About the Author
Jill Denner is a Senior Research Associate at ETR (Educational, Training, Research) Associates. She can be reached at jilld@etr.org. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0217221. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The author thanks Steve Bean, Linda Werner, Shannon Campe, Audrey Blumeneau, Cathy Tyner, and Gail Levine for helping to create and implement the program.
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