Aeronautical Terms beginning with R

Readiness

A principle of learning where the eagerness and single-mindedness of a person toward learning affect the outcome of the learning experience.

Receiver

In communication, the listener, reader, or student who takes in a message containing information from a source, processes it, reacts with understanding, and changes behavior in accordance with the message.

Recency

Principle of learning stating that things learned recently are remembered better than things learned some time ago. As time passes, less is remembered. Instructors use this principle when summarizing the important points at the end of a lecture in order for students to better remember them.

Relay question

Used in response to a student’s question, the student question is redirected to another student.

Reliability

The degree to which test results are consistent with repeated measurements.

Repression

Theory of forgetting proposing that a person is more likely to forget information which is unpleasant or produces anxiety.

Response

Possible answer to a multiple-choice test item. The correct response is often called the keyed response, and incorrect responses are called distractors.

Reverse question

Used in response to a student’s question. Rather than give a direct answer to the student’s query, the instructor returns the question to the same student to provide the answer.

Review and evaluation

The fourth and last step in the teaching process, which consists of a review of all material and an evaluation of the students. In the telling and doing technique of flight instruction, this step consists of the instructor evaluating the student’s performance while the student performs the required procedure.

Rhetorical question

Generally, a question asked for a purpose other than to obtain the information the question asks. For this handbook’s purpose, a question asked to stimulate group thought. Normally answered by the instructor, it is more commonly used in lecturing rather than in guided discussions.

Risk elements in ADM

Take into consideration the four fundamental risk elements: the pilot, the aircraft, the environment, and external pressures.

Risk management

The part of the decision-making process which relies on situational awareness, problem recognition, and good judgment to reduce risks associated with each flight.

Rote learning

A basic level of learning in which the student has the ability to repeat back something learned, with no understanding or ability to apply what was learned.