Education:

Ed.D. (Mathematics Education) Morgan State University

M.Ed. Annamalai University, India

M.Sc. (Mathematics) Delhi University, India

B.Sc (Honors) Mathematics, Delhi University, India

Research Interests:  Teaching of mathematics and statistics at the secondary and undergraduate level. In particular: Content pedagogy and classroom discourse, effective classroom teaching practices, teacher development, role of conceptions in the construction of mathematical knowledge and in the delivery of instruction, curriculum development, cross-cultural research in mathematics education, Promoting active learning in higher education.

Awards

2008 National ATE Award for Distinguished Dissertation Research in Teacher Education by The

Association of Teacher Educators, U.S.A. 

2008 Best Doctoral Dissertation, Morgan State University, Maryland, U.S.A.

2008 International Travel Award, American Educational Research Association.

Selected Publications 

• Ahuja, R. (2019). Grounded Theory of Professional Competence in Teaching of Mathematics: Development and Explication through Cross-cultural Examination of Teaching Practices in India and the U.S. Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College. 10 (1), 31-48.
• Ahuja, R. (2018). Conceptions of Effective Mathematics Teaching Across Cultures: Insights from Some Classrooms of India and the United States. International Journal of Education and Culture, 3&4 (17), 35-52.
• Ahuja, R. (2013). Professional Knowledge Base of a Competent Secondary Mathematics Teacher. International Journal of Education and Culture, 2(1), 51-72.
• Ahuja, R. (2012, April 20). Student Achievement Best Practices: How to Help Your Students Reach Their Potential in Mathematics. Retrieved from http:/schoolimprovementnetwork.blogspot.com/2012/04student-achievment-bestpractieshow.html.
• Ahuja, R. (2007). Towards an understanding of excellence in urban pedagogy: A portrait of a high school. Qualitative Report 12(1), 1-19.
• Ahuja, R, (2007). Professional Competence in Teaching of Mathematics in Selected High Schools of India and the United States: Interplay among Cognition, Conceptions, and Context. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference: Mathematics Education in a Global Community, September 7 – 12, 2007, Charlotte, North Carolina.