Self-Regulation - 15-minute Teacher Guide

This is a 15-minute teacher guide on self-regulation - one of eight key Evidence-Based Learning (EBL) skills. This comprehensive, and evidence-based, guide to self-regulation can be used across multiple classrooms and potentially inform school-wide approaches to developing students’ self-regulation skills.

Content includes:

1. An introduction to self-regulation in the context of learning and teaching.

2. An explanation of what self-regulation is, defining it as the degree to which students can control aspects of their thinking, motivation, and behaviours during learning.

3. A description of the characteristics of self-regulated learners, including their ability to set goals, use strategies, and manage distractions.

4. An outline of the key components needed for self-regulation, including both cognitive skills (like lower and higher order thinking, self-assessment, and metacognition) and non-cognitive skills (like motivation, volition, and other attitudes and behaviours).

5. Research-based information on the importance of self-regulation in learning, supported by quotes from the research.

6. Placing self-regulation in the context of other thinking skills, showing where it fits in relation to Bloom’s Taxonomy and other 21st century skills.

7. An appendix briefly introduces the concept of Socially-Shared Self-Regulation.