This article reports an experimental use of Conflict and Cooperation (C&C) in a large undergraduate class and evaluates the effect of using the program on student learning as compared with the next best conventional teaching method. Keywords: prisoner's dilemma, computer simulation, game theory, collective goods, cooperation.
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