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Stem Learning Lab

STEM Learning Lab School of Education Principal Investigator: Andres Bustamante Ph.D Projects: - Fractions in the School Yard - Playful Learning Landscapes - Longitudinal Data AnalysisResponsibilities: - Plan and coordinate daily activities for assigned research project- Identify delays and deviations and accordingly revise work plan to ensure timely completion- Manage employee recruitment activities based on project needs- Collaborate with project administrators and project stakeholders to facilitate communication and project implementation

Irvine, California, United States

STEM Learning Lab School of Education Principal Investigator: Andres Bustamante Ph.DProject: Fraction Ball - Comanaged a group of 20 research assistants, supervised work hours, scheduled data collection hours, and controlled data input from Fraction Ball pilot phase - Successfully moved and organized all project data online when transitioning to working remotely to ensure data access was available to the research team and compliant with the University of California, Irvine Internal Review Board requirements for data security.- Organized weekly check-in meetings with research assistants to verify proper data collection and cleaning protocols were beingfollowed.

Irvine, California, United States

STEM Learning LabSchool of Education Principal Investigator: Andres Bustamante Ph.D Project: Fraction Ball - Gathered extensive field notes and summarized key group reflections of the naturalistic observations in the schools to inform decisionsaround collaboratively designing educational tools with teachers.- Collected math measures measuring students’ understanding of fraction and decimal magnitudes and arithmetic proficiency.- Scanned, recorded, and verified observations and fidelity data, as well as students’ math tests for pre and post-intervention.

Irvine, California, United States

Working Memory and Plasticity Lab School of Education Principal Investigator: Susanne Jaeggi Ph.DProject: Understanding Mediating and Moderating Factors that Determine Transfer of Working Memory Training - Conducted tablet games with small groups of elementary schools students to analyze their overall math proficiency and working memory using N-back training and span training. - Developed data reflections based on observations, recorded students’ success with tablet games, challenges, and overall students’ perceptions of the games. - Statistically analyzed data using R to research if children’s bilingual proficiency led to performing better on number identification tasks and presented findings at the Working Memory and Plasticity lab’s Annual Research Symposium.

Irvine, Ca

- Monitored students’ progress in reading and math skills, graded tests, and also provided staff members with feedback on how students performed during training sessions. - Conducted tutoring sessions via zoom,, scheduled tutoring sessions with regular clients, and kept records up to date with new management software that was implemented while working remotely.

Greater San Diego Area

- Attended tutoring training sessions- Prepared tutoring sessions in advance and met weekly with tutoring team - Modeled effective-in-class skills and study skills for students - Used collaborative learning techniques to help students become more independent learners.