[curriculum-eval] side-quest-01-02-environment-reference.md: active_learning + checkpoint_quality — passive reference with no exercises

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File: workshop/side-quest-01-02-environment-reference.md
Overall Score: 5.3 / 10.0 (corpus mean: 6.1)

Flagged Dimensions:

Dimension	Score	Benchmark	Delta
checkpoint_quality	0.0	10.0 (≥4 items under ✅ Checkpoint)	-10.0
active_learning	2.4	≥6.6 (density ≥3/100 words)	-4.2
cognitive_load	7.9	10.0 (≤800 words)	-2.1

Root Cause (≤ 2 sentences):
At 1,225 words with only 2 code blocks and no checkpoint heading, this reference page is structured as a passive read rather than an active learning experience — activity density of 0.73 per 100 words is less than a quarter of the 3.0 target. The bloom_level is correctly classified as "remember" (lowest cognitive order), yet the page provides no self-check mechanism for learners to verify they can recall the environment facts.

Evidence (quoted from the file):

"Primary cues: title:reference, intro:reference." (bloom_justification — the page is structured entirely as reference lookup, with no activities to engage higher-order thinking)

Learning Science Rationale:
Bloom's Taxonomy places "remember" at the foundation; without retrieval practice (active recall activities, self-tests, or verifiable checkpoints), information stored at this level decays rapidly (Ebbinghaus forgetting curve). Mayer's Active Processing Principle states that meaningful learning requires learners to select, organize, and integrate new information — purely referential prose with no exercises bypasses all three cognitive processes.

Improvement Prompt (for an agent):

In workshop/side-quest-01-02-environment-reference.md:
1. Add a "## :white_check_mark: Checkpoint" section at the end with 4–5 verifiable checklist items that require the learner to actively locate or use each key environment variable (e.g., "- [ ] Run `echo $GITHUB_WORKSPACE` in your terminal and confirm the path matches your repository root").
2. Convert at least 2 prose-only reference sections into short "Try it" exercises with a code block showing the command to run and the expected output format.
3. Trim or defer content to bring word count to ≤900 words if it exceeds that after adding exercises.
4. Run `npx --yes markdownlint-cli2 "workshop/side-quest-01-02-environment-reference.md"` and fix any lint errors.

Expected Score After Fix: 7.0 / 10.0

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