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Early education key to scientific career choice

The Boston Globe: Teenage career preferences are a more reliable indicator than mathematical aptitude for predicting which students become scientists, suggesting a flaw in federal education strategies, a University of Virginia study found.

Posted by Jenny Corrado on May 31, 2006 10:57 AM |

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