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S R Trollip
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An adaptive private pilot certification exam.
Adapting aviation certification exams to each examinee's ability may reduce administration costs and increase the accuracy of certification decisions. Several means of adapting exams are based upon item response theory. Item response theory allows one to empirically describe a test item very precisely before it is administered. Use of each item's description and an examinee's response enables one to estimate the examinee's ability and select the next item to best refine this estimate. An exploratory application of this technique to one step of the certification of private pilots has raised several important questions.
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Towards an internal model in pilot training.
Optimal decision making requires an information seeking behavior which reflects the comprehension of the overall system dynamics. Research in the area of human monitors in man-machine systems supports the notion of an internal model with built-in expectancies. It is doubtful that the current approach to pilot training helps develop this internal model in the most efficient way. But this is crucial since the role of the pilot is changing to a systems' manager and decision maker. An extension of the behavioral framework of pilot training might help to prepare the pilot better for the increasingly complex flight environment. This extension is based on the theoretical model of schema theory, which evolved out of psychological research. The technological advances in aircraft simulators and in-flight performance measurement devices allow investigation of the still-unresolved issues.
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