In each episode of the Inside Our MIND podcast, we take a look at issues and challenges facing education that we are working to address through research, technology and strategic initiatives.
In our latest episode, MIND’s Lead Mathematician Brandon Smith joins Brian once again, this time for a discussion on informal learning. Brandon first explains how the achievement gap and the perception gap are symptoms of a larger problem called the experience gap. He then delves into the work ongoing MIND has been doing to bridge that experience gap, and the lessons learned along the way. Brandon also shares a bit about MathMINDs Games: South of the Sahara, which re-imagine storytelling to connect math, games and history. MIND will be sharing much more about the games in early October.
The idea of the experience gap is we have this dissonance between the types of experiences with math we could have, and the ones we have access to--the types that exist.
- Brandon Smith
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Brian LeTendre was the Director of Impact Advancement at MIND Research Institute. In addition to building thought leadership and brand awareness for MIND, Brian worked cross-functionally internally and externally to amplify MIND's social impact and accelerate our mission. He is an author, podcaster and avid gamer.
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