Making Science Make Sense

Bayer Facts of Science Education Survey

AFTERWORD

Bayer wishes to thank Michael Templeton, the author of this report, whose insight and guidance were crucial to the surveys' success. Formerly program director for the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Informal Science Education Program, he has 25 years experience in science education, including serving on the NSF's Director's Advisory Council, many NSF program panels, and the Committee on the Public Understanding of Science and Technology of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is a Fellow of the AAAS and the author of A Formula for Success: Chemistry At Science Museums.

Special thanks go to experts at the National Science Foundation, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Science Teachers Association and the National Science Resources Center who provided their assistance and expertise to the surveys and other Making Science Make Sense initiatives.

Bayer also wishes to acknowledge the four independent research firms responsible for conducting the five surveys. First, in 1995 and 1996, Research Communications Ltd. of Dedham, Massachusetts, undertook The Bayer Facts I and II, respectively. For 1997, Bayer commissioned Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc. of Washington, D.C. to conduct the student focus groups and the national student opinion poll that comprise The Bayer Facts III. In 1998, Roper Starch Worldwide conducted both the in-depth interviews and mail survey of Ph.D scientists for The Bayer Facts IV. Finally, in 1999, Bayer and its partner, the National Science Teachers Association, commissioned Market Research Institute of Merriam, Kansas, to conduct The Bayer Facts V.

Executive summaries of each of the surveys are available. To obtain any or all of them, or to learn more about Making Science Make Sense, contact:

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