Michael wrote:
B A R R Y wrote:
I'm not sure that's true. I find that those without an engineering
background find it counterintuitive and need a lot of time to get used
to it. At least that has been my experience teaching people to use
their 430's, 530's, etc.
What was the average age of the person you were teaching?

About average for the pilot-owner. That is to say, maybe 45.

Younger people always learn faster.

I wasn't so much leaning that way, but more toward the video game
generation and folks who don't know the "old" way.

I teach technicians how to use high-tech test gear, and the folks who
have all kinds of experience with analog gear covered with discrete
switches always take longer to learn than the "new" folks, even though
the more experienced folks understand what they're testing and why.

I find that the older folks often try to relate the new device back to
the old tools, while the younger ones don't have anything to relate to,
so they accept things at face value. After modifying the teaching
method to NOT relate as much to the older methods, I find the more
experienced folks learning much faster.