Title :
On Skipping Classes of College Students in E-Education - A Perspective of Game Theory
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Maritime Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
This paper aims to study the fundamental reasons why more and more college students in China in E-education Times prefer to skip classes, especially English classes applying Game Theory which is a brand new field of study. Different game theory models under the condition of asymmetric information are put forward and analyzed by comparing the costs and pay-offs of both players, teachers and students at college in China. The equilibrium is arrived at to help the teachers and the university with the optimal strategies to improve the situation by studying the two players´ behaviors.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; game theory; English classes; class skipping; e-education; game theory; Economics; Educational institutions; Electronic government; Game theory; Games; Publishing; Sun; Asymmetric information; College students; Game Theory; skipping classes;
Conference_Titel :
E-Business and E-Government (ICEE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3997-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICEE.2010.1059