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• current CV (including the names of three recommenders), 
• cover letter, and 
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A one-year position is open for a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in task design and extensive teaching and knowledge of college calculus and linear algebra to support the work for the PreTeXt-Runestone: Open Textbooks Engaging Undergraduates in STEM [PROTEUS]. PROTEUS Project seeks to understand two interrelated questions: How do groups of textbook users (students, teachers, authors, and researchers) work together to write interactive questions designed to elicit multiple ways of students' thinking in classrooms? and How do students and instructors use those interactive textbook questions in classrooms? The project uses open-source PreTeXt textbooks hosted in the learning analytics platform, Runestone. The project addresses the need to promote student learning through continued engagement with the material they are learning and to provide tools for teachers to engage with the information gathered using those questions-not only their responses but the various attempts to answer the questions. The fellow will collaborate with four additional principal investigators, and a large group of authors, researchers, teachers, and students, developing questions for the PROTEUS textbooks during summer workshops and will support teachers in their use of the textbooks throughout the implementation terms, and collaborate in the analysis of student data. Postdoctoral fellows at the University of Michigan are supported by professional development programs and can take advantage of many training opportunities.

The fellow will be responsible for supporting the development of the summer workshops, designing protocols for facilitating the work of the question development teams, collecting and analyzing student and instructor data, collaborating in the design of student interviews protocols and of onboarding and exit meetings with instructors. The fellow will have the opportunity of supervising undergraduate and graduate students working for the project on various tasks. The fellow will collaborate on the data analysis and actively participate in the dissemination efforts.

PhD in Mathematics Education or Mathematics with expertise in task design and extensive knowledge of college calculus and linear algebra

• Expertise in undergraduate mathematics education, analysis of curriculum, teaching and learning
• Teaching experience in linear algebra  
• Experience in task design 
• Experience in qualitative data collection: specifically Interviews with faculty and students

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This position requires at least three days per week on-site at the Marsal Family School of Education, 610 E. University, Ann Arbor, MI. 

The selected candidate will be able to work remotely up to two days per week, if desired. 

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