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Poker in Education: How Card Games Are Changing the Classroom
The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) was founded in 2006 by Charles Nesson, a professor at Harvard Law School. The organization aims to promote poker as an academic learning tool.
Charles Nesson used poker to help students understand the role of a lawyer and break away from rigid legal thinking. He believed that poker could help students see themselves as independent thinkers managing their own strategies.
In January, students at the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse could enroll in a course titled 'Strategic Thinking Using Game Theory' taught by Charles Swain. This course explored how poker strategies could be applied to fields such as physics, mathematics, and political science.
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