FAA Fundamentals of Instructing (FOI)The Learning ProcessMedium
A flight instructor provides a student with a detailed checklist and a clear step-by-step procedure for performing a soft-field takeoff. The instructor then has the student practice each step sequentially under close supervision. This method of teaching aligns with which principle of learning?
- ALaw of Readiness
- BLaw of Exercise
- CChaining
- DLaw of Recency
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: C. Chaining
Chaining is a behavioral learning technique where individual steps of a complex skill are taught and linked together in a specific sequence. Providing a checklist and having the student practice each step sequentially for a soft-field takeoff is a direct application of chaining.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Law of Readiness states that people learn best when they are physically and mentally ready.
- B. Law of Exercise states that practice strengthens learning, but 'chaining' specifically describes linking sequential steps.
- D. Law of Recency states that things most recently learned are best remembered.
Chaining (Learning Principle)
A behavioral learning principle where a complex skill is broken down into individual steps, and these steps are taught and linked together in a specific, sequential order.
- Used for teaching procedural skills.
- Each step acts as a cue for the next.
- Builds from simple to complex behaviors.
Memory trick: Chains link steps, laws guide effects.