Research interests
Janet Frost conducts qualitative research on mathematics instructional practices and professional development. As the principal investigator in a U.S. Department of Education-funded professional development project with high school and college math faculty, she is focusing on the interactions between planners and teachers and the resulting teacher rates and directions of change.
Teaching/professional interests
Dr. Frost teaches mathematics education and research methods courses.
Recent accomplishments
- Frost, J.H., Akmal, T. T., & Kingrey, J. U. (in press). Planning teacher professional development: the struggles and successes of an inter-organizational collaboration. Professional Development in Education.
- Frost, J. H. (in press). Looking through the lens of a teacher¹s life: The power of prototypical stories in understanding teachers' instructional decisions in mathematics. Teaching and Teacher Education.
- Frost, J. H. & Wiest, L. R. (2007). Listening to the girls: Participant perceptions of the confidence-boosting aspects of a girls’ summer mathematics and technology camp. The Mathematics Educator 17(2), 31-40.
- Wiest, L. R., Higgins, H. J., & Frost, J. H. (2007). Quantitative literacy for social justice. Equity and Excellence In Education 40(1), 47-55.
Educational background
- Ph.D. Educational Specialties, University of Nevada, Reno, 2007
- M. A. Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1980
- B. A. Religion and Philosophy, Denison University, Granville Ohio, 1975
