Abstract
Situated learning places a student in a setting that is often outside of the classroom such as a science center, zoo, museum, laboratory or natural area (see outdoor education and informal science learning). By doing this, the process of gaining knowledge is contextualized in an experiential framework (Lave & Wenger, 1991).
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McComas, W.F. (2014). Situated Learning. In: McComas, W.F. (eds) The Language of Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-497-0_88
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