The Impact of BSCS Biology and Other Modern Innovations Upon the High School Curriculum

Author

• Brian E. Boettcher, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Abstract

The need for a reorientation of science teaching in the high schools of America has been apparent since the 1940 1s. Due to this, the Biological Science Curriculum Study, hereafter referred to as BSCS, developed as a result of action by the Committee on Education of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Large numbers of public schools in Minnesota have implemented BSCS and other innovations in an attempt to make their biology program a better one. The primary purposes of this study were:

1. To determine what innovations in biology teaching have helped to produce these changes. 
2. To determine the impact of BSCS Biology on the high school curriculum. 
3. To determine how the effects of the new curricular, specifically the BSCS, are being evaluated. 
4. To determine the degree of success of BSCS Biology in the curriculum. 

It is a secondary purpose of this study to determine the science and mathematics backgrounds of BSCS teachers.

Advisor

LaRoy Zell

Committee Member

William McEnery

Committee Member

William Dawe

Date of Degree

1968

Language

english

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Master of Science (MS)

College

Education

Recommended Citation

Boettcher, B. E. (1968). The impact of BSCS biology and other modern innovations upon the high school curriculum [Master’s thesis, Minnesota State University, Mankato]. Cornerstone: A Collection of Scholarly and Creative Works for Minnesota State University, Mankato. https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/etds/1586/