That he possess the information and make the observations needed to deal with it. That suggested solutions occur to him which he shall be responsible for developing in an orderly way. That he have the opportunity and occasion to test his ideas by application, to make their meaning clear and to discover for himself their validity. Reading this spurred three different thoughts. Dewey focuses more on personal ownership of the entire process, but the parallels are still there.
Awareness is part of the situation of experience.
Asking, coupled with Awarness, is part of the stimulus for thought. Accessing and possessing information are closely correlated, as are Analyzing and finding suggested solutions. This leads to thought number three, and it is in this third thought that a fatal flaw arises. Well, I am not too certain as to how the professor will respond to my turning in an ex post facto assignment, one that I created long before I entered Pepperdine. Hopefully, if I type really quickly, he and the rest of my fellow students won't notice.