FOI Flashcards
A change in behavior as a result of experience can be defined as:
Learning
The learning process may include some types of element taking place simultaneously such as verbal, conceptual and:
Emotional
Insights, as applied to learning, involve a person’s:
GROUPING OF ASSOCIATED PERCEPTIONS into meaningful wholes
Individuals make more progress learning if they have a clear objective. This is one feature of the principle of:
READINESS
What is true concerning motivations?
Motivations may be very subtle and difficult to identify
What is generally the more effective way for an instructor to properly motivate students?
Provide positive motivations by the promise or achievement of rewards
What principle of learning implies that a student will learn more from the real thing than from a substitute?
Principle of INTENSITY
The principle that is based on the EMOTIONAL reaction of the learner is the principle of:
EFFECT
Things most often REPEATED are best recommended because of which principle of learning?
Principle of EXERCISE
What principle of learning creates a strong, almost unshakable, impression?
Principle of PRIMACY
What principle of learning determines the SEQUENCE of lectures within a course of instruction?
Principle of RECENCY
Providing opportunities for a student to practice and then directing this process toward a goal is the basis of the principle of:
Exercise
During the flight portion of a practical test, the examiner simulates complete loss of engine power by closing the throttle and announcing ‘simulated engine failure.’ What LEVEL of learning is being tested?
Correlation
When asking a student to explain how gross weight affects maneuvering speed, what LEVEL of learning is being tested?
Understanding
At which LEVEL of learning do many instructors accidentally stop teaching?
APPLICATION
Responses that produce a pleasurable return are called:
Praise
What transfer of learning occurs when the learning of one maneuver/skill HINDERS the learning of another maneuver/skill?
NEGATIVE
What type of learning has occurred when a student learns to fly an airport traffic pattern as a rectangular course?
POSITVIE
Which of the student’s human needs offer the greatest challenge to an instructor?
Self-Actualization
Before a student can concentrate on learning, which human needs must be satisfied?
Biological
What human need is met after the student feels physically comfortable and safe?
Belonging
What defense mechanism is being used when a student uses excuses to justify inadequate performance?
Rationalization
When a student displays the defense mechanism of DENIAL they may attempt to:
Minimize the situation
When a student asks irrelevant questions, or refuses to participate in class activities, it usually is an indication of the defense mechanism known as:
Aggression
What is true concerning defense mechanisms and what they involve?
They involve some degree of self-deception and distortion of reality
Taking physical or mental flight is a defense mechanism students use when they want to:
Escape from frustrating situations
When students subconsciously use the defense mechanism called Rationalization, they:
Cannot accept the real reasons for their behavior
When a student becomes bewildered and lost in the advanced phase of training after completing the early phase without grasping the fundamentals, the defense mechanism is usually in the form of:
Resignation
When a student engages in daydreaming, it is a defense mechanism of:
Fantasy
When has instruction taken place?
When a procedure has been explained, and the desired student response has occurred
What OBSTACLE to learning is a greater deterrent (to learning Pilot Skills) than is generally recognized?
Impatience
Insights, as applied to learning, involve a person’s”
Relating and grouping of associated perceptions
What LEVEL of knowledge is being tested if asked, ‘What is the significance of an a/c’s maneuvering speed listed in the pilot’s operating handbook?’
Understanding
What is true about the properties of Over-Learning?
Over-Learning is when repeated use of knowledge takes on the properties of a skill
A student who harbors a hidden fear of flying that inhibits learning will display the defense mechanism of:
Repression
When a student tries to disguise a weak/undesirable quality by emphasizing a more positive one, this is a defense mechanism in the form of:
Compensation
The use of some type of association such as rhymes or word patterns to assist in remembering info is called:
Mnemonics
How can PRE-coding be described?
The selective process where the sensory register is set to recognize certain stimuli and transfer it to short-term memory
The Stem is:
The part of a multiple choice test item consisting of the question, statement or problem
What is the function of Risk Management?
Decision-making process designed to identify hazards systematically
A student pilot performs poorly on a test. They justify it by claiming there was not enough time to learn the required material, while not admitting to taking advantage of a computerized pre-test offered by the instructor. This is an indication of the defense mechanism known as:
Rationalization
Assessment of student learning should be an _____ part of each lesson
INTEGRAL
Evaluation of student performance and accomplishment during a lesson should be based on:
Objectives and goals established in the lesson plan
What is true about student willingly accepting instructors’ critiques?
Before students willingly accept their instructor’s critique, they must first accept the instructor!
WHEN should a instructor critique a student?
Immediately after the student’s performance
An instructor’s critique of a student’s performance should BE:
Constructive and objective!
An instructor’s critique of a student’s performance should PROVIDE:
Direction and guidance to improve performance
An instructor’s assessment of a student’s performance is a step in:
The LEARNING process, not just in the grading process
To be effective, a critique should be:
Flexible enough to satisfy the requirements of the moment
A written test is said to be comprehensive when it:
Effectively measures the overall OBJECTIVES
What is the main disadvantage of Supply-Type items?
They cannot be graded with Uniformity
A written test has validity when it:
Measures what is it SUPPOSED to measure
What is one major difficulty encountered in the construction of multiple-choice test items?
INVENTING DISTRACTORS which will be attractive to students lacking knowledge or understanding
In a written test, what Selection-Type test items reduce the probability of someone guessing correctly?
Matching!
What type of test item creates that greatest probability of guessing?
True-False
The characteristic of a written test, which measures small differences in achievement between students, is its:
Discrimination!
What is a characteristic of Supply-Type test items?
The same test graded by different instructors would probably be given different scores
A written test having the characteristics of discrimination will:
Identify even small differences in student achievement
A written test that has reliability:
Yields consistent results
One of the main advantages of Selection-Type test items, over Supply-Type test items, is that:
Selection-Type would be GRADED OBJECTIVELY regardless of the student or the grader
What is true for effective multiple-choice test items?
Items may include several options that are plausible or even scientifically accurate
What is true about multiple-choice test items that are intended to measure achievement at a higher level of learning?
Some or all of the alternatives should be acceptable but only one should be clearly better than the others
What type of test is used for evaluating training involving an operation, procedure, or process?
Performance type test
A pretest constructed to measure knowledge and sills necessary to begin a course is referred to as a:
CRITERION-Referenced test
In evaluating student demonstration of piloting ability (in regards to progress), it is important for the flight instructor to keep the student ______
INFORMED
Evaluation of Demonstrated Ability during flight instruction must be based upon:
ESTABLISHING STANDARDS of performance suitably modified to the student’s stage of development/experience level
What is the main advantage of Supply-Type test items?
Require the learner to ORGANIZE KNOWLEDGE
Criterion-Based assessment items are normally a part of what kind of tests?
Performance-Based tests!
What is true about an instructor’s critique of a student’s performance?
It should be as VARIED in content as the performance being evaluated
What test item is more likely to utilize ROTE memory than knowledge of the subject?
True and False!
As an aviation instructor you know that FAA PTS books are:
TESTING documents only
What 3 elements do Performance-Based objectives consist of?
Description of the skill, condition and CRITERIA
What type of assessment focuses on real-world skills/ability to use critical thinking in real-world tasks?
Authentic assessments
During a flight training course, when is it appropriate to introduce the students to the acceptable standards for passing the practical test?
Not until 3 HOURS BEFORE the practical test prep instruction required by regulation ????
A method of making students aware of their progress is:
REPEATING A DEMO, showing the students the standard their performance must ultimately meet
What factor affecting perception has the greatest impact on the perceptual process?
Self-Concept