Plain English Meaning
The part of a lesson where the instructor checks how well the student actually learned what was taught, talks through the results with them, and decides what to do next.
Full Definition
The stage of a training lesson in which the instructor measures how well the student has met the lesson's stated objectives, typically through a combination of student performance, oral questioning, and written or practical testing. Findings from this phase are then discussed with the student and used to plan the next lesson.
Context Anchor
Seen in the Aviation Instructor’s Handbook when describing how an instructor finishes a lesson or training activity by checking student understanding and performance.
Derivation
From Latin valere, meaning 'to be worth' or 'to be strong,' giving us 'value.' To evaluate is to determine the worth or quality of something. In training, the evaluation phase is where the instructor judges the worth of the learning that just took place.
Why Pilots Care
For instructors, this phase is what a lesson from 'something we did' into 'something we measured.' or rushing it leaves instructor and student guessing about whether the was actually met, which weakens the next lesson and can let weak carry forward into the or, worse, into .