Which one of the following teachers is clearly keeping the notion of situated learning in mind as he or she helps students transfer what they are learning in school?
A) Ms. Sporer asks her students to speculate about what might have happened if the Europeans had not "discovered" the New World until the 1800s.
B) Mr. Mendoza makes sure that each one of the students in his instrumental music class knows the difference between the treble and bass clefs.
C) Ms. Sabih gives each of her elementary art students a hunk of clay and then says, "I'd like you to mold your clay into a mythical creature of some kind-into an animal that no one has ever seen before."
D) Mr. Gerberg takes his middle school math students to the grocery store so that they can use their math skills to do some comparison shopping.

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Mr. Gerberg is applying situated learning by engaging students in a real-world context (the grocery store) where they can directly apply the math skills they are learning in a practical, everyday situation. This helps students see the relevance of their learning and facilitates the transfer of knowledge to new contexts.

Which One of the Following Teachers Is Clearly Keeping the Notion