Research field

Mathematics education

Areas of expertise and research interest

·       The development of mathematics curricula in China

·       Mathematics teacher education

·       The teaching and learning of mathematical modelling at secondary schools

Education

2017.01 Ph.D, Mathematics education, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (Supervisor: Professor LEUNG, Frederick K. S. 梁贯成)

2012.06 Master’s degree, Mathematics education, Department of Mathematics, East China Normal University (Supervisor: Professor BAO, Jiansheng 鲍建生)

2009.06 B.Sc., Qingdao University

Professional Experience

2017.02 – 2019.06 Postdoctoral fellow, School of Mathematical Sciences, East China Normal University

2016.09 – 2016.12 Research Assistant I, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong

Papers in peer-reviewed journals

Lu, X., & Kaiser, G. (2022). Can mathematical modelling work as a creativity demanding activity? An empirical study in China. ZDM – Mathematics Education, 54, 67–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-021-01316-4 (Open access).

Lu, X., & Kaiser, G. (2022). Creativity in students' modelling competencies: conceptualisation and measurement. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 109, 287–311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-021-10055-y (Open access).

Lu, X., Leung, F.K.S., & Li, N. (2021). Teacher agency for integrating history into teaching mathematics in a performance-driven context: A case study of a beginning teacher in China. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 106(1), 25–44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-020-10006-z

Lu, X., Kaiser, G. & Leung, F.K.S. (2020). Mentoring early career mathematics teachers from the mentees' perspective—a case study from China. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 18, 1355–1374. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-019-10027-y

Xu, B., Lu, X. (corresponding), Yang, X., & Bao, J. (2022). Mathematicians', mathematics educators', and mathematics teachers' professional conceptions of the school learning of mathematical modelling in China. ZDM – Mathematics Education, 54, 678–691. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11858-022-01356-4.

Zhang, Y., Chu, S. K. W., Liu, Y., Lu, X. (2023). Effects of a hybrid training for plagiarism prevention module on plagiarism-free academic writing in higher education. Educational Technology & Society, 26(2). (Early view)

鲁小莉，李娜，鲍建生 (2020). 解读教师专业素养——基于专家教师和教研员的视角. 基础教育, 17(2), 61-67+77.

黄健，鲁小莉，王鸯雨，徐斌艳 (2019). 我国课标中数学建模内涵的发展. 数学教育学报, 28(3), 18-23+41.

鲁小莉，程靖，徐斌艳，王鸯雨 (2019). 学生数学建模素养的评价工具的研究.课程 教材 教法, 39(2), 100-106.

李娜，鲁小莉，王衍春 (2019). 数学教与学中的数学建模研究：第十八届国际数学建模与应用会议. 数学教学,  2019(2), 1-4+44.

Wang, J., & Lu, X.^✉ (2018). Selection of contents in high school mathematics textbooks: an international comparison. ZDM Mathematics Education, 50(5), 813-826. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-018-0977-6.

鲁小莉，朱雁 (2018). 数学建模的教育研究：主要方法与研究案例. 数学建模及其应用, 7(2), 43-54.

鲁小莉，梁贯成 (2015). “知识四维度”：分析教师课堂教学知识的框架. 全球教育展望, 44(8), 63-73.

Book chapters

Huang, J., Lu, X., & Xu, B. (2021). The historical development of mathematical modelling in mathematics curricular standards/syllabi in China. In F. K. S. Leung, G. A. Stillman, G. Kaiser, K. L. Wong (Eds), Mathematical Modelling Education in East and West (pp. 177–188). Springer.

Monographs

Lu, X. (2022). Novice Mathematics Teachers’ Professional Learning: A multi-case study in Shanghai. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-37236-1

Xu, B., Zhu, Y., & Lu, X. (2021). Cognitive and Non-cognitive Competencies of Chinese Students in Mathematics. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68157-9