The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has identified metacognition as one of the many approaches to improving our higher education standards that may be unfamiliar to us as industrial and organizational (I-O) psychologists [] once the content has been sufficiently covered, you will plan the forms of assessment, whether it be a multiple-choice exam, a reflection paper, a term paper, or discussion posts At face value, it may seem like engaging in planning can take away precious resources that already feel nearly depleted from other important tasks such as meeting publication pressure, mentoring your graduate students, or being a good steward of your program Because we are not all-knowing, however, it is time for monitoring to take center stage