The MIND Research Institute's Research Division is a multidisciplinary, collaborative research organization, dedicated to basic research in neuroscience, mathematics, and education. The MIND Research Institute is also dedicated to channeling basic research results into educational and clinical applications.
The MIND Research Institute plays the role of the central site of research activity for a wide scientific community. Research is carried out by MIND's Researchers and Collaborators in a distributed fashion, with significant amounts of research activity conducted both at the MIND Research Institute and other Institutions. Institute Researchers carry out programs both at the Institute and off-site at other facilities. Collaborating Researchers visit, attend workshops, plan and conduct studies at MIND Research Institute, and then return to their home institutions to continue the research.
Visiting the MIND Research Institute
The research programs involve a wide distribution of collaborating and visiting scientists. Contacts are through MIND's researchers, and as such, potential visitors or collaborators should make contact with the appropriate research colleague(s). Once a collaboration is developed, a research visit can be arranged.
Program Efficacy
Each year MIND Research Institute evaluates its entire customer database for implementation of the program and for standardized test score progress.
A consistent pattern has emerged: schools which implement more than 50% of the program get fewer students at the lowest performance levels, and more at the highest performance levels. Schools below 50% proficiency to begin with have averaged 15 to 20 point gains in proficiency within two years. MIND’s interactive mathematics software, textbooks and overall visual approach have demonstrated the efficacy in classrooms throughout the nation of many of the key findings released today from the National Mathematics Advisory Panel.