FAA Fundamentals of Instructing (FOI) flashcards

The process by which information is transformed into a usable form for storage in short-term memory, often involving strategies like imagery, chunking, or rehearsal to make it more meaningful and memorable.

• Crucial for transferring information from sensory to long-term memory.
• Affected by attention and effort.
• Strategies like mnemonics and vivid imagery enhance encoding.

Memory trick: Encode, Store, Retrieve: The memory's three-step dance.

The highest level of learning, where a student makes associations between various learned elements and relates new knowledge to existing knowledge, experience, or situations.

• Integrates knowledge from different areas
• Allows for prediction and problem-solving
• Goes beyond understanding and application

Memory trick: R U A C: Rote, Understanding, Application, Correlation

Understanding is comprehending meaning and explaining in one's own words. Application is using learned knowledge in new situations or solving practical problems.

• Understanding precedes application.
• Application requires more than just knowing; it requires doing.
• Many academic settings focus on understanding, but practical skills require application.

Memory trick: R U A C? Rote, Understand, Apply, Correlate.

The second level of learning where a student comprehends the meaning of information, concepts, or principles and can explain them in their own words.

• Goes beyond mere memorization.
• Involves grasping relationships and significance.
• Precedes application and correlation.

Memory trick: R U A C? Rote, Understand, Apply, Correlate.

The number of items or tasks an individual can attend to and respond to simultaneously.

• Limited capacity for simultaneous processing.
• Can be improved with practice and experience.
• Crucial for complex tasks like flying.

Memory trick: Many perceive, but only some actively span.

An established pattern of behavior or response that, once learned, becomes relatively automatic and can significantly influence an individual's perceptions and actions.

• Developed through repeated actions.
• Can be beneficial or detrimental to learning.
• Strong habits can be difficult to break.

Memory trick: Many perceive, but only some actively span.

The Affective Domain of learning focuses on emotions, attitudes, values, interests, and appreciation. It describes how learners respond emotionally to tasks and concepts.

• Involves feelings, emotions, and motivation.
• Ranges from simply receiving information to internalizing values.
• Crucial for developing positive attitudes towards learning and tasks.

Memory trick: CAP: Cognition thinks, Affect feels, Psychomotor moves!