FAA Fundamentals of Instructing (FOI)The Learning ProcessMedium
A ground instructor uses a dramatic video of an actual runway incursion, rather than a simple verbal warning, to teach the importance of read-back/hear-back procedures, believing a vivid and realistic experience will be learned more effectively than a routine lecture. This teaching approach best reflects which law of learning?
- ALaw of intensity
- BLaw of recency
- CLaw of readiness
- DLaw of exercise
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: A. Law of intensity
The law of intensity states that a vivid, dramatic, or exciting learning experience is more likely to be retained than a routine or dull one. By using a dramatic real-world video instead of a plain lecture, the instructor is leveraging the law of intensity to make the lesson more memorable.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. The law of recency concerns the timing of learning relative to when it is tested, not vividness.
- C. The law of readiness concerns a learner's eagerness to learn, not the vividness of material presented.
- D. The law of exercise concerns repeated practice strengthening learning, not vividness of a single event.
Law of Intensity
A law of learning stating that a vivid, dramatic, or exciting learning experience is more likely to be remembered than a routine or boring one.
- One of several laws of learning alongside readiness, exercise, effect, primacy, and recency
- Real, exciting, or firsthand experiences teach more effectively than dull substitutes
- Instructors use realistic scenarios and vivid examples to leverage this law
Memory trick: Intensity = the more vivid the lesson, the deeper it sticks