Water operators are practicing in a SCADA lab, and the summative is after lunch. What should the instructor do during the morning practice?
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Short Explanation
Do not wait for the final to find out half the room set the buffer backward. Walk the lab now and catch it. The morning is for coaching, not for hiding until the test.
Full Explanation
While water operators practice in a SCADA lab with a summative after lunch, the instructor should roam the lab and correct wrong buffer settings before the summative. Formative monitoring during practice prevents errors from hardening and protects both learning and operational safety concepts represented in the lab. Staying at the podium until the end-of-day exam so practice stays "unobserved" fails formative evaluation duty. Skipping monitoring because formative checks would "spoil the surprise" confuses teaching with secrecy and withholds coaching the city needs. Emailing facilities about room temperature instead of watching operators’ work fails priority: environment tickets can wait; wrong SCADA buffers during practice cannot. Exam caveat: formative observation is expected throughout the event, especially before a summative on high-stakes systems. Operational check: circulate with a buffer-setting checklist, correct misses immediately, note patterns for a brief reteach, then administer the summative and compare whether morning corrections reduced afternoon errors. Wrong SCADA buffer settings practiced all morning become dangerous habits by the afternoon exam; roaming formative correction protects both the water utility’s learning outcomes and the operational mindset the lab is meant to build.