Prepare for Fundamentals of Instructing | Lesson Prep

Your CFI's syllabus and your airplane's POH come first. This page is a general study aid to help you show up prepared.

What you'll do

Levels of learning: rote, understanding, application, correlation.
Domains of learning: cognitive (knowledge), affective (attitudes), psychomotor (skills).
Barriers to learning: fear, fatigue, illness, apathy, anxiety.
Evaluate with open-ended questions and scenarios, not just yes/no.

Quoted from the current FAA Airman Certification Standards for each level that tests this.

Flight Instructor ACS (FAA-S-ACS-25)Task FI.I.B · Learning Process

Apply educational theories to ground and flight instruction.
Recognize and correct conditions that undermine the learning process.
Plan for and use techniques, including realistic distractions that teach flight students how to manage a workload.

Flight Instructor ACS (FAA-S-ACS-25)Task FI.I.D · Student Evaluation, Assessment, and Testing

Use appropriate methods and techniques to assess learner performance in ground or flight training.

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