SITUATED LEARNING

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N., Pam M.S.
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learning that occurs in a classroom situation with specific physical and social contexts. Knowledge can be facilitated when the people interact with the setting. Commonly known as situated learning.

SITUATED LEARNING: "Situated learning happens in a set situation for the purpose of learning something."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. LEARNING SKILLS
  2. CONTEXT-SPECIFIC LEARNING
  3. LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT (LRE)
  4. SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM
  5. SITUATED IDENTITIES THEORY
  6. BEHAVIOR SETTING
  7. SOCIAL SKILLS
  8. OPEN-CLASSROOM DESIGN
  9. STATE-DEPENDENT LEARNING
  10. LATENT LEARNING
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "SITUATED LEARNING," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 13, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/situated-learning/ (accessed November 1, 2019).
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