STUDENT PERFCRMANCE AS A MEASURE OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROFICIENCY

摘要

A fundamental question about instructors and instructional techniques is whether there are enough differences between instructors to require our concern. It is conceivable that such differences ore quite minimal and have little effect due to the similar training and backgrounds of the instructors, identical syllabi, and standardization procedures. If such is the case, elaborate instructor training, selection, or monitoring is unnecessary. If there are considerable differences among instructors in instructional proficiency, action is required for efficiency in training. This study concerns itself with the question of the extent of differences between instructors.nBecause students are not likely to be completely adequate Judges of instructors and supervisors are not likely to have sufficient opportunities for observation of instruction, a measure for instructor differences was developed and used. We have judged instructor differences on the basis of how well an individual instructor's students compare with the students of other instructors. The comparison was made on what should be the critical test of a flight instructor — how well his students performed as flyers.