Signe Kastberg

Email:
skastber@purdue.edu

Phone:
(765) 494-2354

Address:
Steven C. Beering Hall of
Liberal Arts and Education
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2098
BRNG 4128

Signe Kastberg

Professor, Mathematics Education; Mary Endres Endowed Chair of Elementary Education

Mathematics Education,
Curriculum and Instruction

Email:
skastber@purdue.edu

Phone:
(765) 494-2354

Address:
Steven C. Beering Hall of
Liberal Arts and Education
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2098
BRNG 4128

About

As a scholar of teaching and learning, Dr. Kastberg explores and contributes to public understanding of mathematics teaching and learning and mathematics teacher education. Dr. Kastberg’s discovery, learning, and engagement activities are undertaken to develop and contribute to understandings of the beauty and complexity of teaching, learning, and learning to teach mathematics-learners.

Education
  • Ph.D. — Mathematics Education, The University of Georgia (2002)
  • M.A. — Mathematics, The University of Georgia (1990)
  • B.A. — Mathematics, Keene State College (1987)

Awards & Honors
  • 2024 Purdue College of Education Graduate Mentoring Award
  • 2024 Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Bristol, UK
  • 2018 Excellence in Mathematics Teacher Education Teaching Award from the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE)
  • 2017 Charles P. Murphy Undergraduate Teaching Award from Purdue University

Professional Appointments
  • 2008 – 2010: Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Associate Professor, School of Education, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI).
  • 2009 – 2010: Assistant Director, Urban Center for the Advancement of STEM Education, College of Education, IUPUI
  • 2002 – 2008: Assistant Professor, School of Education, Mathematics Education, IUPUI
  • 1998 – 2002: Associate Professor of Mathematics, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Research & Publications

Dr. Kastberg’s perspective on teaching and learning is informed by her interpretation of radical constructivist epistemology (Von Glasersfeld, 1995) and Steffe and D’Ambrosio’s (1995) view of constructivist teaching. The mathematics context for Dr. Kastberg’s inquiry is multiplicative reasoning (Harel & Confery, 1994). She has worked to build evidence of relational practice (Grossman, 2011; Kitchen, 2005) including exploring and illustrating listening, trust, care, and empathy, and the ways in which these sustain and motivate student-teacher collaborations.

Selected Publications
  • Kastberg, S., Lischka, A., & Hillman, S. (2025). Mathematics teacher educators’ discussion practice. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10857-024-09666-y
  • Kastberg, S., & Kitchen, R. (2024). Relational practices in mathematics teacher education: Theorizing a construct to inform our practice. In B. Benken (Ed.) Reflection on Past, Present and Future: Paving the Way for the Future of Mathematics Teacher Education. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Professional Book Series, Volume 5. (pp. 83-100). IAP.
  • Kastberg, S., Hord, C., & Alyami, H. (2022). Proportional reasoning to move toward linearity. In X. Xin, R. Tzur, & H. Thouless, Enabling mathematics learning of struggling students (pp. 337-359). Springer.
  • Kastberg, S., Lischka, A., & Hillman, S. (2020). Written feedback as a relational practice: Revealing mediating factors, Studying Teacher Education, 16(3), 324-344, DOI: 10.1080/17425964.2020.1834152
  • Kastberg, S., Suazo-Flores, E., Grant, M., & Chapman, O. (2023) Special Issue: Seeing self-based methodology through a philosophical lens. Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, 40 Retrieved from https://education.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/stem/publications/pmej/pome40/index.html
  • Kastberg, S. E., Lischka, A. E., & Hillman, S. L. (2020). Characterizing mathematics teacher educators’ written feedback to prospective teachers. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education. 23, 131-152. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10857-018-9414-6
  • Kastberg, S., Tyminski, A., Lischka, A., & Sanchez, W. (2018). Building support for scholarly practices in mathematics methods. Charlotte, NC: InfoAge.

Courses Typically Taught

  • EDCI 36402 — Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School: Grades 3-6
  • EDCI 53300 — Teaching and Learning in Number and Operation
  • EDCI 63700 — Teaching Mathematics: Insights and Issues