Necessary Conditions

Math instruction in middle and high school is often something of a grab bag, with schools jumping from curriculum to curriculum, lacking a guiding vision or continuity between years. No wonder so many students conclude, “I’m not a math person.”

Geoff Krall thinks that’s a problem, and he’s devoted his career to fixing it. Necessary Conditions posits for the first time a coherent approach to secondary math pedagogy. Krall identifies three essential elements that will open the door to math for all of your students: academic safety, quality tasks, and effective facilitation.

The book discusses each of the three “necessary conditions” in-depth, giving concrete examples and describing the interplay among them. Krall’s guidance equips teachers to:

• design classroom experiences that increase engagement and build all students’ identities as mathematicians;

• create dynamic, high-quality lessons that include meaningful, efficient assessment; and

• implement structures, routines, and facilitation that result in high-quality learning.

With Krall’s guidance, you can help every student come to recognize that they are indeed a “math person.”

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