The lessons learned in a kind environment are useful for accurate application (predictions, choices, inferences, etc). Also see Wicked environment.

Inference involves two settings: In the first, information is acquired (learning); in the second, it is applied (predictions or choices). Kind learning environments involve close matches between the informational elements in the two settings and are a necessary condition for accurate inferences.

(Hogarth, Lejarraga, and Soyer 2015)

Bibliography

Hogarth, Robin M., Tomás Lejarraga, and Emre Soyer. 2015. “The Two Settings of Kind and Wicked Learning Environments.” Current Directions in Psychological Science 24 (5): 379–85. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44318900.