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(David Shaw, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin)

At Madison Area Technical College we are adapting the philosophy of the New Traditions Project to the special situation of a two-year college. Our students are older and they have more responsibilities, both at home and because they are working at an outside job. Many of them are first generation college students.

(continues over stills of students at MATC) We use small-group learning, particularly in the laboratory. Since we don't have many computers, we use the CBL or calculator-based laboratory system.

We also use cooperative quizzes about once every two weeks. A group of four or fewer students takes a 20 minute quiz, they turn in the paper, and all the students in the group receive the same grade.

 

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