Plain English Meaning

A way of evaluating a student where the student does most of the thinking about how they performed, with the instructor helping rather than just handing down a verdict.

Full Definition

An approach to evaluating a learner's progress in which the learner takes an active role in judging their own performance, identifying what went well, what needs improvement, and what the next step should be, with the instructor guiding rather than simply grading. The instructor's role is to ask focused questions, offer perspective, and help the learner build the self-assessment skills needed to keep improving once formal training ends.

Context Anchor

You will see this term in flight instructor training, especially in discussions of lesson reviews, postflight discussions, and how an instructor helps a learner improve.

Derivation

"Learner-centered" simply means the process is built around the learner doing the work of , rather than the instructor being the of the activity. The phrase signals a shift from instructor-as-judge to learner-as-active-participant.