He has conducted research in mathematical problem solving, teacher development, mathematical assessment and the integration of technology in mathematics education and published more than 20 research papers in professional journals in the past several years. Dr. Cai received the Outstanding Dissertation Award in 1994. He is a 1996-97 National academy of Education Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Cai's teaching responsibilities at the University of Delaware include teaching various mathematics education courses for prospective secondary mathematics teachers. Students in his classes are exposed to not only the current reform ideas in mathematics education, but also to the appropriate use of technology as a learning and teaching tool in math classrooms.
Students have opportunities to explore mathematics in computer-based learning environments.
They also experience ways to use technologies in teaching secondary mathematics. He has extensive successful experience working with both current and prospective math teachers. Christine L. Ebert Christine L. Ebert received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction of Mathematics Education from the University of Delaware in 1994. Dr. Ebert has been a member of the Mathematical Sciences Department at the University of Delaware since 1984 and has been involved with the preparation of both elementary and secondary mathematics teachers. Her research interests include the investigation of preservice teachers' pedagogical content knowledge about functions and graphs, the cognitive development of the concept of function, and the analysis of the technological factors that promote conceptual understanding of functions and graphs.