The merits of training mentors

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5760, 2006, Pages 473-474

  Pfund, Christine ^a   Pribbenow, Christine Maidl ^b   Branchaw, Janet ^a   Lauffer, Sarah Miller ^a   Handelsman, Jo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

SCIENCE IN GENERAL;

PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; SHORT SURVEY; SKILL; TEACHING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

EDUCATION, GRADUATE; HUMANS; MENTORS; UNIVERSITIES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 31544434924     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1123806     Document Type: Short Survey

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11. We thank J. Heitz and the Biology 152 staff and the undergraduate researchers, mentors, and faculty who participated in this program. Supported by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute through a grant to J.H. from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professors Program. J.B. was supported by N5F grant no. 0402549.