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 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 two independent research firms responsible for conducting the three 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.

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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