The pipeline: Igniting girls' interest in science

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5870, 2008, Pages 1621-1622

  Tucker, Sheryl A ^a   Hanuscin, Deborah L ^b   Bearnes, Constance J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MU Career Center   (United States)

^c Girl Scouts Heart of Missouri Council   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH;

EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCIENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 41149091569     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1153261     Document Type: Short Survey

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23. We sincerely thank the reviewers for their constructive and thoughtful comments. They have helped us better demonstrate the significance of the program in a clear and concise manner. We also thank J. L. Atwood and MU's Department of Chemistry without whose support the program would not have been possible; A. E. Moody of TSU for insightful discussions during program development and serving as the first expansion site; M. M. Kroll for editing various drafts of this manuscript; and B. D. Hostetler for assisting with data analysis. Funding was provided by the Dreyfus Foundation, the American Chemical Society, and the National Science Foundation.