HomeBlogReflection and Metacognition Knowledge Surveys for Student Self-Assessment of Learningby Jessie L. MooreDecember 4, 2025 Share: Section NavigationSkip section navigationIn this sectionPodcasts – Home 60-Second SoTL Limed: Teaching with a Twist Making College “Worth It” Special Series First-Year Seminars Land Acknowledgement 60-Second SoTL – Episode 63 How can knowledge surveys strengthen students’ self-assessment and metacognition? This episode highlights a multi-semester study from the U.S. Air Force Academy on using knowledge surveys to help students better gauge their understanding and direct their learning. Read the full study in this open-access article: Sloan, Joel, Timothy Frank, Lauren Scharff, and Karin Becker. 2025. “Knowledge Surveys: An Effective and Robust Student Self-Assessment and Learning Tool.” Teaching & Learning Inquiry 13: 1–20. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.13.47 View a transcript of this episode. Show Credits This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University. Music: “Cryptic” by AudioCoffee. Reflection image in episode art by Freepik. Explore Related Resources Facilitating Reflection in Undergraduate Research Making College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 9 In this episode, Nolan and Jessie talk with Dr. Paul Miller about facilitating reflection in undergraduate research. Collaborating with colleagues in experiential learning, Paul and Jessie created the FIRE Toolkit, a free… Metacognitive Intervention and Student Success 60-Second SoTL – Episode 56 This week’s episode focuses on a metacognitive intervention for first-year students on academic probation and features an open access article from Teaching & Learning Inquiry: Swanson, Holly J., and Bryan Dewsbury. 2024. “The Impact of a Metacognitive… Lifelong Learning: Reflections on Neurodiversity and Growth The cliché “lifelong learner” is used often, but there is a great deal of good in that term if you begin to think deeply about it. We are always learning; and that is a good thing. I am. That is why… Meaningful Undergraduate Experiences and How They Matter Now The Center for Engaged Learning periodically conducts surveys on students’ experiences in higher education and their application to students’ post-graduation lives. Our latest iteration surveyed 956 U.S. residents who were 18-34 years old and graduates of two- or four-year higher… Facilitating Integration of and Reflection on Engaged and Experiential Learning Since 2019, I’ve been working with my colleague Paul Miller to create an institutional toolkit for fostering both students’ self-reflection and their mentoring conversations with peers, staff, and faculty in order to deepen students’ educational experiences. Our institution, Elon University,… 1 2 >
