Psy 402 Topic 6 DQ 2

Psy 402 Topic 6 DQ 2 How can college students use the information on metacognition to improve their academic work? What strategies will you employ in your future academic work? Hi Professor and class, Teaching students to think about how they are thinking and how they approach learning about a particular subject would seem to be a helpful strategy in trying to achieve these kinds of goals (Tanner, 2012). Preassessment can be beneficial for the learner and is a great chance for promoting metacognition among students, also (Tanner, 2012). According to (Tanner, 2012) “It takes no more than a few simple statements by an instructor to transform an existing preassessment prompt be it a homework assignment, an index card, or a clicker question into a metacognitive activity for students, directing them not only to complete the task as part of the course but also to be metacognitive in doing so and to use the information given on the preassessment to help them begin thoughtful planning of how they might approach learning this new idea”.