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Betsy Berry
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Betsy Berry
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Betsy Berry is Associate Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and has been at Purdue Fort Wayne since 2005 after completing her PhD at Purdue West Lafayette. Her teaching responsibilities include mathematics foundational content courses for elementary education majors as well as courses in college geometry, the history of mathematics and methods of teaching for secondary education majors. She also supervises student teachers in their practicum experiences.
Her passion is in the teaching and learning of mathematics. She has many years’ experience in teaching at all levels from middle school through university as well as providing professional development programs for practicing teachers, K-16. Prior to teaching at the university level, she was a regional and state facilitator of mathematics for the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance and served as director and P.I. for National Science Foundation and Maine-Department of Education grant projects. All of these experiences inform her work in the preparation of future teachers.
Betsy is active in the Hoosier Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (HAMTE) as well as other professional organizations and is a regular presenter at local, state, and national conferences. Internationally, she has collaborated with Dr. Lyn English and Dr. Tom Cooper at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia on projects involving children’s developing understanding of math models and curriculum development and professional development for teachers in schools with majority indigenous populations.
As a classroom teacher she was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Secondary Mathematics Teaching and was a finalist for Maine Teacher of the Year. At Purdue University Fort Wayne (formerly IPFW), she received the 2010 Assessment Award for her innovative classroom assessment approach, the 2013 Sigma Xi Teacher of the Year Award and the 2017 Friends of the University Outstanding Teacher Award.
Beyond the classroom, she earned her private pilot’s license; races with a lightning sailing team on Lake Wawasee, and has run 7 marathons.
Her passion is in the teaching and learning of mathematics. She has many years’ experience in teaching at all levels from middle school through university as well as providing professional development programs for practicing teachers, K-16. Prior to teaching at the university level, she was a regional and state facilitator of mathematics for the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance and served as director and P.I. for National Science Foundation and Maine-Department of Education grant projects. All of these experiences inform her work in the preparation of future teachers.
Betsy is active in the Hoosier Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (HAMTE) as well as other professional organizations and is a regular presenter at local, state, and national conferences. Internationally, she has collaborated with Dr. Lyn English and Dr. Tom Cooper at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia on projects involving children’s developing understanding of math models and curriculum development and professional development for teachers in schools with majority indigenous populations.
As a classroom teacher she was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Secondary Mathematics Teaching and was a finalist for Maine Teacher of the Year. At Purdue University Fort Wayne (formerly IPFW), she received the 2010 Assessment Award for her innovative classroom assessment approach, the 2013 Sigma Xi Teacher of the Year Award and the 2017 Friends of the University Outstanding Teacher Award.
Beyond the classroom, she earned her private pilot’s license; races with a lightning sailing team on Lake Wawasee, and has run 7 marathons.