Instruction Techniques

Question 1

Why do you need lesson plans and what are the three types?

Answer 1

You need a lesson plan to make sure important points are not missed. It helps your stay on-track and on-topic and helps you follow a logical sequence of instruction.

1. PGI
2. In-flight
3. Ground school

Question 2

What five things should be included in each lesson plan?

Answer 2

• Take notes on main points
• Plan questions ahead of time
• Prepare visual aids
• Think about opening and closing statements
• Avoid long-handed lesson plans. They are to jog your memory only.

Question 3

What is a threshold knowledge test?

Answer 3

Done when working with a student you dont normally fly with

Question 4

What are some ways to make sure you are providing clear explanations and demonstrations?

Answer 4

• Refer to known material during explanation (relationship)
• Use easily understood words as much as practical
• Teach in stages
• Ensure YOU know the material well. Practice material yourself if you are a bit unsure.

Question 5

Why are visual aids important?

Answer 5

75% of learning happens thru sight.

*Physical objects brought into class
*Video presentations (thoroughly check that videos are 100% correct)
*Guest speakers

Question 6

What are some important things to remember about visual aids?

Answer 6

• Plan your lesson first, THEN insert visual aids. Dont plan a lesson around a visual aid.
• Make aids simple and clear
• Put the aid out of reach once the demonstation is over to avoid distractions

Question 7

Why is it important to provide student activity?

Answer 7

Students learn best while participating.

• Use questioning to test knowledge
• Distribute questions evenly among students
• Make questions challenging but not impossible
• Avoid ambiguous questions

Question 8

What is the demonstration-performance method of teaching?

Answer 8

Monkey see, monkey do

Question 9

What are the five steps of the demo-perf method?

Answer 9

• explanation (explain then do, or do then explain, or explain and do at same time)
• demo
• student performance
• instructor supervision
• evaluation

Question 10

What are the key points of giving a student analysis in the air?

Answer 10

• Take control. You will fly when the student is being critiqued
• I dentify a major strength
• Pin-point a major weakness
• Suggest a remedy
• Identify another strength

Student will then refly the exercise

Question 11

What causes learning plateaus?

Answer 11

• Inability to grasp one component of an exercise may lead the instructor to conclude that the entire exercise is not undersood
• Focus deliberately on the weak area until it improves
• Try to prevent student from becoming discouraged during plateau’s…restore their motivation and be encouraging

Question 12

What is a reversal during taining?

Answer 12

Performance deteriorates with continued practice

Why?
* Typically due to a faulty habit
* Basic elements not fully understood
* Too much emphasis on one element

How to correct?
* Correctly analyze the root cause
* Must be corrected before moving on
* Do not accept or allow your student to practice with improper or unsafe technique

Question 13

What are the five emotional escape mechanisms?

Answer 13

• Projection (transferring blame)
• Rationalization (finding a believable excuse)
• Resignation (givinf up, putting in minimal effort)
• Flight (physically or mentally removing oneself from the tension)
• Agression (taking out one’s tension on someone else)

Question 14

What is Developmental Teaching?

Answer 14

A student-centered philosophy of teaching which requires you to reason with students in order for them to reach predetermined objectives.

It guides a student through solutions and allows them to reason and think about new material