Which one of the following situations best illustrates situated learning? A) Twelve-year-old Andrew bakes often at home and can easily figure out how much flour he needs when he cuts in half a cookie recipe that calls for 2¹/₄ cups of flour. Yet Andrew has trouble making similar calculations in his math class. B) Ten-year-old Bernita wonders what it would be like to live on a farm rather than in the city. As she sits in class, her mind often wanders to rural locations she has visited only in her dreams. C) Sixteen-year-old Calvin has trouble understanding the process of mitosis when his biology teacher describes it in abstract terms. He finds mitosis much easier to understand when, later, the teacher draws a diagram of the process on the chalkboard. D) Four-year-old Danetta has trouble understanding that her friend Michael has moved to a community more than a thousand miles away. She keeps insisting that Michael must only be a short car ride away and throws a fit when her mother refuses to drive her to Michael's house.

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Andrew's ability to perform calculations in a real-world context (baking) but not in a classroom setting illustrates situated learning, where knowledge is tied to the context in which it is learned.

Which One of the Following Situations Best Illustrates Situated Learning