Definition
In learner-centered assessment, a questioning technique in which the instructor takes a question or response from one learner and passes it to another learner in the group, prompting them to answer, build on, or evaluate it rather than the instructor responding directly.
Plain English
Instead of answering a learner's question themselves, the instructor sends it to another learner to answer. This keeps everyone thinking and involved.
Context Anchor
Seen in flight instructor discussions of assessment, feedback, and coaching during ground lessons, simulator sessions, and flight training.
Derivation
From Latin re- ('again') and dirigere ('to direct'). To redirect is literally to send something in a different direction — here, sending a question away from the instructor and toward another learner.
Why Pilots Care
Encourages deeper learning and builds student confidence by letting them discover answers themselves.
Intuition Check
Redirect does not mean to distract the student or change the subject. Here it means to guide the student back toward the correct learning point or safe action.
Example Sentence 1
When one student asked why the aircraft pitched up during the stall, the instructor redirected the question to another student to explain.
Example Sentence 2
The CFI used redirect techniques to help the learner self-correct their approach briefing.