Design for a situation

What the wiki's principle and pattern pages say to change for particular learners, goals and settings. Each converted page ends its default design with a table, If the brief says… / Then change… / Basis; these pages collect those rows by the situation they name, so a learner and context analysis can start here rather than from the name of a principle.

3,705 rows from 224 pages. A row's basis is a claim, with its evidence marker, or the word untested. The tags are the controlled values of the wiki's evidence dimensions; a row that names its situation in words rather than a tag is listed under the tag its wording names ("one session only" under single-session), marked (from the wording).

Agents can ask the same question of the MCP server's situations tool, combining tags and words (for example novice learners, a self-paced course and a procedure).

Learners

Situation	What it means	Rows	Rows citing a claim
child (age)	under 12	176	121
adult (age)	18 and over, including university students	152	59
adolescent (age)	12 to 17	62	44
novice (expertise)	little or no prior knowledge of the target	141	123
advanced (expertise)	substantial prior knowledge, or experts	108	73
intermediate (expertise)	some prior knowledge	8	6
adult-workplace (population)	adults outside formal education	28	11
postsecondary (population)	college or university	8	6
pre-k-12 (population)	school, pre-kindergarten to grade 12	7	6

Learning goal

Situation	What it means	Rows	Rows citing a claim
high (element interactivity)	elements must be processed together	2	2
procedure (kind of goal)	a step sequence to carry out	30	23
concept (kind of goal)	categories and their features	29	26
principle (kind of goal)	rules, causal models, explanations to be understood to be applied	26	22
complex-skill (kind of goal)	whole-task performance integrating several of the above	22	12
verbal-association (kind of goal)	facts, vocabulary, paired associates, names	22	15
attitude-motivation (kind of goal)	interest, beliefs, self-efficacy as the target	11	8

Context

Situation	What it means	Rows	Rows citing a claim
single-session (duration)	one sitting	170	33
term-plus (duration)	a term, semester or longer	2	2
days-weeks (duration)	several sessions over up to about two months	1	1
workplace-clinical (setting)	workplace, clinical or professional training	174	64
online-self-paced (setting)	digital, learner-paced, no live instructor	152	99
classroom (setting)	school or university class with a teacher	132	50
online-instructor-led (setting)	digital with a live instructor or cohort	15	6

Pages with a situation table

• 4C/ID (Four-Component Instructional Design) Pattern · 9 rows
• Accessible Vocabulary & Syntax Principle · 11 rows
• Activation Principle · 10 rows
• Active Learning Principle · 16 rows
• Adaptive Learning Principle · 12 rows
• Adopt humanistic and radical approaches so adult learners develop as individuals and can question social injustice Principle · 17 rows
• AI Tutoring Pattern · 28 rows
• Always report and interpret effect sizes alongside p values for primary outcomes Principle · 19 rows
• Analogical Reasoning Principle · 10 rows
• Anchored Instruction Pattern · 10 rows
• Annotating Principle · 12 rows
• Ask Experts Principle · 13 rows
• Assessment for Learning Principle · 11 rows
• Authentic Assessment Pattern · 13 rows
• Authentic Audiences & Purposes Principle · 12 rows
• Autonomy Principle · 14 rows
• Balanced pronunciation curriculum covering suprasegmentals, segmentals, and fluency, with a short list of central features selected by diagnosis Pattern · 17 rows
• Blended Learning Pattern · 10 rows
• Build productive instructor-learner relationships so adults feel connected and take an active role in learning Principle · 19 rows
• Building Empathy Principle · 12 rows
• Bullying Prevention and Intervention Principle · 19 rows
• Case-Based Learning Pattern · 17 rows
• Character Education Principle · 16 rows
• Check-ins Principle · 9 rows
• Chunking Principle · 11 rows
• Classroom Space and Procedural Design Principle · 19 rows
• Clear Structure Principle · 12 rows
• Cognitive Activation Principle · 13 rows
• Cognitive Apprenticeship Pattern · 10 rows
• Cognitive Disequilibrium Principle · 11 rows
• Cognitive Flexibility Principle · 13 rows
• Cognitive Load Management Principle · 19 rows
• Cognitive Load Theory Principle · 16 rows
• Cognitive Styles Principle · 19 rows
• Coherence Principle Principle · 22 rows
• Collaborative Evaluation Pattern · 11 rows
• Collaborative Learning Pattern · 17 rows
• Collaborative Learning Principle · 20 rows
• Combine intentional and incidental vocabulary learning rather than relying on incidental learning alone Principle · 16 rows
• Communities of Practice Principle · 14 rows
• Community of Inquiry Principle · 10 rows
• Community-Based Learning Principle · 10 rows
• Compensate for age-related sensory impairments by combining audio input with visual presentation Principle · 17 rows
• Competency-Based Assessment Principle · 13 rows
• Competency-Based Learning Pattern · 22 rows
• Concept Attainment Pattern · 10 rows
• Concreteness Fading Principle · 22 rows
• Considering The Opposite Principle · 21 rows
• Constructive Alignment Pattern · 10 rows
• Contiguity Principle (Spatial and Temporal) Principle · 24 rows
• Cooperative Learning Pattern · 11 rows
• Cooperative Learning Principle · 11 rows
• Criterion- and Norm-Referenced Testing Principle · 21 rows
• Cultural & Life Experiences Connections Principle · 18 rows
• Culturally Responsive Classroom Norms Principle · 16 rows
• Debate Pattern · 11 rows
• Debriefing Principle · 16 rows
• Deliberate Practice Principle · 12 rows
• Design tools so productive usage is guaranteed by affordances and constraints rather than instructions Principle · 22 rows
• Develop Understanding Pattern · 12 rows
• Developing Your Cultural Awareness Principle · 17 rows
• Digital Learning Principle · 13 rows
• Direct Instruction Pattern · 15 rows
• Direct Instruction Principle · 10 rows
• Disciplinary Literacy Principle · 24 rows
• Discussing Race Principle · 22 rows
• Distributed Cognition Principle · 18 rows
• Dual Coding Principle · 14 rows
• Educational Readiness Principle · 15 rows
• Educators should act as mediators and facilitators of learning rather than content disseminators Principle · 27 rows
• Effective Classroom Management Plan Criteria Principle · 21 rows
• Elaboration Theory Pattern · 10 rows
• Elaborative Reasoning Principle · 21 rows
• Emergent Curriculum Pattern · 17 rows
• Employ flexible error treatment strategies matched to objectives, competence, affect, and correction effectiveness Principle · 20 rows
• Engagement Principle · 13 rows
• Epistemic Cognition Principle · 13 rows
• Epistemic Games Pattern · 14 rows
• Error Analysis Principle · 10 rows
• Evaluating Sources Principle · 12 rows
• Evidence-Based Teaching and Scientific Reasoning Principle · 25 rows
• Expanding Social Networks Principle · 16 rows
• Experience with Languaging Activities (ELAs) guided by a sequence of experience-based questions Pattern · 16 rows
• Experiential Learning Principle · 11 rows
• Experiential Learning Cycle Pattern · 12 rows
• Explicit Instruction: Computer Basics Principle · 18 rows
• Explicit Instruction: Internet Search Principle · 24 rows
• Explicit Instruction: Math Strategies Principle · 22 rows
• Explicit Instruction: Online Reading Strategies Principle · 20 rows
• Explicit Instruction: Vocabulary Principle · 15 rows
• Feedback Loops Principle · 18 rows
• Flexible Grouping Principle · 17 rows
• Flipped Learning Principle · 21 rows
• Formative Assessment Pattern · 15 rows
• Formative Assessment Principle · 11 rows
• Fostering Communities of Learning (FCL) Pattern · 12 rows
• Fostering Creative Thinking Principle · 21 rows
• Free-Choice Learning Environment Design Principle · 19 rows
• Functional Behavior Assessment Principle · 16 rows
• Gagné's 9 Events of Instruction Pattern · 9 rows
• Game-based Learning Principle · 13 rows
• Game-Based Mastery Learning Pattern · 20 rows
• Gamification Principle · 18 rows
• Goal Setting & Monitoring Principle · 10 rows
• Graphic Organizers Principle · 12 rows
• Guide change efforts with systemic understanding, focusing interventions on one framework component at a time as needed Principle · 18 rows
• Guided Practice Principle · 11 rows
• Handouts/Online Guides/Visual Reading Aids Principle · 15 rows
• Harmonize opposites: strike a balance between competing educational ideas rather than embracing one method wholesale Principle · 18 rows
• Holistic Learning Principle · 15 rows
• Immediate Feedback Principle · 12 rows
• Include parents, teachers, or mentors in any self-regulation intervention and support their own skills and coaching capacity Principle · 17 rows
• Inquiry-based Learning Principle · 19 rows
• Instructor Accessibility Principle · 14 rows
• Interleaving Principle · 18 rows
• Journaling Principle · 16 rows
• Keep the learner in control of the information flow with on-demand tools and supports Principle · 22 rows
• Knowledge Organization Principle · 17 rows
• Learning by Producing (multimedia production as learning) Pattern · 14 rows
• Learning-for-Use (LfU) Model Pattern · 16 rows
• Least Restrictive Environment Principle · 20 rows
• Link program elements to workforce entry points and employer-recognized credentials so learners see an immediate economic payoff Principle · 16 rows
• Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Pattern · 21 rows
• Mastery Learning Pattern · 10 rows
• Mastery Learning Principle · 10 rows
• Match the form and content of staff development interventions to clients' assessed Stages of Concern Principle · 17 rows
• Memory Consolidation Principle · 18 rows
• Mentor Support in Self-Paced Online Learning Pattern · 18 rows
• Mentoring and Coaching Principle · 16 rows
• Mindfulness Activities Principle · 16 rows
• Minimize student frustration by making feedback clear, legible, focused, and transparent Principle · 19 rows
• Mnemonic Device Principle · 16 rows
• Modality Principle Principle · 26 rows
• Modeling Principle · 15 rows
• Motivation Principle · 22 rows
• Multimedia Learning Pattern · 17 rows
• Multimedia Learning Principle · 17 rows
• Multimodal Instruction Principle · 10 rows
• Multiple Methods of Assessment Principle · 20 rows
• Note-taking Principle · 16 rows
• Observation/Shadowing Principle · 18 rows
• Online Course Design (Community of Inquiry) Pattern · 20 rows
• PAIR-C Framework (Pattern, Agents, Interactions, Relations, Causality) Pattern · 19 rows
• Pairing Non-examples with Examples Principle · 22 rows
• Peer Discussion Principle · 12 rows
• Peer Instruction Pattern · 12 rows
• Peer Learning Principle · 19 rows
• Peer Teaching Pattern · 20 rows
• Personalization Principle · 23 rows
• Phonics Principle · 17 rows
• Physical Activity Principle · 20 rows
• Positive Behavioral Interventions And Supports Pattern · 18 rows
• Positive Self-talk Principle · 21 rows
• Practice with Simulated People Pattern · 25 rows
• Pre-reading Questioning Principle · 15 rows
• Pre-training Principle Principle · 23 rows
• Preserve Heritage Language While Acquiring an Additional Language Principle · 18 rows
• Pretesting (Prequestions Before Study) Principle · 22 rows
• Problem-Based Learning Pattern · 19 rows
• Problem-based Learning Principle · 17 rows
• Procedural Learning Principle · 19 rows
• Process-based Writing Principle · 16 rows
• Productive Failure Principle · 16 rows
• Professional Development Pattern · 16 rows
• Professional development should guide teachers on integrating digital content and tools, not just offer technical know-how Principle · 15 rows
• Programmed Instruction Pattern · 20 rows
• Project Space and Instructional Space Pattern · 19 rows
• Provide positive comments alongside constructive criticism when responding to student writing Principle · 16 rows
• Quiet Learning Spaces Principle · 19 rows
• Redundancy Principle Principle · 21 rows
• Reflection Principle · 13 rows
• Responsive Teaching Principle · 19 rows
• Retrieval Practice Principle · 12 rows
• Rhetorical Skill Development Principle · 18 rows
• Scaffolding Principle · 24 rows
• Scaffolding and Fading Principle · 10 rows
• Segmenting Principle Principle · 22 rows
• Self Affirmation Principle · 20 rows
• Self-Directed Learning Pattern · 21 rows
• Self-Directed Learning Principle · 17 rows
• Self-monitoring Principle · 15 rows
• Self-Regulated Learning Pattern · 15 rows
• Self-Regulated Learning Principle · 13 rows
• Sequencing Principle · 27 rows
• Shared power: previously excluded students, families, and communities co-create and shape educational systems, policies, and practices Pattern · 16 rows
• Signaling Principle Principle · 23 rows
• Simulations & Immersive Virtual Environments Principle · 33 rows
• Skills Sprint Principle · 18 rows
• Social Emotional Learning Pattern · 17 rows
• Social Interdependence Principle · 12 rows
• Social Presence Principle · 20 rows
• Spaced Learning Pattern · 14 rows
• Spaced Learning Principle · 16 rows
• Standardized Test Fairness and Bias Principle · 15 rows
• Strengthen ties between teachers and parents rather than pressing for remote sanctions behind teaching Principle · 16 rows
• Strengths-based Approach Principle · 13 rows
• Structured Academic Controversy Pattern · 11 rows
• Structured Peer Review Pattern · 16 rows
• Summative Assessment Principle · 16 rows
• Support Early Language Development Principle · 17 rows
• Supporting Gifted and Talented Students Principle · 18 rows
• Supporting Students with Intellectual Disabilities Principle · 16 rows
• Teach response precision and new associations with minimal errors, using mediators and stimulus fading Principle · 22 rows
• Teach the conceptual underpinnings of L2 forms rather than only their structural aspects or formulaic units Principle · 18 rows
• Teacher professional development should include ongoing activities like study teams and peer coaching rather than only occasional large-group sessions Principle · 20 rows
• Team Based Learning Pattern · 11 rows
• Technology should augment, not supplant, learning processes in student-centered environments Principle · 28 rows
• Text Chats Principle · 17 rows
• Text-to-Speech Principle · 22 rows
• Think-Pair-Share Pattern · 11 rows
• Traditional Lecture-Based Instruction Pattern · 22 rows
• Transfer of Learning Principle · 12 rows
• Treat talking and writing as means to learning through dialogue-based, student-centered instruction Principle · 17 rows
• Understanding must be cultivated through exploration, not described or told Principle · 19 rows
• Universal Design For Learning Principle · 13 rows
• Universal Early Literacy Screening Principle · 15 rows
• Use computer tools that let students explore hypotheses and solutions faster so they can test many ideas without frustration Principle · 20 rows
• User-Centered Design for Learning Principle · 19 rows
• Validity, Reliability, and Bias in Classroom Assessment Principle · 21 rows
• Video Replay Analysis Principle · 17 rows
• Wise Feedback Across Racial and Ethnic Difference Principle · 18 rows
• Worked Examples Pattern · 10 rows
• Worked Examples Principle · 15 rows
• Workshop Model Pattern · 21 rows