Technique When to use Who to Why to use Advantages Disadvantages
use with
Questioning Throughout Individual To assess Quick and easy Can be time-
the lesson students, understanding, to implement, consuming if not
small stimulate versatile, can be well-planned,
groups, or thinking, and adapted to may not always
the whole guide learning different levels reveal deep
class of difficulty understanding
Observation During Individual To assess Provides real- Can be
activities, students or students' time feedback, subjective and
discussions, small engagement, can be used to time-consuming,
or groups participation, and identify may not capture
independent problem-solving individual all aspects of
work skills needs learning
Exit Tickets At the end of Individual To quickly assess Provides May not always
a lesson or students understanding of immediate reveal the depth
unit key concepts and feedback, can of understanding,
identify areas for be used to can be time-
further instruction inform future consuming to
lessons collect and
analyze
Self- Throughout Individual To promote Encourages May be
Assessment the learning students metacognition, students to inaccurate or
process self-awareness, reflect on their biased, requires
and ownership of own learning, guidance and
learning can be support
motivating
Peer During Pairs or To develop Can be May be
Assessment group work small critical thinking, motivating and subjective or
or after groups of communication, engaging, can biased, requires
completing students and empathy help students training and
assignments skills, and to develop a guidance
provide deeper
constructive understanding
feedback of the material
Think-Pair- During Pairs or To encourage Can be a May not always
Share discussions small active powerful tool reveal individual
or after groups of participation, for generating understanding,
introducing students promote critical ideas and can be time-
new thinking, and promoting consuming if not
concepts build confidence collaboration managed
effectively
Mini- Throughout Individual To quickly assess Visual and Can be limited in
Whiteboards the lesson students or understanding, engaging, can the depth of
small check for be used to information they
groups misconceptions, assess a variety can provide, may
and provide of skills, easy to not be suitable
immediate use and collect for all learning
feedback objectives
Concept After Individual To visualize Can be a Can be time-
Maps learning a students or relationships powerful tool consuming to
new topic or small between ideas, for organizing create, may not
concept groups assess information and be suitable for all
understanding of making learners
key concepts, and connections,
promote critical can be visually
thinking appealing
Quick At the Individual To assess prior Quick and easy May not always
Writes beginning or students knowledge, gauge to implement, reveal the depth
end of a understanding, can be used to of understanding,
lesson or and promote assess a variety can be time-
unit reflection of skills, can be consuming to
used to generate collect and
ideas analyze
Student- After Individual To assess Can be May require
Created learning a students or understanding, motivating and careful planning
Questions new topic or small promote critical engaging, can and guidance,
concept groups thinking, and reveal students' may not be
encourage student level of suitable for all
engagement understanding learners
and curiosity
