A cellular automata model for social-learning processes in a classroom context

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 391-396

  Bordogna, C M ^a,b   Albano, E V ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

01.40.Fk physics education research (cognition, problem solving, etc.); 02.70. c computational techniques; 87.23.Ge dynamics of social systems; 89.90.+n other topics in areas of applied and interdisciplinary physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041733649     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e20020043     Document Type: Article

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