CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - 13

CFI Tips

if you’re A teller, then you provide
verbAl inStructionS (commAndS/
AnSwerS) to your StudentS to Alter
or modify their behAvior.
If you notice a low airspeed during climbout with a
primary student, you might say, “Lower the nose.”
The student would typically respond by moving the
yoke forward as a result of your command.

Now ask yourself what it is that you just
accomplished. You certainly altered the
student’s present behavior of climbing too
steeply. What you didn’t do was help him
or her make or reinforce the connection
between pitch attitude and airspeed. It’s
unlikely that you accomplished the ultimate goal of learning, which is to establish
a relatively permanent change in your
student’s behavior.

Questioners, on the other hand, attempt to
alter their students’ behavior by engaging
their brains instead of their appendages.
If you were with the student who was
climbing too slowly, you might ask, “Why
is your airspeed below 70 knots?” Now the
student has to figure it out for him- or herself. That’s powerful pedagogy in my book.



CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1

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CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1
Professionalism
Safety Quiz: Are You Ready to Fly Rogue?
ASI Online: Heads Up! Improving Runway Safety
CFI Tips: The Power of Questions
ASI Message: Airline of One
ASI Note: ASI's Flight Assist Commendations
Did You Know? AOPA Fying Club Network
Chart Challenge—Live Safety Seminar
Safety Spotlight: Four's a Crowd
Real Pilot Story: Underwater Escape
CFI Tools: ASI at Your Service
Chief’s Corner: Save a Life
Ask ATC: Flight Following & Airspace
Pilot Safety Announcement: Would You Fly This Airline?
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CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - 2
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - Professionalism
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - 4
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - 5
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - 6
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - 7
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - Safety Quiz: Are You Ready to Fly Rogue?
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - ASI Online: Heads Up! Improving Runway Safety
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CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - 11
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - CFI Tips: The Power of Questions
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - 13
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CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - 15
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - ASI Message: Airline of One
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - ASI Note: ASI's Flight Assist Commendations
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - Did You Know? AOPA Fying Club Network
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - Chart Challenge—Live Safety Seminar
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - Safety Spotlight: Four's a Crowd
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CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - 23
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - Real Pilot Story: Underwater Escape
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - CFI Tools: ASI at Your Service
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 - Chief’s Corner: Save a Life
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