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What are the consequences of sharing a trainee's driving course between different trainers?
C Vidal-Gomel1, V Boccara, J Rogalski
1Laboratoire: CREN, Chemin de la Censive du Tertre, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France. christine.vidal-gomel@univ-nantes.fr
Work (Reading, Mass.)
|February 3, 2012
Summary
Changing driving instructors during training impacts instructor activity and trainee progress. This asynchronous collaboration can lead to diagnostic challenges and extended training durations for new drivers.
Area of Science:
- Educational Psychology
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Traffic Safety
Background:
- Driving education in France often involves multiple instructors for a single student.
- This sequential training model represents a form of asynchronous collaboration.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the effects of changing driving instructors on both instructor activity and trainee learning.
- To analyze the consequences of asynchronous collaboration in driving schools.
Main Methods:
- Study 1: Thematic analysis of recorded driving lessons from 6 instructors and their trainees.
- Study 2: Questionnaire data from 150 trainees across 13 Parisian driving schools.
Main Results:
- Changing instructors disrupted instructor diagnostic capabilities and lesson structure.
- A change in instructors early in the training course extended the overall training duration.
Conclusions:
- The findings highlight challenges in instructor scaffolding and trainee skill acquisition due to trainer transitions.
- Implications for optimizing driving training programs are discussed.
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