This publication presents fourteen research reports on new programs in high school biology and in particular the materials related to the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study. Teacher characteristics and behavior are reported in three of these papers. Three papers report on instructional materials, six on instructional procedures, and one deals…

A conceptual model, which provides insight into the individual concerns that teachers adopting a new program may express, was employed in a study of science teachers (N=139) adopting the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS). Results from a 35-item instrument (Stages of Concern Questionnaire), demographic data, and recommendations are…

This study investigated the teaching procedures of two groups of science teachers at the elementary school level. One group had received instruction in the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) methods which included the inquiry-discovery approach. The second group had recieved no instruction in any "new" approach. SCIS-educated…