ATL’s in the Personal Project

Learning Intention/ Success Criteria

Students will be able to explain the different ATL

skills, and identify 3 ATL’s that they are going to

focus on throughout their project

Students will be able to select the 3 ATL skills that they will focus on

throughout their project and explain why they

have selected those ATL skills.

What are the ATL’s?

According to IB:“Over time, students should develop a clear and sophisticated understandings of how they learn...This kind of self-regulated learning helps students:

▧Reflect purposefully on their learning▧Understand the diversity of human learning needs▧Evaluate and provide evidence of their learning▧Prepare for further study and responsible participating

in local and global communities”

Approaches to Learning Skills

From Principles into Practice

Approaches to Learning Skills

Skills that reflect how you learn now and in the future

Self-ManagementCommunication

SocialThinkingResearch

Self - Management Skills

Organizational Skills

▧Meeting deadlines

▧Setting challenging realistic goals

▧Create plans to prepare for assessments

Affective Skills

▧Practice concentration

▧Practice strategies to reduce stress and anxiety

▧Demonstrate persistence and perseverance

Reflective Skills

▧Try new skills and evaluate their effectiveness

▧Reflect on skill development

Initiating one’s own learning through management of time, tasks, and

deadlines

Social Skills

▧Give and receive meaningful feedback

Effectively and respectfully collaborating

Collaboration Skills▧ Take responsibility for one’s own actions▧ Advocate for one’s own rights and needs▧ Listen actively to other perspectives and

ideas

Communication Skills

Communication Through Interaction▧Use intercultural

understanding to interpret communication

▧Use a variety of media to communicate to various audiences

▧Negotiate ideas and knowledge with peers and teachers

Communication Through Language

▧Make inferences and draw conclusions

▧Use and interpret a range of discipline specific terms and symbols

▧Organize and depict information logically

▧Find information for inquiries

Exchanging thoughts, messages and information (written, spoken, and visual forms) effectively through appropriate

interaction

Research Skills

Information Literacy▧Collect, record, verify

data▧Make connections

between various forms of information

▧Collect and analyze data to make informed decisions

Media Literacy▧Use information from

a variety of sources and media

▧Seek a range of perspectives from multiple and varied sources

▧Make informed choices

Finding, interpreting, and judging appropriate media to create ideas

and information to present in a variety of formats and platforms

Thinking Skills

Critical Thinking

▧ Draw reasonable conclusions and generalizations

▧ Consider ideas from multiple perspectives

▧ Revise understanding from new information

Creative Thinking

▧ Use brainstorming to create new inquiries

▧ Consider multiple alternatives

▧ Create original works and ideas; use existing works and ideas in new ways

Transfer Skills▧ Apply skills and

knowledge in unfamiliar situations

▧ Compare understanding across multiple perspectives

▧ Inquire in different contexts to gain perspective

Analyze issues and develop creative solutions within multiple

contexts

So what do the ATL’s have to do with the

Personal Project?

““MYP projects are culminating

activities through which students present, in a truly

personal way, their development of approaches to

learning (ATL) skills.”

MYP From Principles to Practice

ATL Skills Throughout Personal Project

Investigating▧Communication▧Thinking▧Research

Planning▧Communicating▧Thinking▧Social

Taking Action▧Communication▧Social▧Thinking

Reflection▧Communication▧Thinking

Through the Entire Project

Self Management

Activity

As each ATL is reviewed, do a short reflection on that ATL skill on the

handout provided. This will help you select the ATL skills that you want to

focus on through the process of completing your Personal Project

Self - Management Skills

Initiating one’s own learning through management of time,

tasks and deadlines

Things to think about: ▧How have you done in the past with turning

assignments in on time?▧How well do you manage your time to

complete assignments on time?▧Do you use your agenda to make smaller,

manageable deadlines for yourself?

Social Skills

Effectively and respectfully collaborating

Things to think about:▧How well do you ask for help when you need it?▧How effectively do you give and receive

meaningful feedback?▧Do you always take responsibility for your own

actions when working within a group?

Communication Skills

Exchanging thoughts, messages and information (written, spoken,

and visual forms) effectively through appropriate interaction

Things to think about:▧How well do you communicate with your

peers?▧Do you use your cultural understanding to

look at things through multiple perspectives?▧Do you organize and depict information

logically?

Research Skills

Finding, interpreting, and judging appropriate media to create ideas

and information to present in a variety of formats and platforms

Things to think about:▧When researching, do you use a variety of

resources?▧When researching how do you make

connections between a variety of sources?▧How do you make informed decisions based

on information collected?

Thinking Skills

Analyze issues and develop creative solutions within multiple

contexts

Things to think about▧Do you consider ideas from multiple perspectives?▧How well do you apply knowledge from previous

experiences to new ones?▧How do you revise your understanding from new

information?

Selecting your ATL’s

Process Journal Entry

Analyze your self-evaluation and select three ATL’s that you will focus on throughout

this project

In your process journal (on managebac) respond to the following prompt:

Which of the ATL’s are you focusing on? For each, ATL skill, how do you currently assess yourself, and how will you show growth in that ATL skill throughout your

project?

Action Steps - Next Week

▧Continue to reflect on your ATL skills▧Begin to research information to help

you reach your goal!