How to assess the students'professional knowledge and their application comprehensively is the focus of teaching reform in higher education. Procedural examination that penetrates the teaching process can provide a new method to solve the problem. It is the key to work out reasonable and scientific examination modes and the weight of assessment indicator. In this paper, the procedural evaluation in soil mechanics teaching has been carried out, and the positive effects have been presented with test analysis and evaluation, extra-curricular activities and questionnaire survey. The diversified assessment methods can stimulate the students' learning interest, comprehensively evaluate the students' mastery of the curriculum knowledge, and promote the reform of teaching content, teaching method and teaching material construction.