Situated Cognition

Schools often demand that students perform in classroom situations radically different than those in which these students live and/or work. Such ``pencil and paper" assessment is not an accurate way to ascertain how well-prepared a student really is; and students often find such assessment to be uninteresting and impersonal. The solution, in general, is a system allowing for

Desideratum 5: Situated Cognition

Insofar as is possible, students should be taught and tested in situations that are``real" and interesting, situations to which their life experience can relate.