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WAYS TO INCLUDE STUDENTS IN
EVALUATION DURING TRAINING
(based on evaluation and self-testing methods used in Project Piaxtla, Mexico and
in the Women’s Health Promoter program in Olancho, Honduras)
1. Short evaluation discussions at the end of each class. These can happen
in both of the following ways:
Instructor asks students to
comment on how they liked the
class, what they learned, and
how it might have been better.
At first it may be hard for
students to speak up and
criticize the instructor. But if the
instructor makes it very clear that
she welcomes friendly criticism,
students can become good
evaluators by the end of the
course.
Students test themselves
by asking each other about what
they have learned. They try to ask
questions that relate their learning to
real situations, questions that make
each other think.
The main purpose of this kind
of questioning is to see how well
everyone can understand and apply
what was covered in class. In this way
the students help the instructor learn
how effective her teaching was. She
finds out where she needs to make
things clearer, or to teach the material
differently.
At first students may find it difficult to think of good questions, but with
helpful suggestions, many will become quite skillful at this by the end of the
course.