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Article Title
Changes in Science Enrollments and Graduation Requirements in Iowa Public High Schools, 1973-1983
Document Type
Article
Abstract
In recent years, public education has received stringent criticism for its performance in producing students who have a very low level of competency in some subjects (National Commission on Excellence in Education, 1983). The media and various professional organizations have conceded that students in the United States have, in recent years, performed poorly in science when compared with students from other developed nations (Jacobson and Doran, 1985). Alleged reasons for poor performance on the part of U.S. students include shortage of qualified teachers, apathetic or negative public attitude toward schools, changing sociological and educational roles of the parent and ~ excessive governmental control, increasing litigation to solve educational problems, economic depression, lack of enforced state and local board educational standards, and decreasing student enrollments in high school science courses (Excellence in Education Task Force, 1984).
Publication Date
Winter 1985-86
Journal Title
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Volume
22
Issue
3
First Page
2
Last Page
4
Copyright
© Copyright 1985 by the Iowa Academy of Science
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Gerlovich, Jack A.
(1985)
"Changes in Science Enrollments and Graduation Requirements in Iowa Public High Schools, 1973-1983,"
Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 22:
No.
3, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol22/iss3/2