AVIATION KNOWLEDGE RETENTION ASSESSMENT FOR PRIVATE PILOTS
Is this project an undergraduate, graduate, or faculty project?
Graduate
Project Type
individual
Campus
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Yu Jin Kim, Graduate Student
Lead Presenter's Name
Yu Jin Kim
Lead Presenter's College
DB College of Aviation
Faculty Mentor Name
Jennifer E. Thropp, ph. D
Abstract
The knowledge test granted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a mandatory written exam that all aviation students must pass for pilot certificates and ratings. The FAA releases test questions to the public, so many students tend to memorize the study questions throughout the test preparation. Accordingly, aviation students put themselves in a position with a relatively higher chance of skipping over essential aviation knowledge resulting in short-term memory.
Nevertheless, only a few studies have found rote memorization for the FAA pilot knowledge test. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine how pure memorization correlates with the retention of knowledge by comparing student FAA knowledge test scores and alternate test that is equivalent to the FAA knowledge test.
This study will use a quasi-experimental design and use quantitative data which the test score is collected as a numeric value. Thirty aviation students who only hold private pilot certificates will be selected as participants from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). This study will expect a significant relationship between the FAA test scores and alternate test scores on knowledge retention and a correlation between the time and the difference in scores.
Since it is still reviewing under IRB, it is not possible to submit the poster yet.
Did this research project receive funding support (Spark, SURF, Research Abroad, Student Internal Grants, Collaborative, Climbing, or Ignite Grants) from the Office of Undergraduate Research?
Yes, Spark Grant
AVIATION KNOWLEDGE RETENTION ASSESSMENT FOR PRIVATE PILOTS
The knowledge test granted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a mandatory written exam that all aviation students must pass for pilot certificates and ratings. The FAA releases test questions to the public, so many students tend to memorize the study questions throughout the test preparation. Accordingly, aviation students put themselves in a position with a relatively higher chance of skipping over essential aviation knowledge resulting in short-term memory.
Nevertheless, only a few studies have found rote memorization for the FAA pilot knowledge test. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine how pure memorization correlates with the retention of knowledge by comparing student FAA knowledge test scores and alternate test that is equivalent to the FAA knowledge test.
This study will use a quasi-experimental design and use quantitative data which the test score is collected as a numeric value. Thirty aviation students who only hold private pilot certificates will be selected as participants from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). This study will expect a significant relationship between the FAA test scores and alternate test scores on knowledge retention and a correlation between the time and the difference in scores.
Since it is still reviewing under IRB, it is not possible to submit the poster yet.