Principles and Practice of Assessment
In my teaching I am constantly assessing the learners on how they are doing and this is through questioning techniques such as can they describe what was learnt last week, what did we do, who can explain the word construction and how does this word fit in to this sentence.
This is a good method of checking to see if learners have picked up on what has been taught and it also gives the tutor reassurance that the learners have grasped what has been taught.
Another method that is used is setting a test on aspects of the work covered so far and this gives the opportunity for the learner to sit down reflect and put down on paper and produce a written