PLT307: Memory and Recall
What code PLT307 covers, why the FAA tests it, and how to study Memory and Recall before your checkride.
Recall learning process - memory / fact / recall
What this means for your checkride
Memory has stages: the sensory register, short-term (working) memory, and long-term memory. Information moves into long-term memory through meaning, repetition, and association. Forgetting comes from disuse, interference, or repression, which is why practice and relating new material to what a student already knows work so well.
How memory works guides how instructors present and reinforce material, so the FAA tests the stages of memory and why forgetting happens.
Instructors think repetition alone builds memory. Meaning and association move information into long-term memory far better than rote repetition, which fades quickly without use.
Where to study it
A code on your test report is an area of deficiency. An authorized instructor must review it with you and endorse that review before you take the practical test, and the examiner may revisit it during the oral. Study it until you can explain it out loud, not just recognize the answer.