The FOI written shouldn't be a problem. The Gliem has all questions and answers verbatim. What you need to do is find a quiet place and study the Gliem for a few hours everyday for the week or so leading up to the written. Set a date with the examiner so you feel the pressure of the impending test. Be able to know the answers without looking.
As for the oral, make a lesson plan for FOI. Mirror the PTS so that you cover everything. The Instructor Handbook has all you need and most of it is in the PTS order. If you do this there is no way you will be asked something you don't know or can't quickly refer to. The ASA CFI Oral Exam Guide is also a good study tool leading up to the oral. Here's my FOI lesson plan:
I. Fundamentals of Instructing______________________________________________
[FONT="]References:[/FONT][FONT="] (Aviation Instructor's Handbook[/FONT][FONT="])[/FONT]
Objective
[FONT="]To present the student with the knowledge of concepts related to FOI to include the Learning Process, Human Behavior, Effective Communication, the Teaching Process, Teaching Methods, the Instructor as a Critic, Evaluation, Instructional Aids, Flight Instructor Characteristics & Responsibilities, Techniques of Flight Instruction, and Planning Instructional Activity[/FONT]
[FONT="]Elements[/FONT]
[FONT="]1.Learning Theory[/FONT]
[FONT="]2.Characteristics of Learning[/FONT]
[FONT="]3.Effective Communication[/FONT]
[FONT="]4.Teaching Process[/FONT]
[FONT="]5.Teaching Methods[/FONT]
[FONT="]6.Instructor as a Critic[/FONT]
[FONT="]7.Evaluation[/FONT]
[FONT="]8.Instructional Aids[/FONT]
[FONT="]9.Flight Instructor Characteristics & Responsibilities[/FONT]
[FONT="]10.Techniques of Flight Instruction[/FONT]
[FONT="]11.Planning Instructional Activity.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Schedule[/FONT]
[FONT="]1.Discuss Lesson Objective 05[/FONT]
[FONT="]2.Present Lecture 30[/FONT]
[FONT="]3.Conclusion 05[/FONT]
[FONT="]Equipment[/FONT]
[FONT="]1.Markers[/FONT]
[FONT="]2.Aviation Instructors Handbook[/FONT]
[FONT="]IP’s Actions[/FONT]
[FONT="]1.Discuss Objective[/FONT]
[FONT="]2.Present Lecture[/FONT]
[FONT="]3.Answer Questions[/FONT]
[FONT="]SP’s Actions[/FONT]
[FONT="]1.Participate in discussion and planning[/FONT]
[FONT="]2.Take notes[/FONT]
[FONT="]3.Ask and respond to questions[/FONT]
[FONT="]Completion[/FONT]
[FONT="]Standards[/FONT]
[FONT="]This lesson will be complete when the CFI student demonstrates an understanding of the elements related to FOI.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Instructor’s Notes: Fundamentals of Instructing[/FONT]
[FONT="]INTRODUCTION:[/FONT]
[FONT="]What? - [/FONT][FONT="]FOI is the basic principles designed to promote learning in the student through Instructor application of those principles.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Why? - [/FONT][FONT="]To develop skills of instruction and to enhance the efficiency of instruction[/FONT]
[FONT="]OVERVIEW - [/FONT][FONT="]This lesson will cover the basic elements pertaining to FOI, including:[/FONT]
[FONT="]1.) [/FONT][FONT="]Learning Theory[/FONT]
[FONT="]2.) [/FONT][FONT="]Characteristics of Learning[/FONT]
[FONT="]3.) [/FONT][FONT="]Principals of Learning[/FONT]
[FONT="]4.) [/FONT][FONT="]Teaching Process[/FONT]
[FONT="]5.) [/FONT][FONT="]Teaching Methods[/FONT]
[FONT="]6.) [/FONT][FONT="]Instructor as a Critic[/FONT]
[FONT="]7.) [/FONT][FONT="]Evaluation[/FONT]
[FONT="]8.) [/FONT][FONT="]Instructional Aids[/FONT]
[FONT="]9.) [/FONT][FONT="]Flight Instructor Characteristics & Responsibilities[/FONT]
[FONT="]10.) [/FONT][FONT="]Techniques of Flight Instruction[/FONT]
[FONT="]11.) [/FONT][FONT="]Planning Instructional Activity.[/FONT]
[FONT="]DEVELOPMENT:[/FONT]
[FONT="]How?[/FONT]
[FONT="]The Learning Process:[/FONT]
[FONT="]Learning Definition: "a change in behavior as a result of experience."[/FONT]
[FONT="]1.) [/FONT][FONT="]Learning Theory: “a body of principles advocated by psychologists and educators to explain how people acquire skills, knowledge, and attitudes.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]a. [/FONT][FONT="]Behaviorism: “positive reinforcement of good behavior”[/FONT]
[FONT="]b. [/FONT][FONT="]Cognitive Theory: “concerned with the mental events of the learner”[/FONT]
[FONT="]c. [/FONT][FONT="]Perceptions: giving meaning to sensations. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Factors affecting:[/FONT]
[FONT="]a. Physical organism[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Goals and values[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Self-concept[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. Time and opportunity[/FONT]
[FONT="] e. Element of Threat [/FONT]
[FONT="]2.) Characteristics of Learning:[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Purposeful[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Result of Experience[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Multifaceted[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. Active Process[/FONT]
[FONT="]3.) Principals of Learning (Prof. Thorndike)[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Readiness: "student learns when ready"[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Exercise: "most often repeated best remembered"[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Effect: "pleasant experience is better"[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. Primacy: "right the first time"[/FONT]
[FONT="] e. Intensity: "exciting experience better remembered"[/FONT]
[FONT="] f. Recency: "most recently learned best remembered"[/FONT]
[FONT="]4.) Levels of Learning[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Rote[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Understanding[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Application[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. Correlation[/FONT]
[FONT="] 5.) Learning Physical Skills:[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Desire[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Pattern Results[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Know the Results[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. Duration (w/ in focused ability)[/FONT]
[FONT="] e. Organization[/FONT]
[FONT="] f. Evaluation and Critique[/FONT]
[FONT="] g. Application[/FONT]
[FONT="]6.) Memory: “vital link between the student learning/retaining information and the cognitive process of applying what is learned.”[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Sensory Memory[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Short-Term Memory (STM)[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Long-Term Memory (LTM)[/FONT]
[FONT="]Barriers to Memory:[/FONT]
[FONT="]a. [/FONT][FONT="]Forgetting[/FONT]
[FONT="]b. [/FONT][FONT="]Retrieval Failure[/FONT]
[FONT="]c. [/FONT][FONT="]Fading[/FONT]
[FONT="]d. [/FONT][FONT="]Interference[/FONT]
[FONT="]e. [/FONT][FONT="]Repression or Suppression[/FONT]
[FONT="]7.) Transfer of Learning: “The ability to apply knowledge or procedures learned in one context to new contexts.”[/FONT]
[FONT="] Suggestions:[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Plan for transfer as a primary objective.[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Ensure that what is learned can be applied to other situations.[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Maintain high-order learning standards.[/FONT]
[FONT="]d. Provide meaningful learning experiences that build student confidence in their ability to transfer learning.[/FONT]
[FONT="] e. Use instructional material that helps form valid concepts and generalizations.[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Habit Formation: “correct habit patterns from the beginning”[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Understanding Affects Learning: “elaborating on what is being learned”[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Remembering During Training: “studying past as well as new material”[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. Remembering After Training: “continued practice of knowledge and skill”[/FONT]
[FONT="] e. Sources of Knowledge: “instructor, books, photos, videos, diagrams, and charts”[/FONT]
[FONT="] 4.) How people learn[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Perceptions: giving meaning to sensations[/FONT]
[FONT="] 1. Factors affecting:[/FONT]
[FONT="]a. Physical organism[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Basic need[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Goals and values[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. Self-concept[/FONT]
[FONT="] e. Time and opportunity[/FONT]
[FONT="] f. Element of threat[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Insights: grouping perceptions into meaningful wholes[/FONT]
[FONT="]c. Motivation:[/FONT]
[FONT="] 1. Positive: provided by promise of reward[/FONT]
[FONT="] 2. Negative: fear or insecurity[/FONT]
[FONT="]Human Behavior[/FONT]
[FONT="]1.) Pyramid of human needs:[/FONT]
[FONT="] Self-fulfillment[/FONT]
[FONT="] Egoistic[/FONT]
[FONT="] Social[/FONT]
[FONT="] Safety[/FONT]
[FONT="] Physical[/FONT]
[FONT="] 2.) Defense Mechanisms:[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Rationalization[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Flight (physical/mental)[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Aggression[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. Resignation[/FONT]
[FONT="] 3.) The Flight Instructor as a Practical Psycologist[/FONT]
[FONT="]Effective Communication[/FONT]
[FONT="]1.) [/FONT][FONT="]Basic Elements of Communication[/FONT]
[FONT="]a. [/FONT][FONT="]Source (sender, speaker, writer, encoder, transmitter, or instructor)[/FONT]
[FONT="]b. [/FONT][FONT="]Symbols (model/prop)[/FONT]
[FONT="]c. [/FONT][FONT="]Receiver ( listener, reader, decoder, or student)[/FONT]
[FONT="]2.) [/FONT][FONT="]Barriers to effective communication[/FONT]
[FONT="]a. [/FONT][FONT="]Lack of common core experience[/FONT]
[FONT="]b. [/FONT][FONT="]Confusion between the symbol and the symbolized object[/FONT]
[FONT="]c. [/FONT][FONT="]Overuse of abstractions[/FONT]
[FONT="]d. [/FONT][FONT="]Interference[/FONT]
[FONT="]3.) [/FONT][FONT="]Developing communication skills[/FONT]
[FONT="]a. [/FONT][FONT="]Role Playing[/FONT]
[FONT="]b. [/FONT][FONT="]Instructional Communication[/FONT]
[FONT="]c. [/FONT][FONT="]Listening[/FONT]
[FONT="]d. [/FONT][FONT="]Questioning[/FONT]
[FONT="]e. [/FONT][FONT="]Instructional Enhancement[/FONT]
[FONT="]The Teaching Process[/FONT]
[FONT="] 1.) Steps:[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Preparation[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Presentation Methods[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Application by the Student[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. Review & Evaluation[/FONT]
[FONT="] 2.) Suitable Language [/FONT]
Teaching Methods
[FONT="]1.) [/FONT][FONT="]Organizing Material[/FONT]
[FONT="]a. [/FONT][FONT="]Introduction[/FONT]
[FONT="]b. [/FONT][FONT="]Development[/FONT]
[FONT="]c. [/FONT][FONT="]Conclusion[/FONT]
[FONT="] 2.) Lecture Method[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Illustrated talk[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Briefing[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Formal speech[/FONT]
d. Teaching Lecture (past to present/simple to complex/known to unknown)
3.) Cooperative of Group Discussion
[FONT="]4.) Guided Discussion Method[/FONT]
[FONT="] 5.) Demonstration-Performance Method[/FONT]
[FONT="] 6. Computer-Based Training[/FONT]
[FONT="]Critique [/FONT]
[FONT="] 1.) Objective[/FONT]
[FONT="] 2.) Flexible[/FONT]
[FONT="] 3.) Acceptable[/FONT]
[FONT="] 4.) Comprehensive[/FONT]
[FONT="] 5.) Constructive[/FONT]
[FONT="]6.) Thoughtful[/FONT]
[FONT="] 7.) Specific[/FONT]
[FONT="]Evaluation[/FONT]
[FONT="] 1.) Oral quizzing[/FONT]
[FONT="] 2.) Written tests[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Characteristics of a good test[/FONT]
[FONT="] 1. Reliable[/FONT]
[FONT="] 2. Valid[/FONT]
[FONT="] 3. Comprehensive[/FONT]
[FONT="] 4. Discriminating[/FONT]
[FONT="] 3.) Performance tests (PTS)[/FONT]
[FONT="]Instructional Aids[/FONT]
[FONT="] 1.) Purpose: Get and hold student interest and show relationships[/FONT]
[FONT="] 2.) Types:[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Chalkboard[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Models[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Charts[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. Projected Material[/FONT]
[FONT="]Flight Instructor Characteristics and Responsibilities[/FONT]
[FONT="] 1.) Providing Adequate Instruction[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Orient new learners to the scenario-based training approach.[/FONT]
[FONT="]b. Help the learner become a confident planner and a critical evaluator of his or her own performance[/FONT]
[FONT="]c. Help the learner understand the knowledge requirements present in real world applications.[/FONT]
[FONT="]d. Diagnose learning difficulties and help the individual overcome them.[/FONT]
[FONT="]e. Evaluate student progress and maintain appropriate records.[/FONT]
[FONT="]f. Provide continuous review of student learning.[/FONT]
[FONT="]2.) Establishing Standards of Performance[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Description of the skill or behavior (desired outcome)[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Conditions (determine difficulty)[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Criteria (list very specific standards)[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. Use of the PTS[/FONT]
[FONT="] e. Decision based objectives (develop pilot judgment and ADM skills)[/FONT]
[FONT="]3.) Emphasizing the positive[/FONT]
[FONT="]4.) Providing student pilot evaluation and supervision.[/FONT]
[FONT="]5.) Preparing practical test recommendations and endorsements.[/FONT]
[FONT="]6.) Determining requirements for conducting additional training and endorsement requirements. [/FONT]
[FONT="]4.) Professionalism[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Sincere[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Service is performed[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Training and preparation[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. Study and research[/FONT]
[FONT="] e. Reason logically and accurately[/FONT]
[FONT="] f. Make good judgmental decisions[/FONT]
[FONT="] g. Code of ethics[/FONT]
[FONT="] h. Professional image[/FONT]
[FONT="]Techniques of Flight Instruction[/FONT]
[FONT="] 1.) Telling and Doing[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Instructor Tells - Instructor Does[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Student Tells - Instructor Does[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Student Tells - Student Does[/FONT]
[FONT="] e. Student Does - Instructor Evaluates[/FONT]
[FONT="] 2.) Integrated Technique: Use of outside references and reference to flight instruments.[/FONT]
[FONT="] 3.) Obstacles to Learning during Flight Instruction[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. Feeling of unfair treatment[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. Impatience to proceed to more interesting operations.[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. Worry, or lack of interest[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. Physical discomfort, illness, or fatigue[/FONT]
[FONT="] e. Apathy, fostered by poor instruction[/FONT]
[FONT="] f. Anxiety[/FONT]
[FONT="]Planning Instructional Activity[/FONT]
[FONT="] 1) Developing objectives and standards for a course of training[/FONT]
[FONT="]2.) [/FONT][FONT="]Identification of Blocks of Learning[/FONT]
[FONT="]3.) [/FONT][FONT="]Requirements for developing a training syllabus (Lesson plans)[/FONT]
[FONT="]4.) [/FONT][FONT="]Purpose and characteristics of a lesson plan[/FONT]
[FONT="]CONCLUSION[/FONT]
[FONT="]OVERVIEW[/FONT]
[FONT="]Discuss Elements, to include:[/FONT]
[FONT="]1.) [/FONT][FONT="]Learning Process[/FONT]
[FONT="]2.) [/FONT][FONT="]Human Behavior[/FONT]
[FONT="]3.) [/FONT][FONT="]Effective Communication[/FONT]
[FONT="]4.) [/FONT][FONT="]Teaching Process[/FONT]
[FONT="]5.) [/FONT][FONT="]Teaching Methods[/FONT]
[FONT="]6.) [/FONT][FONT="]Instructor as a Critic[/FONT]
[FONT="]7.) [/FONT][FONT="]Evaluation[/FONT]
[FONT="]8.) [/FONT][FONT="]Instructional Aids[/FONT]
[FONT="]9.) [/FONT][FONT="]Flight Instructor Characteristics & Responsibilities[/FONT]
[FONT="]10.) [/FONT][FONT="]Techniques of Flight Instruction[/FONT]
[FONT="]11.) [/FONT][FONT="]Planning Instructional Activity.[/FONT]