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ERIC Number: EJ651290
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0485
Classroom Games: A Prisoner's Dilemma.
Holt, Charles A.; Capra, Monica
Journal of Economic Education, v31 n3 p229-36 Sum 2000
Describes a classroom game called the prisoner's dilemma that illustrates the conflict between social incentives to cooperate and private incentives to defect. Explains that it is a simple card game involving a large number of students. States that the students should be introduced to the real-world applications of the game. (CMK)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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