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| Postdoctoral Positions -- Learning and Motivation | | | | | Institution/Organization: | University of Pittsburgh | Job Location: | Pennsylvania, U.S.A. | Job Type: | Postdoctoral | Contact Person: | Timothy Nokes | Date Posted: | May 1st, 2009 | Web Site: | http://www.learnlab.org/ | | | | | | | | Applications are invited for 2 postdoctoral positions for researchers with interests in learning and motivation. We are looking for cognitive science PhD’s (education, psychology, learning science, computer science, or human-computer interaction) to join Drs. Timothy Nokes and Vincent Aleven in an NSF-funded project at the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center to examine learning at the intersection of cognition, motivation, and emotion. The postdoc will be involved in helping design, conduct, analyze, and write-up research at the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center (PSLC). For more information, see: http://www.learnlab.org/ and http://www.learnlab.org/research/wiki/index.php/Metacognition_and_Motivation Candidates with a strong grounding in educational psychology or cognitive science, as well as candidates with a strong background in learning technologies or technology-enhanced learning (including applied machine learning, affective computing, and user modeling), will be considered. Each position is for two years, with one appointment to be made at the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh and the other at the Human Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Target start date: August/September 2009 Submit vita, statement of research interests, and three letters of reference to Marge Gibson (mgibson@pitt.edu) by May 31st, 2009. Interested applicants are invited to direct inquiries to either: Timothy J. Nokes Assistant Professor of Psychology and Learning Sciences and Policy Research Scientist, LRDC University of Pittsburgh nokes@pitt.edu (412) 624-7789 http://www.lrdc.pitt.edu/nokes/CSL-lab-home.html or Vincent Aleven Assistant Professor Human-Computer Interaction Institute Carnegie Mellon University aleven@cs.cmu.edu (412) 268-5475 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aleven
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