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Kevin Voogt, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Education, Chair of Secondary Education, Director of General Education

  • B.A. in Secondary Mathematics Education from Calvin University; PhD in Mathematics Education from Michigan State University

  • 800-544-7223, ext. 6149

(Ongoing) Preservice Teachers’ attitudes and beliefs about Mathematics and the k-12 experiences that informed them

(New) The potential power of forgiveness in overcoming prior mathematical trauma

Thanheiser, E., & Voogt, K. (2023). Filling a 鈥淰oid鈥�: The Mathematical Quality in Planning聽 Protocol for Mathematics Teacher Educators [Audio podcast episode]. In Mathematics聽 Teacher Educator Podcast, AMTE & NCTM, .听

Arbaugh, F., LaRochelle, R., Do, S., Cunningham, A., & Voogt, K., Cirillo, M., & Bieda, K. (2020).听 Real-time coaching with secondary preservice teachers: The practices of mathematics teacher聽 educators. Brief Research Report accepted for the 42nd Annual Meeting of the North American聽 Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education: Mazatlan, Sinaloa,聽 MX.听

Bieda, K., Cirillo, M., Arbaugh, F., Voogt, K., Gregg, J & Orr, S. (2020). The university teaching聽 experience: Cross-Institutional partnership to develop a new model of early field experience.听 Session presented at the 2020 Michigan Association for Mathematics Teacher Educators Conversations聽 among Colleagues Virtual Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.听

Karunakaran, M., Voogt, K. (2020). Addressing elementary pre-service teachers’ mathematics聽 anxiety. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators.听 Phoenix, AZ.听

Orr, S., Bieda, K., Hale, M.W., Voogt, K. (2020). Practicing purposeful questioning: Alignment聽 between secondary prospective teachers’ planned and enacted questions during early field聽 experiences. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher聽 Educators. Phoenix, AZ.听

Bieda, K., Voogt, K. J. (2019). Mathematical errors when teaching: A case of secondary聽 mathematics prospective teachers鈥� early field experiences. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual聽 Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. Oklahoma City, OK.听

Voogt, K. J. (2018). Self-efficacy beliefs of adults who dislike math: Challenging how we measure聽 the sources. Proceedings at the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of聽 Mathematics Education. Greenville, SC.听

Voogt, K. (2018). Reasons for dislike: A retrospective study of adults’ math experiences. Poster聽 presented at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2018 Research Conference. Washington,聽 D.C.听

Bae, Y., Satyam, V. R., Levin, M., Voogt, K., & Smith, J. P. (2018). How do students experience the聽 transition to proof?. Presentation at 2018 Joint Math Meetings. San Diego, CA.听

Bae, Y., Smith, J. P., Levin. M., Satyam, V. R., & Voogt, K. (2018). Stepping through the proof聽 door: Undergraduates鈥� experience one year after an introduction to proof course. Proceedings聽 of the 21st Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. San Diego, CA.听

Satyam, V. R., Levin. M., Grant. T. J., Smith, J. P., Voogt, K., & Bae, Y. (2018). Graphing as a tool聽 for exploring students鈥� affective experience as mathematics learners. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. San Diego, CA.

Bieda, K., Dillman, B., Gundlach, M., & Voogt, K. (2017). Supporting learning to teach in early field聽 experiences: The UTE model. Proceedings at the North American Chapter of the International Group聽 for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Indianapolis, IN.听

Levin, M., Smith, J. P., Satyam, V. R., Bae, Y., & Voogt, K. (2017). Exploring student perspectives聽 on the transition to proof in collegiate mathematics. In E. Galindo & J. Newton聽 (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group聽for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Indianapolis, IN: Hoosier Association of聽 Mathematics Teacher Educators.听

Levin, M., Smith, J., Satyam, R., Bae, Y., & Voogt, K. (2017). Student perspectives on the Transition聽 to Proof in Collegiate Mathematics. Presentation to the European Association of Research on聽 Learning and Instruction. Tampere, Finland.听

Satyam, V.R., Levin, M., Smith, J., Bae, Y., & Voogt, K., (2017). Students鈥� experiences in a聽 transition to proof course. Presentation to Mathfest. Mathematical Association of America Meetings.听 Chicago, USA.听

Smith, J. P., Levin, M., Bae, Y., Satyam, V. R., & Voogt, K. (2017). Exploring undergraduates鈥櫬� experience of the transition to proof. In A. Weinberg, C. Rasmussen, J. Rabin, M. Wawro, &聽 S. Brown (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics聽 Education (pp. 298鈥�310). San Diego, CA.听

Hoosier Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (HAMTE)

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME)

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

Expert Committee (2025). Archimedes Math Standards. National Association of Scholars and Freedom in聽 Education.听聽

Voogt, K., & Bieda, K. (2022). Filling a 鈥淰oid鈥�: The Mathematical Quality in Planning Protocol for聽 Mathematics Teacher Educators. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 11(1), 26-39.听

Senk, S. L., Thompson, D. R., Chen, Y.-H., Voogt, K., & Usiskin, Z. (2022). The Van Hiele Geometry聽 Test: History, Use, and Suggestions for Revisions. University of Chicago School Mathematics聽 Project. (https://ucsmp.uchicago.edu/resources/van-hiele/)聽

Voogt, K. J. (2021). Influence of preservice elementary teachers鈥� mathematics experiences on their attitudes and聽 beliefs about mathematics. Dissertation, Michigan State University. ProQuest.听

Chen, Y.H., Senk, S.L., Thompson, D.R., & Voogt, K.J. (2019). Examining psychometric properties聽 and level classification of the van Hiele Geometry Test using CTT and CDM聽 frameworks. Journal of Educational Measurement 56(4), 733-756.听

Senk, S.L., Thompson, D.R., Chen, Y.H., & Voogt, K.J. (2018). Exploring models of secondary聽 geometry achievement. In Herbst, P., Cheah, U. H., Jones, K. and Richard, P. R. International聽 Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Geometry in Secondary Schools. Cham, Switzerland:聽 Springer.

2024 The Cindy Katris Volunteer Award 鈥� Awarded by Baker Youth Club, and received聽 on behalf of the 草榴社区 School of Education聽聽

2022 Green Awards Recipient, 草榴社区聽

2018 Dr. Marilyn Zweng Endowed Graduate Student Award in Mathematics Education 2017 Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi聽

2007 Beversluis Award in Christian Philosophy of Education聽

2002,鈥�05,鈥�06 Presidential Scholarship聽

2004, 2005 Zwier Scholarship for Excellence in Mathematics Education聽

2003, 2004 Dean鈥檚 Scholarship聽

2003-2007 Member of Calvin College Dean鈥檚 List聽

2021 College of Natural Science Spring Dissertation Completion Fellowship

2016,鈥�17,鈥�18,鈥�19,鈥�20 College of Natural Science Summer Dissertation Continuing Fellowship

2017 Carol and Michael LeMense Graduate Fellowship聽

2015,鈥�16,鈥�17,鈥�18,鈥�19 Lappan-Phillips-Fitzgerald (LPF) Fellowship, Michigan State University聽

2017-2021 University Teaching Experience for Mathematics Prospective Teachers (UTEMPT)
Funded by NSF IUSE Program聽
Graduate Assistant, collecting and analyzing video data, 2017-Present聽
Lead/Mentor Teacher in the UTE Model teaching laboratory in a section of College Algebra Fall 2017聽
Analyzed the mathematical content errors made by prospective teachers in their聽 lesson plans during their microteaching lab experience聽
Developed a protocol for MTEs to address bridging the gap between prospective聽 teachers鈥� mathematical content knowledge and their mathematical knowledge for teaching聽

2019 Addressing Elementary Pre鈥搒ervice Teachers鈥� Mathematics Anxiety
Qualitatively analyzed interview and other data sources聽
Quantitatively analyzed survey data.
Presented results in a brief report at the 2020 AMTE annual conference聽

2017-2018 A Retrospective Study of Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Adults Who Dislike Mathematics聽
Research Practicum聽
Wrote and defended a proposal, collected and analyzed data, and successfully defended results in January, 2018聽
Presented results as a poster at the 2018 NCTM Research Conference and brief聽 report at the 2018 North American Chapter of the International Group for the聽 Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference聽

2016-2017 Supporting Learning to Teach in Early Field Experiences: The UTE Model Funded by NSF IUSE program聽
Analyzed videos of students teaching the Developmental Mathematics course using聽 the Instructional Quality Assessment and TRU Math rubric. Co-authored and presented a research paper at the 2017 North American Chapter of聽 the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference聽聽

2016-2019 Exploring Models of Secondary Geometry Achievement聽
Revised and expanded proposal with Drs. Sharon Senk and Denisse Thompson for聽 the International Council of Mathematics Education conference (#13) held in聽 Hamburg, Germany聽聽
Co-authored (with Sharon, Denisse, and Yi-Hsin Chen) a chapter for a Topic Study聽
Group book and a Journal Article

2017 Exploring Undergraduates鈥� Experience of the Transition to Proof聽
Project under the direction of Drs. Jack Smith (Michigan State University) and聽 Mariana Levin (Western Michigan University)聽聽
Analyzed interview data from students in the Transition to Proof course.听

2015 Reciprocal Noticing聽
Assisted Dr. Higinio Dominguez in summarizing theories on teacher noticing.

Teaching Style intended to match best practices (according to research) in mathematics education, but infused with humor and play, when possible.

Anything DIY (home renovations, homesteading, carpentry). I also have a hobby YouTube channel (@repurposefulfarmer)

The students come to mind right away. There is something so genuine about the friendliness of the students and the respect they show me that I have not seen elsewhere in my journey as an educator.

Having my faith integrated in and informing my career. I taught in public school and got my PhD from a public institution, so this has been so rewarding to be able to have my instruction be faith-informed