Orienting Students for Math (From Education Week)

Sep 8, 2016 | Gilbert East

'Tis the season for orienting.

Around the country students and families are nervously walking into and through school buildings on "new student orientations."

The word orientation, of course, predates this annual late summer rituals. Sailors, hikers, and other travelers have been "orienting" for millennia — using what they know to find their position in new surroundings. Setting a course at the beginning of journey towards their desired end. 

What direction are we pointing students? What tools are we giving them that could help them use what they know to understand new and strange surroundings like high school?

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