The 101 Metacognitive Thunks resource is a dynamic tool featuring philosophical questions designed to provoke deep thinking about metacognition, epistemology, and self-regulated learning. With a randomisation feature, the resource generates unpredictable prompts like "What is a thought made of?" or "What is the difference between knowledge and belief?" to foster critical thinking, discussion, and debate. Fully editable, it allows teachers to tailor the questions to their students’ needs. This versatile resource supports the development of Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) while encouraging students to reflect on and enhance their learning processes.
 
Unlike other thunk or philosophical debate generators: this resource is focused entirely on matters pertaining to metacognition, epistemology and self-regulated learning. Example questions include:
 
"What is a thought made of?"
"What does the word 'intelligent' really mean?" and
"What is the difference between knowledge and belief?"
 
It's a highly flexible tool that allows students to practice their philosophical, critical-thinking, discussion and debating skills: teachers can experiment using different discussion formats as they see fit and practice their own questioning skills in the process. It's a fully editable presentation file so you can add your own questions to!

Download 101 metacognitive 'thunks' for your students today: mind-expanding philosophical questions to make them think deeply about their own learning-processes and how to boost learning-power. It includes a randomisation feature that allows you to generate seemingly random questions that the students cannot anticipate!
 
This is a powerful way to bring metacognition to your school and develop students' Higher-Order Thinking skills! This resource:
 
Promotes metacognitive reflection and awareness by encouraging students to question and explore their thinking processes.
Develops critical-thinking, philosophical reasoning, and discussion skills in a flexible, engaging format.
Supports Higher-Order Thinking Skills through challenging and thought-provoking questions.
Offers versatility for use in debates, discussions, or standalone activities across subjects and age groups.
Fully editable and equipped with a randomisation feature, making it easy to customise and reuse in various contexts.