Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Bikai Nie

  • Assoc Professor of Instruction - Mathematics
Portrait of Dr. Bikai Nie

Biography and education

Dr. Bikai Nie received his Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from East China Normal University in 2004. He received a Master’s Degree in Statistics from the University of Delaware in 2013. As a Research Associate at the University of Delaware, he worked on a series of mathematics education research projects, in which his research focused on investigating the impact of mathematics curricula on 6th -12th graders’ math studying and teachers’ teaching. His research interests include the preparation for pre-service math teachers, professional development for in-service mathematics teachers, mathematics curricula for K-16, problem solving, problem posing, and quantitative methods in mathematics education research. His teaching interests include Mathematics for K-12 Teachers, Quantitative Methods in Education Research, Statistics, Pre-Calculus, and Calculus.

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Nie, Bikai (Co-Principal). Implementing Techtivities to Promote Covariational Reasoning and Instructional Transformation in College Algebra (ITsCRITiCAL), NSF, Federal, $1599774. (Submitted: December 3, 2019). Grant.
  • Cai, J., Moyer, J. C., Wang, C., Wang, N., & Nie, B. (2024). Student learning and instructional tasks in different curricular contexts: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Educational Research, 125, 1–15. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2024.102329
  • Obara, S., & Nie, B. (2023). Mathematics Teachers’ Geometric Thinking: A Case Study of In-service Teachers’ Constructing, Conjecturing, and Exploring with Dynamic Geometry Software. European Journal of Mathematics and Science Education4, 4(1), 65–78.
  • Obara, S., & Nie, B. (2019). Promoting Math Teacher Active Learning with the Lesson Study Approach: A Case Study of In-service Teachers’ Perspectives. International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies, 8(2), 135–148.
  • Obara, S., Nie, B., & Simmons, J. (2018). Teachers’ Conceptions of Technology, School Policy and Teacher’s Roles When Using Technology. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(4), 1337–1349. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/83569
  • Peng, A., Li, J., Nie, B., & Li, Y. (2017). Characteristics of Teaching Mathematical Problem Solving in China: Analysis of a Lesson from the Perspective of Variation. In Teaching and Learning Mathematics through Variation: Confucian Heritage Meets Western Theories (pp. 111–125).
View all scholarly/creative works
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Excellence. December 2, 2022
  1. Organizer

    Math 1311/1315 Teaching Forum

  2. Reviewer / Referee

    Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

  3. Participant

    Texas State University Fall Commencements

  4. Member

    Math 1315 Common Final Exam Committee

  5. Organizer

    Teaching Forum for Math 2311/2312

  6. Organizer

    College Algebra Teaching Forum

  7. View all activities