STEM Education Research Fellow: Future-Ready Skills & AI

Educational Testing Service; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Educational Testing Service seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow to contribute to research initiatives within the Center for Advancing Human Competencies at the ETS Research Institute.

Research will focus on how K-12 education can better prepare students for future STEM pathways by examining how future-ready human capabilities are developed, demonstrated, supported and measured in authentic disciplinary learning contexts, with emphasis on STEM education, especially mathematics.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in mathematics education, science education, STEM education, learning sciences, educational psychology, educational measurement, or related field completed within the past three years or expected before the start date.
• Experience in STEM learning, assessment, or human-AI collaboration is desirable.
• Strong quantitative, mixed-methods, computational research skills, or programming in R or Python.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute research on competency-based STEM learning, skills development, and STEM pathways.
• Study how K-12 learning can integrate skills-based or competency-based approaches for future STEM pathways.
• Support innovation by contributing to skills assessment tools and resources.
• Apply quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, or computational analyses to study competencies and evidence.
• Develop skills indicators and competency maps for STEM contexts.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams across ETS and external partners.
• Disseminate findings through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and internal reports.
• Contribute to proposals for externally funded research projects.

Skills

Quantitative methods

Mixed methods

R

Python

Communication

Collaboration

Education

PhD in STEM/learning sciences or related field

Tools

R

Python

Job description

Educational Testing Service seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow to contribute to research initiatives within the Center for Advancing Human Competencies at the ETS Research Institute.

Research will focus on how K-12 education can better prepare students for future STEM pathways by examining how future-ready human capabilities are developed, demonstrated, supported and measured in authentic disciplinary learning contexts, with emphasis on STEM education, especially mathematics.