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Signe Kastberg,
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs,
Faculty of Math Education

Office: ES 3138D
Phone: 317-274-6829
Fax: 317-274-6864
Email: skastber@iupui.edu

Profile | Degrees  | Publications  | Awards  | Associations  | Grant Funding  | Expertise  | Courses | Links


Degrees

  • 2002 Ph. D. The University of Georgia, Mathematics Education Major Professor: James W. Wilson, Dissertation: Understanding Mathematical Concepts: The Case of the Logarithmic Function.
  • 1990 M.A. The University of Georgia, Mathematics
  • 1987 B.A. Keene State College, Mathematics

Publications

  • Walker, V., D’Ambrosio, B., & Kastberg, S. (2006). A developing mathematical community. In J. Masingila (Ed.) Teachers engaged in research: Inquiry into mathematics practice grades 6-8. Greenwich, CT: Infoage/National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
  • *Kastberg, S. (2005). Seeing the construction of a multiplicative world. For the Learning of Mathematics, 25(3), 2-6.
  • *Kastberg, S., D’Ambrosio, B., McDermott, G., & Saada, N. (2005). Context matters in assessing students’ mathematical power. For the Learning of Mathematics, 25(2), 10-15.
  • Kastberg, S. E., Farmer, S. A., Laymon, W. Otoupal., & Welter, L (2005). Contributions of children with labels to their mathematical learning communities. In J. A. Anderson, M. J. Dare, & K. M. Powell, (Eds.) The Urban Education Inquiry Project (pp. 7-14). Center for Urban and Multicultural Education, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
  • *Kastberg, S., & Kloosterman, P. (2005). Mathematical performance of fourth-grade students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress: A comparison of Pennsylvania and national results. In R. Zbiek,, G. Blume, M., & M. Smith (Eds.), Assessing What Students Understand, Know, and Can Do in Mathematics: Part I and II (pp. 67-76). University Park, PA: Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
  • * Kastberg, S., & Leatham, K. (2005). Research on graphing calculators at the secondary level: Implications for mathematics teacher education. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online serial], 5(1). Available:
  • D’Ambrosio, B., Kastberg, S., Saada, N., & McDermott, G. (2004). Beyond reading graphs: Student reasoning with data. In P. Kloosterman & F. K. Lester (Eds.), Results and interpretations of the 1990 through 2000 mathematics assessments of the National Assessment of Education Progress (pp. 363-381). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
  • *Kastberg, S. (2004). Preservice teachers' use and understanding of place value. In D. McDougal & J. Ross (Eds.), Proceedings of the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 3, pp. 1217-1222). Toronto: OISE/UT.
  • *Kastberg, S. (2003). Using Bloom’s taxonomy as a framework for classroom assessment. Mathematics Teacher, 96, 402-405.
  • Burrill, G., Allison, J., Breaux, G., Kastberg, S. E., Leatham, K., & Sanchez, W. B. (2002). Handheld graphing technology in secondary mathematics: Research findings and implications for classroom practice. Dallas, TX: Texas Instruments, Inc.
  • *Kastberg, S. (2002). Euclidean tools and the creation of Euclidean geometry. Middle School Mathematics Teacher, 7, 294-295.
  • *Kastberg, S. (2001). Problem contexts in the standards: What is the message? The Mathematics Educator, 11(1), 15-19.
  • Kastberg, S. (1996). Cooperative learning for the college mathematics classroom (Suppl.). Dubuque, IA: WCB.
  • *Kastberg, S. & Hylton, W. (in press). Learning from voices in classrooms. Teaching Mathematics in the Middle School. Kastberg, S., & Norton, A. (in press). Building a system of rational numbers. In P. Kloosterman & F. Lester (Eds.), Results and interpretations of the 2003 mathematics assessments of the National Assessment of Education Progress.
  • D’Ambrosio, B., Kastberg, S., & Lambdin, D. (in press). Designed to differentiate: What is NAEP measuring? In P. Kloosterman & F. Lester (Eds.), Results and interpretations of the 2003 mathematics assessments of the National Assessment of Education Progress.
  • Kastberg, S. (in press) Creating your own workshop: Curiosity, curriculum, and collaboration. In C. A. Brown & L.V. Clark (Eds.) Learning from NAEP: Professional development materials for teachers of mathematics.
  • D’Ambrosio, B., & Kastberg, S. (in press). Educating everybody’s children: Equity in mathematics education ten years later. In R. Cole (Ed.). Educating everybody’s children.

Awards

  • Undergraduate Student Government Robert H. Shellhamer Outstanding Educator Award (2005)

Associations

  • American Educational Research Association
  • Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Grant Funding

  • Co-investigator (with Charles Barman, Linda Houser, Kathleen Marrs, and Kim Nguyen) of National Science Foundation (2005-2008) “Urban Educators: Robert Noyce Scholarship for Mathematics and Science Teachers” ($486,912).
  • Co-investigator (with L. Houser) of Association of American Colleges for Teacher Education (2005-2006). “Standards-based Assessment Project,” ($15,000).
  • Principal Investigator of a School of Education Mini Grant, Jeff Anderson (PI) of grant from Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis (2005) “Student’s Contributions to Mathematics Classrooms” ($20,000)
  • Co-investigator (with K. Nguyen) of an Indiana Commission for Higher Education Grant (2003-2005) “Investigating Middle School Mathematics with Technology,” ($110,000).
  • Principal Investigator of an Indiana University Profit Grant (2003), “Preservice Elementary School Teachers’ Understanding of Place Value,” ($10,000).

Expertise

  • Mathematics Education

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