Additional insight into a student teacher’s progress can be obtained by using a student-centred anecdotal evaluation tool. This evaluation tool

• is completed in conjunction with a formative cooperating teacher evaluation;
• provides a differing perspective of the student teacher’s effectiveness;
• can involve the cooperating teacher’s assistance in the development and design of the evaluation tool, as well as in the analysis of the responses; and
• most commonly uses rating scales, but open-ended questions are suggested (for example, “What did you like best about _____________’s teaching?”).