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.”