Research Assistant (Centre for Research in Child Development) [NIE]
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Job Summary
The National Institute of Education invites suitable applications for the position of Research Assistant on a 12-month contract at the Centre for Research in Child Development.
Project Title: How do Singaporean children understand I can choose Phase 2: Examining early development of free will mindset achievement goals and persistence
Project Introduction: This study aims to address three objectives with three studies.
Objective 1 (Study 1): Examine individual differences in Singaporean childrens achievement-related beliefs goals and memories. We will interview Singaporean children aged 4y to 10y on questions regarding their free will belief mindset achievement goals and achievement-related memories. We will examine relations between these measures and whether they differ from results from American children.
Objective 2 (Study 2): Trace Singaporean childrens early achievement-related behaviours and parents reactions to it. For 3 visits (1.5y 3y 4y) from a longitudinal study (BE-POSITIVE) we will code and analyse children and parents behaviours when presented with a challenging task after an easy task.
Objective 3 (Study 3): Investigate how early achievement-related experiences predict 4-year-olds achievement-related beliefs and explore potential moderating factors. Children from Study 2 will be interviewed with questions used in Study 1 to examine the relation between childrens earlier achievement-related experiences and later achievement-related beliefs. We will also explore the potential moderating roles of external factors such as family background and internal factors such as childrens temperament.
Requirements:
- Bachlers degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. Psychology Education or Cognitive Science)
- Experience in research involving young children
- Experience with data management and analysis
- Proficiency with data management and analysis tools (e.g. R SPSS MPlus)
Responsibilities:
- Cleaning coding and analysing data from a large longitudinal study
- Managing part-time RAs
- Writing reports/manuscripts and making posters/oral presentations to disseminate results
- Managing paperwork related to the project
- Other research related tasks as assigned by the Principal Investigator
Application
Applicants (external and internal) will apply via Workday. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Closing Date
Closing date for advertisements will be set to 14 calendar days from date of posting.
Hiring Institution: NIE
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Spss
- Data Collection
- DNA Isolation
- Stata
- Biochemistry
- Qualitative Research Interviewing
- Research Experience
- Statistical Software
- Molecular Biology
- Research Laboratory Experience
- Western Blot
About Company
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