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  • Chapter 3: The Learning Process › Acquiring Skill Knowledge › How to Develop Skills

    Develop Skills Theories about how a skill evolves from the awkward and deliberate performance associated with the cognitive stage to the smooth and steady-handed performance of the automatic response stage have one thing in common: progress appears to depend…

  • Chapter 4: Effective Communication › Developing Communication Skills › Role Playing

    play the learner AMT for a maintenance instructor applicant. It is essential for the flight instructor to develop good ground instruction skills, as well ... flight instruction skills to prepare learners for what is to transpire in the air. Likewise, the maintenance instructor develops classroom teaching skills to prepare the maintenance learner for practical, hands-on tasks. In both cases, effective communication is necessary…

  • Chapter 4: Effective Communication › Developing Communication Skills › Questioning

    statements that implicitly ask for completion. An instructor’s ability to ask open-ended questions is an important skill to develop. In contrast, closed-ended questions tend to evaluate the learner’s understanding only at the rote level of learning…

  • Chapter 3: The Learning Process › Evaluation Versus Critique › Overlearning of Knowledge

    intended to trigger. In this case, the pilot or mechanic may not stop to consider each item. The development of automated skills can impede further learning or lead to forgetting general knowledge. In one study, learner pilots and flight instructors ... their understanding of overall weight and balance concepts seemed to have diminished. Instructors should remain aware of skills learners develop as a result of overlearning and help make sure that their actions continue to be accompanied…

  • Chapter 4: Effective Communication › Developing Communication Skills › Instructional Enhancement

    subject material and skill at instructional communication are necessary to be an instructor. Increasing the depth of knowledge in either area makes the instructor more effective. Instructional Enhancement An instructor never stops learning. While professional development is discussed in greater…