ENHANCING FLIGHT SERVICE SKILLS THROUGH DAVIES’ INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL AND VIRTUAL REALITY: A LEARNING INNOVATION FOR UNDERGRADUATES
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The objectives of the study were to: 1) comparing the flight service skills before and after they had learned through traditional activities, 2) comparing the flight service skills before and after they had learned through Davies’ instructional model and Virtual Reality activities, and 3) comparing the flight service skills between those who had learned through traditional activities and those who had learned through Davies’ instructional model and Virtual Reality activities. The sample group was 60 second-year undergraduate students during the academic year 2024-2025 at the Science and Technology College of a Chinese university. The samples were selected by cluster random sampling. The instruments consisted of 1) the learning management plan using the traditional activities, 2) the learning management plan using Davies' instructional model and Virtual Reality activities, and 3) the assessment of flight service skills. The statistics used to analyze the data were mean, standard deviation, independent samples t-test, and dependent samples t-test.
The results showed that: 1) the flight service skills the second-year undergraduate students after learning through the traditional activities were higher than those before learning at the statistical significance level of .05; 2) the flight service skills of the students after learning through the Davies' instructional model and Virtual Reality activities were higher than those before learning at the statistical significance level of .05; and 3) the flight service skills of the students after learning through Davies' instructional model and Virtual Reality activities were higher than those after learning through the traditional activities at the statistical significance level of .05.
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