Definition
An instructor's act of presenting material a second time, usually in a different way, after an assessment reveals that the student has not adequately learned or applied it. Reteaching follows the identification of a deficiency and is intended to correct misunderstanding or close a gap in skill before training continues.
Plain English
Teaching something again, often using a different approach, because the student didn't fully get it the first time.
Context Anchor
Seen in instructor assessment, post-flight critique, and lesson planning when a student pilot needs more help with a weak area before moving on.
Derivation
From the prefix 're-' (Latin, meaning 'again') combined with 'teach.' The prefix signals that the action is being repeated — not simply continued, but started over with the intent to fix what didn't take hold.
Why Pilots Care
If a deficiency is left uncorrected, it carries forward into more advanced lessons and can compound into unsafe habits. Reteaching is how an instructor stops that chain before it starts.
Intuition Check
Do not assume reteaching means simply saying the same lesson again. In this context, it means correcting the learner’s actual gap in understanding or performance before continuing.
Example Sentence 1
After the student consistently flared too high on landing, the instructor scheduled a ground session for reteaching the visual cues used during the roundout.
Example Sentence 2
Reteaching the emergency descent procedure corrected the student's tendency to rush the checklist.