Situated cognition

Situated cognition is a way of thinking about how people learn and remember information. It is based on the idea that people remember things better when they can relate the information to places, experiences, and activities from their everyday lives. For example, if you learn a song in school and then go home and practice it in your living room, you are more likely to remember it than if you just learned and practiced it in the classroom. That's because when you're in your living room, the song has a "situation" that helps remind you of it: the different furniture, the sounds, the smells, and so on. So situated cognition is a way of learning that takes into account the situation in which the knowledge was acquired - and tries to use that same situation to help you remember it.