Our Self-Regulated Learning and Metacognition Debate Resource includes five engaging lessons designed around A3 group debate worksheets. Each session fosters small-group discussions on topics like the value of education, memory, concentration, and independent learning. The resource encourages collaboration, with groups of 3-5 students rotating worksheets every five minutes to add ideas and perspectives. With eleven debate worksheets per topic and a guiding PowerPoint, this resource promotes deep thinking and reflective dialogue about self-regulated learning, making it suitable for full lessons or shorter activities.
 
This teaching resource contains five lesson about self-regulated learning and metacognition: each lesson is designed around A3 group debate worksheets.

These learning-sessoins use A3 Debate Worksheets to foster discussions about self-regulated learning, learning-power, and metacognitive issues amongst small groups of students. The intention is that students are in groups of 3-5 and that the debate worksheets circulate around the room, with groups rotating the worksheets every five minutes, so that different groups can discuss them and add ideas.
 
It covers five topics, each contains eleven debate worksheets. Each topic comprises a learning session, though the resources can be used as shorter learning activities. The five topics discussed, each with their own group debate learning session, are:
 
Thinking Deeply About The Value of Education
Thinking Deeply About Thought
Thinking Deeply About Memory
Thinking Deeply About Concentration
Thinking Deeply About Independent Learning
 
A short instructional PowerPoint is also included so as to guide the learning sessions. 

It's a great resource to help nurture reflective learning and encourage metacognition because it:
Encourages metacognitive reflection and collaborative learning through structured group debates.
Promotes self-regulated learning by engaging students in discussions on memory, concentration, and independent learning.
Provides flexibility for use as full lessons or as shorter, targeted learning activities.
Develops critical thinking and communication skills by fostering thoughtful dialogue among peers.
Includes ready-to-use A3 worksheets and a guiding PowerPoint, making it easy to implement in diverse classroom settings.