Executive Function, Fluency, and Reasoning: MIND Research’s Journey from Theory to Practice

Nigel Nisbet leads a team of content specialists in building engaging, interactive and completely visual games that teach all students how math really works. He came to MIND after working as a mathematics specialist for Los Angeles Unified School District where he designed and delivered professional development programs and implemented the transition to Response to Intervention (RTI) programming. Prior to joining LAUSD, he taught mathematics, AP physics, and AP computer science at Van Nuys Senior High.Armed with a mathematics degree and early success as a rock musician, Nigel Nisbet moved to the U.S. to teach mathematics, AP Physics, and AP Computer Science at Van Nuys Senior High, where he was a pioneer in integrating technology into the classroom. After a spell in district mathematics leadership at LAUSD, Nigel joined the nonprofit MIND Education team in the spring of 2010, giving a TEDx talk on “The Geometry of Chocolate” in 2012, and as the Vice President of Content Creation has written and talked extensively about his and MIND’s passion for teaching mathematics the way the brain learns.