Kai Wynter
Sunday February 20th, 2022
Educational Psyh
1. Before class: Reread your DAACS SRL survey results and feedback, and your DAACS
essay.
Write a reflection on the goals and plans you set for yourself in the essay, and revise them
as needed. Post reflection here.
After taking the DAACS SRL survey and obtaining my results, I generated a few goals
for myself to assist my learning abilities. As it related to my motivation towards learning, my
score was uneven around the test. One goal I had jotted down after taking that test was to go into
every class with an open mind to the topics being taught. This also includes issues that the
majority might see as uninteresting or “hard.” I set this goal with the mindset that I would be
willing and able to learn the topics given to me by the teacher. The subcategories in this overall
topic of motivation included: test anxiety, self-efficiency, mindset, and mastery orientation. After
completing this goal, I have felt my motivation for learning increase as semesters went by.
Next, I was assessed based on my metacognitive skills. I scored in the mid-range in this
category, indicating that I have grasped a few of the prime skills needed for college success.
These skills included evaluation, monitoring, and planning. For this category, my main goal was
to self-assess myself academically when it came to schoolwork and tests. I told myself that I
would try new strategies for studying and staying on top of my academics, and if the first
strategy did not work, I would move on to the next. At first, I would only read information from
Sunday February 20th, 2022
Educational Psyh
1. Before class: Reread your DAACS SRL survey results and feedback, and your DAACS
essay.
Write a reflection on the goals and plans you set for yourself in the essay, and revise them
as needed. Post reflection here.
After taking the DAACS SRL survey and obtaining my results, I generated a few goals
for myself to assist my learning abilities. As it related to my motivation towards learning, my
score was uneven around the test. One goal I had jotted down after taking that test was to go into
every class with an open mind to the topics being taught. This also includes issues that the
majority might see as uninteresting or “hard.” I set this goal with the mindset that I would be
willing and able to learn the topics given to me by the teacher. The subcategories in this overall
topic of motivation included: test anxiety, self-efficiency, mindset, and mastery orientation. After
completing this goal, I have felt my motivation for learning increase as semesters went by.
Next, I was assessed based on my metacognitive skills. I scored in the mid-range in this
category, indicating that I have grasped a few of the prime skills needed for college success.
These skills included evaluation, monitoring, and planning. For this category, my main goal was
to self-assess myself academically when it came to schoolwork and tests. I told myself that I
would try new strategies for studying and staying on top of my academics, and if the first
strategy did not work, I would move on to the next. At first, I would only read information from
