FAA Fundamentals of Instructing (FOI)The Learning ProcessEasy
A flight instructor is demonstrating a complex maneuver involving multiple steps, such as an emergency descent. The instructor meticulously breaks down the maneuver into smaller, manageable segments, practicing each segment until the student masters it, and then linking them together. This instructional technique is an example of which learning principle?
- AChaining
- BLaw of Recency
- CInsight Learning
- DNegative Transfer
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: A. Chaining
Chaining is a behavioral learning principle where individual responses are linked together to form a complex sequence of behaviors. The instructor is teaching the emergency descent by breaking it into steps and teaching the sequence.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. The Law of Recency states that things learned most recently are best remembered.
- C. Insight learning is a sudden understanding of relationships between elements to solve a problem.
- D. Negative transfer occurs when previous learning interferes with new learning.
Chaining (Learning Principle)
A behavioral learning principle where individual responses are linked together to form a complex sequence of behaviors.
- Breaks down complex tasks into smaller steps
- Each step is learned and then linked sequentially
- Commonly used for psychomotor skills
Memory trick: CLEAN: Chaining Links Every Action Now