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Sports card explosion holds promise for keeping kids engaged in math

  • Written by John Holden, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, Oklahoma State University
imageSports trading cards can be used as teaching tools. Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

When it comes to collecting sports cards, people often focus on the cards’ financial worth. And understandably so.

After all, when a small piece of cardboard that originally cost just dollars or even cents is suddenly worth more...

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