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A COMPARISON STUDY OF SIMULATION VERSUS MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION INSTRUCTION ON FLIGHT STUDENTS' DECISION-MAKING SKILLS

Weber, Raymond Earle
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1458260007

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2016, PHD, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences.
Aviation is often stated as being the safest mode of transportation; however the General Aviation community has reached a plateau in safety. For the last 20 years, the accident trend has remained at approximately 7 fatalities per 100,000 flight hours, though in the year 2013 there was a dip to approximately 5 fatalities per 100,000 hours of flight. One possible way to make an impact on safety issues in General Aviation would be through education, focusing on improving students’ decision-making skills, at the beginning levels of flight training to improve the decision making of the pilots throughout their flight careers. This Study investigates if the use of supplemental simulation scenarios to teach students decision making makes a difference in their proficiency. Simulation training can improve their decision-making capability beyond some of the current multimedia online instruction, which is currently being used to teach decision making. The results of this study indicate that the current stance of minimizing simulator training early in the flight training regime may not be the best course of action. If focused on the soft skills, such as decision making or communication, the use of simulation can greatly aid in the development of those critical skills.
Drew Tiene (Committee Co-Chair)
Matthew Williams (Committee Co-Chair)
Jason Schenker (Committee Member)
187 p.
Aerospace Materials; Education; Educational Evaluation; Educational Technology; Transportation
decision making, multimedia, simulation, flight education

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  • Weber, R. E. (2016). A COMPARISON STUDY OF SIMULATION VERSUS MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION INSTRUCTION ON FLIGHT STUDENTS' DECISION-MAKING SKILLS [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1458260007

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Weber, Raymond. A COMPARISON STUDY OF SIMULATION VERSUS MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION INSTRUCTION ON FLIGHT STUDENTS' DECISION-MAKING SKILLS. 2016. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1458260007.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Weber, Raymond. "A COMPARISON STUDY OF SIMULATION VERSUS MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION INSTRUCTION ON FLIGHT STUDENTS' DECISION-MAKING SKILLS." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1458260007

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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