Evaluating the Dynamics of Aircraft Crew Skill Development by Using the Results of Discrete Exercise Marking

Aloizs Lešinskis, Rafał Chatys

Abstract


Aircraft crew training corresponds to the interactive learning models of sensorimotor skill acquisition, and the dynamics of skill acquirement can be approximated by the exponential trend. A model of 5-grade assessment of separate exercises is offered. It helps to calculate a resulting evaluation, in accordance with which the progress level of a discrete exercise is evaluated. Such an evaluation forms one of the points for the analytical construction of a learning curve using the Gaussian method. Possible applications of the learning curve are covered.

Keywords:
Flight evaluation; learning curve; progress evaluation

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DOI: 10.1515/tae-2017-0007

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