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Appendix

Acronyms

  • Hierarchy of human needs (PSSES)
    • P - Physiological
    • S - Safety
    • S - Social
    • E - Egoistic
    • S - Self-fulfillment
  • Laws/principles of Learning (REEPIR)
    • R - Readiness
    • E - Exercise
    • E - Effect
    • P - Primacy
    • I - Intensity
    • R - Recency
  • Four levels of learning (RUAC)
    • R - Rote
    • U - Understanding
    • A - Application
      • Where most instructors stop teaching
    • C - Correlation
  • Defense Mechanisms (DR CPR DR F (ARF))
    • D - Denial
    • R - Repression
    • C - Compensation
    • P - Projection
    • R - Reaction Formation
    • D - Displacement
    • R - Resignation
    • F - Fantasy
    • Note: denial and repression are main defense mechanisms
  • Characteristics of Learning (PEMA)
    • P - Purposeful
    • E - Experience
    • M - Multifaceted
    • A - Active Process
  • The Teaching Process (PPAR)
    • P - Preparation
    • P - Presentation
    • A - Application
    • R - Review/Evaluation
  • Domains of learning (CAP)
    • C - Cognitive domain
    • A - Affective domain
    • P - Psychomotor domain
  • Factors That Affect an Individual's Ability to Perceive (PTS GE)
    • P - Physical Organism
    • T - Time and Opportunity
    • S - Self-concept
      • A learner's self-image (e.g. confidence or insecurity) has a strong effect on perception
    • G - Goals and Values
    • E - Element of Threat
  • Three stages of skill acquisition (CAA)
    • C - Cognitive stage
    • A - Associative stage
    • A - Automatic response stage
  • Three types of practice (DBR)
    • D - Deliberate
    • B - Blocked
    • R - Random
  • Learning elements (VCP PME) (different types of learning)
    • V - Verbal
    • C - Conceptual
    • P - Perceptual
    • P - Problem solving
    • M - Motor
    • E - Emotional
  • 5 essential phases of the demonstration/performance method (EDLIE)
    • E - Explanation
    • D - Demonstration
    • L - Learner (or student) performance
    • I - Instructor supervision
    • E - Evaluation
  • Memory (SrSL)
    • Sr - Sensory Register
    • S - Short term
    • L - Long term
  • Basic elements of effective communication (SSR)
    • S - Source
    • S - Symbols
    • R - Receiver
  • Barriers to effective communication (COILE)
    • C - Confusion between symbol and symbolized object
    • O - Overuse of abstractions
    • I - Interference
    • L - Lack of common experience
    • E - External factors
  • Developing communication skills (RILQI)
    • R - Role Playing
    • I - Instructional Communication
    • L - Listening
    • Q - Questioning
    • I - Instructional Enhancement
  • How to assist students in remembering what has been learned (PAFAR)
    • P - Praise
    • A - Association - recall by
    • F - Favorable attitudes
    • A - All senses used
    • R - Repetition
  • Forgetting (RID)
    • R - Repression (Suppression)
    • I - Interference (through overshadowing or displacement)
    • D - Disuse (Fading)
  • How people learn (PIM)
    • P - Perception
    • I - Insight
    • M - Motivation
  • Organizing material for a lesson (IDC)
    • I - Introduction
    • D - Development
    • C - Conclusion
  • 3 most common teaching methods and 3 more (LGD CDC)
    • L - Lecture
    • G - Guided Discussion
    • D - Demonstration/performance
    • C - Computer-assisted learning method
    • D - Drill and practice method
    • C - Cooperative / Group Learning
  • Guided discussion questions (ORDRR)
    • O - Overhead
    • R - Rhetorical
    • D - Direct
    • R - Reverse
    • R - Relay
  • Level of risk is measured by
    • E - Exposure
    • S - Severity
    • P - Probability
  • Learner Emotional Reactions / obstacles to learning during flight instruction (AIWA PU)
    • A - Anxiety
    • I - Impatience
    • W - Worry (lack of interest)
    • A - Apathy (due to inadequate instruction)
    • P - Physical Discomfort (illness, fatigue, dehydration)
    • U - Unfair treatment (feelings of)
  • Learner Emotional Reactions / obstacles to learning during flight instruction (AIWA PNAF)
    • A - Anxiety
    • I - Impatience
    • W - Worry (lack of interest)
    • A - Apathy (due to inadequate instruction)
    • P - Physical Discomfort (illness, fatigue, dehydration)
    • N - Normal reactions to stress
    • A - Abnormal reactions to stress
    • F - Flight instructor actions regarding seriously abnormal learners
  • Parts of lesson introduction (AMO)
    • A - Attention
    • M - Motivation
    • O - Overview
  • Test characteristics (RVUCD)
    • R - Reliability
    • V - Validity
    • U - Usability
    • C - Comprehensiveness
    • D - Discrimination
  • Personal checklist (IMSAFE)
    • I - Illness
    • M - Medication
    • S - Stress
    • A - Alcohol
    • F - Fatigue
    • E - Eating
  • Perceives risk from the four fundamental risk elements or categories (PAVE)
    • P ilot
    • A ircraft
    • en V ironment
    • E xternal pressures (mission)

Definitions

  • Behavior - the product of factors that cause people to act in predictable ways.
  • Learning - the change in behavior that results from experience and practice.
  • Insight - the grouping of affiliated perceptions into meaningful wholes.
  • Perception - give meaning to sensations being experienced.
    • Is the basis of all learning.
  • Motivation - the reason one acts or behaves in a certain way and lies at the heart of goals.
  • Tangible motivation - the learner must believe their efforts will be rewarded in a definitive and tangible manner
  • Positive motivations - can be subtle and difficult to identify
  • Incidental learning - learning more than originally intended
  • Mental model - refers to an organized collection of ideas that forms a learner's understanding of a thing or process, and evolve as new information is learned.
  • Recoding - taking new information and relating it existing knowledge and building new relationships
  • Mnemonic - uses a pattern of letters, ideas, visual images, or associations to assist in remembering information and include but are not limited to acronyms, acrostics, rhymes, and chaining.
  • Precoding - a selective process where the sensory register is set to recognize certain stimuli and immediately transmit them to the short-term memory (STM) for action. An example of sensory precoding is recognition of a fire alarm.
  • Praise - a response that gives a pleasurable return and stimulates remembering.

Aviation Instructor Handbook Summary

  • Learner should be motivated and ready to learn
  • Always set clear goals
  • It is important for learner to understand and have good mental model
  • Scenario-based training (SBT) is best approach
  • Use positive feedback