--- title: Brandon Smith | MIND Research Institute description: Mathematician Brandon Smith's passion is creating meaningful ways for people of all ages to engage with math through games, stories and experiences. He speaks at education conferences around the country, including ISTE. 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[Read full bio »](https://2024.mindresearch.org/speakers/brandon-smith#full-bio) ### Topics - Mathematical Joy - Productive Struggle - Deep Conceptual Understanding  - Experiential Learning - Neural Foundations of Learning - Game-based Learning - Family Engagement in Math - Personalized Learning - Student Engagement [Request More Info](mailto:info@mindresearch.org) [Read Full Bio](https://2024.mindresearch.org/speakers/brandon-smith#full-bio) Follow Brandon:Print Bio ### More from Brandon Check out the blog posts and videos from Brandon. [![](https://2024.mindresearch.org/hubfs/Graphics/icons/testimonial-play.svg)](https://youtu.be/Y1LZYwrMY9E) ##### What's the deal with Aunt Sally? (Understanding PEMDAS) MIND Blog [Watch Video »](https://youtu.be/Y1LZYwrMY9E) [![](https://2024.mindresearch.org/hubfs/Graphics/icons/testimonial-play.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luZ3EPVT5_o&feature=youtu.be) ##### Why do we ask word problems in math? MIND Blog [Watch video »](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luZ3EPVT5_o&feature=youtu.be) ##### Podcast: Making Family Night Events Truly Engaging Inside our MIND [Listen to Podcast »](https://blog.mindresearch.org/blog/making-family-nights-truly-engaging) ##### Podcast: Reframing Project- and Problem-Based Learning Inside our MIND [Listen to Podcast »](https://blog.mindresearch.org/blog/reframing-project-and-problem-based-learning) ##### Podcast: The Creative Engine and Intentional Iteration Inside our MIND [Listen to Podcast »](https://blog.mindresearch.org/blog/creative-engine-podcast) ##### Podcast: A Broader Approach to Academic Discourse Inside our MIND [Listen to Podcast »](https://blog.mindresearch.org/blog/academic-discourse-podcast) ##### Podcast: The Experience Gap and Informal Learning Inside Our MIND  [Listen to Podcast »](https://blog.mindresearch.org/blog/experience-gap-learning) ##### Podcast: From Student Engagement to Dynamically Active Inside Our MIND  [Listen to Podcast »](https://blog.mindresearch.org/blog/active-engagement-students) ##### Podcast: Three I’s to Mathematize Anything Inside Our MIND  [Listen to Podcast »](https://blog.mindresearch.org/blog/three-is-to-mathematize-anything) ##### Podcast: Personalized Learning Misconceptions Inside our MIND [Listen to Podcast »](https://blog.mindresearch.org/blog/personalized-learning-misconceptions) ##### Worry Less About The “Achievement Gap” Huffington Post [Read More »](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-we-should-worry-less-_b_7587188.html) ##### On the Road with MathMINDs Games MIND blog [Read Blog »](https://blog.mindresearch.org/blog/on-the-road-with-mathminds-games) ##### Why We Should Worry Less About The "Achievement Gap" MIND blog [Read Blog »](https://blog.mindresearch.org/blog/achievement-gap) ### Full Bio Brandon Smith is the Lead Mathematician and Product Director at MIND Education, where he creates experiential learning programs for people of all ages, both in and out of the classroom — including two that are patent-pending. Over the past several years, he has focused on developing innovative projects to close what he calls the math “experience gap,” where children have insufficient exposure to math in their daily lives. These projects include interactive exhibits and games for math fairs, math camps, and family math nights. Early in his career at MIND, he designed mathematical requirements for the game-based ST Math® software and led the national roll-out of the sixth-grade ST Math curriculum. Smith co-authored a paper in Cognitive Science Research Principles & Implications and has written for the Huffington Post and presented at ISTE. Prior to joining MIND, Smith was a college instructor, where he won an outstanding teacher award and was an educational liaison for the City of Costa Mesa to Windham, Australia. Smith has a bachelor’s in math and two master's degrees in pure and applied mathematics. In his spare time, Smith enjoys piloting planes. 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