Chuck that pretty much how we are still taught how to teach it over the pond.
My experience in the US was
"this is a turn, you have control try one"
"i have control, not quite right i will show you again hurdey gurdy"
"you have control, well done, now try one the other way"
"well done, now i will show you one while we are climbing"
........
And people wonder how some get to go solo in 4-5 hours.
And it was an Emberly Riddle trained Instructor.
200 hours later on my Instructors course I learned how to fly properly.