching primary goals: 1. to understand some basic underpinnings of human cognition, and 2. to find ways to leverage this understanding into effective pedagogical techniques that can be used to impact the life chances of everyday people. The largest project that the candidate will support will involve exploring how the human ability to perceptually access the magnitudes of nonsymbolic ratios (i.e., ratios composed of pairs of nonsymbolic stimuli, such as two line segments with lengths in a 2:3 ratio) might be used to support understanding of symbolic fractions, but there are several other projects also operating concurrently. The person hired for this position will serve as project manager and will organize the day-to-day operation of the project under the supervision of the PI. This includes recruiting participants, scheduling and participating in data collection, helping to design data collection scripts and coding manuals, coding data, overseeing the work of undergraduate research assistants, managing and maintaining project databases, assisting with literature reviews, and creating materials for conference presentations and manuscripts. The position includes occasional evening and weekend work.

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Position	Division/Organization	Department	Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum	Job Type	Closes
Student Help-Math Education Learning and Development Laboratory (MELD Lab) Project Manager	School of Education	Educational Psychology	15.00-20.00	UW Student Jobs	September 16 2025
Student Help-Math Education Learning and Development Laboratory (MELD Lab) Project Manager summary: This position will be in support of the Math Education Learning and Development Laboratory (MELD Lab) under the supervision of PI Percival Matthews. MELD Lab researchers study mathematical cognition with two overarching primary goals: 1. to understand some basic underpinnings of human cognition, and 2. to find ways to leverage this understanding into effective pedagogical techniques that can be used to impact the life chances of everyday people. The largest project that the candidate will support will involve exploring how the human ability to perceptually access the magnitudes of nonsymbolic ratios (i.e., ratios composed of pairs of nonsymbolic stimuli, such as two line segments with lengths in a 2:3 ratio) might be used to support understanding of symbolic fractions, but there are several other projects also operating concurrently. The person hired for this position will serve as project manager and will organize the day-to-day operation of the project under the supervision of the PI. This includes recruiting participants, scheduling and participating in data collection, helping to design data collection scripts and coding manuals, coding data, overseeing the work of undergraduate research assistants, managing and maintaining project databases, assisting with literature reviews, and creating materials for conference presentations and manuscripts. The position includes occasional evening and weekend work.