FIGURE 7.

Assessment of the SFP by Volunteers (Mentors and Tutors). SFP Volunteers’ (Mentors’ and Tutors’) answers to survey questions about their SCC experience. Percentage of Mentors/Tutors selecting each answer (bars) on the y-axis. Questions were ranked on a five-point scale, 1 being the most negative and 5 the most positive. A. Responses to the statement, “Rate the usefulness of the SFP to you as a scientist/teacher,” evaluated in the end-of-summer survey (2007–2011). B. Responses to the statement, “Rate the usefulness of the SFP to your ability to communicate science,” evaluated in the end-of-summer survey (2009–2011). SFP = summer focus program; SCC = science communication course.