  In this work we construct an effective four-dimensional model by
compactifying a ten-dimensional theory of gravity coupled with a real scalar
dilaton field on a time-dependent torus. This approach is applied to
anisotropic cosmological Bianchi type I model for which we study the classical
coupling of the anisotropic scale factors with the two real scalar moduli
produced by the compactification process. Under this approach, we present an
isotropization mechanism for the Bianchi I cosmological model through the
analysis of the ratio between the anisotropic parameters and the volume of the
Universe which in general keeps constant or runs into zero for late times. We
also find that the presence of extra dimensions in this model can accelerate
the isotropization process depending on the momenta moduli values. Finally, we
present some solutions to the corresponding Wheeler-DeWitt (WDW) equation in
the context of Standard Quantum Cosmology.
