ATL Packet
ATL Packet
ATL Packet
ATL skill area Student learning expectations could include: Key questions for use with helping students
better understand the ATL skills
Self-Management Skills time management—including using time effectively in class, keeping to deadlines, What organizational tools do I have?
(effective management of keeping to class schedules, creating study planners, homework planners and
time, resources, and sticking to them What aspects of my organization do I need to
information) develop?
self-management—including personal goal setting, organization of learning
materials, turning up to class with the right materials How can I best organize myself?
Emotional Management
organizing information logically, structuring information correctly in essays, and How can I deal with frustrations and difficulties?
(B) reports
using different information organizers for different purposes How can positive strategies help me to overcome
setbacks?
demonstrating persistence and perseverance, practicing focus and concentration,
and overcoming distraction How can I stay focused on assigned task?
Social Skills working in groups—including delegating and taking responsibility, adapting to roles, How do I work with others?
(working cooperating with resolving group conflicts, demonstrating teamwork
others) What successes have I had when I have worked
accepting others—including analyzing others’ ideas, respecting others’ points of with others?
view, and using ideas critically
(P/O/RT) How can I work with others; how can they work
personal challenges—including respecting cultural differences, negotiating goals with me?
and limitations with peers and with teachers, taking responsibility for own actions
Communication Active listening----including non-verbal communication, and listening to and What communication tools do I use?
(effective exchange of following directions and procedures
thoughts, messages and Which ways of communicating do I need to
information) literacy—including reading strategies, using and interpreting a range of content- improve on?
specific terminology, interpreting meaning through cultural understanding
(Co/Ca/I/ RT) How can I better communicate my
being informed—including the use of a variety of media, receiving feedback understanding?
informing others—including presentation skills using a variety of media, clear
speaking, writing for different purposes and giving feedback How do I negotiate with others?
ATL skill area Student learning expectations could Key questions for use with helping students better
include: understand the ATL Skills
Research Skills accessing information—including researching from a variety of sources, How can I access information?
(understand, use and critically transferring and summarizing information
evaluate multiple sources of using a range of technologies, identifying primary and secondary sources How do I know if the information is reliable?
information)
(I/T/K/R) selecting and organizing information— including identifying points of view, What will I do with the information?
bias and weaknesses, using primary and secondary sources, making
connections between a variety of resources, collecting, recording and How do I cite the sources accurately?
verifying data
Thinking Skills to include generating ideas—including the use of brainstorming What tools can help me think in different ways?
reflection and transfer
planning—including storyboarding and outlining a plan What planning tools do I have?
(I/T,R/Ca/K)
inquiring—including questioning and challenging information and How do I think?
arguments,
How do I reflect?
developing questions, developing the skills of critical analysis and using
the inquiry cycle How have my reflections helped me learn?
applying knowledge and concepts—including logical progression of What other reflection tools and resources can help me
arguments do better?
identifying problems—including deductive reasoning, evaluating solutions What are the “big ideas” of each of the different
to problems subjects?
creating novel solutions—including the combination of critical and creative Do the big ideas of the subjects overlap?
strategies, considering a problem from multiple perspectives
How can I use my knowledge, understanding and skills
self-awareness—including seeking out positive criticism, reflecting on areas across subjects?
of perceived limitation
References:
Dreyfus, H., & Dreyfus, S. E. (2000). Mind over machine. Free Press.
Maslow, Abraham, Motivation and Personality, Addison-Welsley Publishing, Co., 3rd Edition,
December.
1987
Stephenson, J., & Weil, S. W. (1992). Quality in learning: A capability approach in higher
education. Kogan Page.
Components of an IB Education IB Diploma Programme Curriculum
Social
Self-management
Communication
Research
Identify ATL skill(s) that students will develop through the unit’s learning experience (including formative assessment). For a 3-week unit, 5 is enough. Consider:
Do student have enough prior knowledge? How will students know what is expected of them?
Will they see examples, rubrics, and templates? How will they practice applying knowledge and skills?
How will they acquire the knowledge and practice the skills required?
IB ATL skills category MYP ATL skills cluster Specific ATL skill Learning Experience
COMMUNICATION I Communication Presenting
Recording information
Reading for meaning
Listening
Viewing
Non-verbal communication
Multi-literacies
SOCIAL II Collaboration Collaboration and group work
Respect for other cultures and points of view
Global/intercultural awareness and sensitivity
Affective/emotional skills
Ethical behavior
SELF-MANAGEMENT III Organization Organization of learning materials
IV Affective Time management
Meeting deadlines
V Reflection Affective/emotional management
Positive action
RESEARCH VI Information Literacy Formulating research questions
Referencing sources
VII Media Literacy Observational skills
Collecting, organizing, interpreting & presenting
information
THINKING VIII Critical Thinking Problem solving
IX Creative Thinking Connecting subjects
Thinking creatively
X Transfer Critical thinking
Application of knowledge in familiar and unfamiliar
Reflection
During the MYP we will need to explore each of these skills
This diagram is intended to demonstrate how we can use
and teach in the context of planning and assessing
Approaches to Learning when a student is struggling to
assignments, however when a student is completing the DP
complete a task.
these need not be explicitly taught, however the skills
This outlines the ATL skills needed to complete a task. should be there as an underlying checklist, especially with a
student that is struggling.
Organization of a paragraph
The teacher can chunk the task giving each chunk a deadline
ATL Skill Areas Year 1 Student Learning Year 2 Student Learning Year 3 Student Learning
Expectations Expectations Expectations
Use class time as directed. Use class time as directed. Work Use time wisely in class and at
independently. home.
Set learning and personal goals Set some learning and personal Set learning and personal goals
and create a plan to meet them goals independently and create a and create a plan to meet them
with support from teachers and plan to meet them with some independently.
other adults. support from teachers and other
adults.
Working in groups – including Direct others and follow others' Learn when to take the lead, Know when to take the lead,
delegating and taking directions. delegate or be a team player. delegate or be a team player,
responsibility, adapting to roles, and work to support the team
resolving group conflicts, effort whatever your role.
demonstrating teamwork.
Contribute to discussions. Be prepared for discussions and
actively contribute.
Work with all group members. Be prepared for discussions and
actively contribute. Encourage
Work with all group members. others to participate.
Accepting others – including Accept group decisions. Accept group decisions. Accept group decisions.
analysing others' ideas,
respecting others' points of view,
using ideas critically.
Listen to others' ideas and points Listen to others' ideas and points Evaluate and analyse others'
of view. Accept that different of view with an open mind. ideas and points of view. Accept
people have different ideas and that there can be more than one
points of view. right answer.
Personal challenges – including Try to resolve conflicts Try to resolve conflicts Try to resolve conflicts
respecting cultural differences, independently. Accept help from independently. Know when to independently. Know when to
negotiating goals and limitations adults when offered. seek out help. seek out help.
with peers and with teachers
Try to work with teachers and Work with teachers and students
other adults to negotiate and and others to meet and negotiate
Try to work with teachers to set meet goals. goals.
goals.
Literacy – including reading With teacher guidance use Attempt to use reading strategies Independently use reading
strategies, using and interpreting reading strategies appropriate to appropriate to the task. strategies appropriate to the
a range of content-specific the task. task.
terminology
Being informed – including the With teacher guidance, gather Gather information from a variety Independently find and use a
use of a variety of media information from a variety of of sources. variety of sources for
sources. information.
Informing others – including With teacher guidance, use Use language appropriate to Use language appropriate to
presentations skills using a language appropriate to topic and topic and audience. topic and audience in a way that
variety of media audience. is pleasant to read.
Create a multimedia presentation
with minimal guidance, choosing
Make simple presentations by from a range of presentation Independently create a
following provided instructions. possibilities. multimedia presentation
choosing wisely from a wide
range of presentation
possibilities.
Speak clearly in presentations. Speak clearly and makes eye
contact during presentations.
Accessing information – With teacher support, use Use internet resources for Use a variety of internet
including researching from a internet resources for information. resources for information.
variety of sources using a range information.
of technologies, identifying
primary and secondary sources
Use the school's database Independently use the school's
Use the school's database subscriptions with minimal database subscriptions.
subscriptions with teacher teachers support.
support.
Selecting and organizing With teacher support identify Identify points of view and bias in Independently identify and
information – including points of view and bias in information and attempt to evaluate point of view and bias in
identifying points of view, bias information. evaluate sources with teacher sources.
and weaknesses, using primary support.
and secondary sources, making
connections between a variety of
resources With teacher support, make Make connections between a
connections between a variety of Make connections between a variety of sources.
sources. variety of sources.
Referencing – including the use Quote and cite others' work using Quote and cite others' work Quote and cite others' work
of citing, footnotes and a model or graphic organizer. using a model. accurately.
referencing of sources,
respecting the concept of
intellectual property rights
Create a works cited page with Create a works cited page using Create a works cited page.
teacher guidance. a model.
Self-awareness – including With teacher prompting, reflect With teacher prompting, reflect Regularly, both with and without
seeking out positive criticism, on learning experiences to on learning experiences to teacher prompting, reflect on
reflecting on areas of perceived discover personal strengths and address personal strengths and learning experiences to address
limitation weaknesses. weaknesses. personal strengths and
weaknesses.
Self-evaluation – including the Use criteria to assess personal With teacher support, develop Develop criteria to assess
keeping of learning journals and performance. criteria to assess personal personal performance, or
portfolios, reflecting at different performance, or evaluate evaluate personal performance
stages in the learning process. personal performance against against existing criteria.
existing criteria.
Describe personal work process.
Generating ideas – including the Use tools and graphic organizers Generate ideas with and without Choose the most appropriate of
use of brainstorming to generate ideas. the use of a graphic organizer. a variety of methods for
brainstorming and generating
ideas.
Planning – including Use graphic organizers or other Use graphic organizers or Choose the most appropriate of
storyboarding and outlining a tools to plan. outlines to plan. a variety of methods to plan.
plan
Inquiring – including questioning Follow the design cycle. Use the design cycle. Use the design cycle well.
and challenging information and
arguments, developing
questions, using the inquiry cycle
With teacher support, develop Develop research questions with Independently develop research
research questions. minimal teacher support. questions.
Applying knowledge and Using a graphic organizer or Using a graphic organizer or Using an appropriate method,
concepts – including logical other support, develop an other support, develop and develop a clear and logical
progression of arguments argument based on prior logical argument based on prior argument based on prior
knowledge. knowledge. knowledge.
Identifying problems – including With teacher support, identify Identify real-world and Identify and evaluate real-world
deductive reasoning, evaluating real-world and hypothetical hypothetical problems. and hypothetical problems.
solutions to problems problems.
With teacher support, develop Independently develop and use
and use criteria to evaluate criteria to evaluate solutions.
Use criteria to evaluate solutions. solutions.
Creating novel solutions – With teacher support, create With some teacher support, Create novel solutions to
including the combination of solutions to identified problems. create solutions to identified identified problems.
critical and creative strategies, problems.
considering a problem from
multiple perspectives
With teacher support, examine Examine real-world and
real-world and hypothetical Examine real-world and hypothetical problems rom a
problems from a variety of global hypothetical problems from a variety of global perspectives.
perspectives. variety of global perspectives.
Transfer Learn to be an Inquirer Practice being and Inquirer Become and Inquirer
Making connections – including With teacher prompting, make Use prior learning to make Apply prior learning to new
using knowledge, understanding connections to earlier learning. comparisons, predictions and experiences to form reason
and skills across subjects to inferences. opinions and draw logical
create products or solutions, conclusions.
applying skills and knowledge in
unfamiliar situations With teacher prompting, connect
Significant Concepts between Connect Significant Concepts
classes. between classes. Connect Significant Concepts to
a variety of school, personal and
global contexts.
When prompted, use skills in a Use skills in a variety of school Use skills in a wide variety of
variety of school contexts. contexts. familiar and unfamiliar contexts
both in and out of school.
Inquiring in different contexts – With teacher support, use the With teacher prompting, use the Independently use the Areas of
including changing the context of Areas of Interaction to look at a Areas of Interaction to look at a Interaction or another framework
an inquiry to gain various problem or issue in different problem or issue in different to look at a problem or issue in
perspectives. contexts. contexts. different contexts.
With teacher support, look at a With teacher prompting, look at a Independently look at a problem
problem or issue from a variety of problem or issue from a variety or issue from a variety of global
global points of view. of global points of view. points of view
Subject Group/Discipline
Objectives
Approaches to Learning (ATL) Approaches to Learning (ATL) Skill Indicator Learning Experience
Skill Category
For the ATL skill category pulled, locate in the ATL skill framework
Circle the ATL skill pulled from the
and choose one of the bulleted items that support developing the
envelope
skills necessary to achieve the lesson objective
Reflection
Using Approaches to Learning in SIS to Report on Work Habits
From “Principles into Practice”
“Through approaches to learning (ATL), students develop skills that have relevance
across the curriculum that help them “learn how to learn”. ATL skills can be learned and
taught, improved with practice and developed incrementally. They provide a solid
foundation for learning independently and with others. ATL skills help students prepare
for, and demonstrate learning through, meaningful assessment. They provide a common
language that students and teachers can use to reflect on, and articulate on, the process
of learning. In addition, they can be useful for informing students and parents about
those non-academic skills that they need to improve in order to be more successful.
Teachers record student’s attainment of particular skills using the following framework.
• Novice/beginning—students are introduced to the skill, and can watch
others performing it (observation)
• Learner/developing—students copy others who use the skill and use the skill
with scaffolding and guidance (emulation)
• Practitioner/using—students employ the skill confidently and effectively
(demonstration)
• Expert/sharing—students can show others how to use the skill and accurately
assess how effectively the skill is used (self-regulation)”
Creating Approaches to Learning Score Type • To report on work habits
MYP schools use the
Approaches to Learning. To
create this score type, In
“Grade Book setup” go to
the Grade Book Score
Type” tab and then click on
“Add Score Type” in the top
right corner.
• Enter “Approaches to
Learning” as the name, set
the sequence to the next
higher number in your list,
and then change the Default
color if you desire.
• Click on “INSERT”.
Setting Weights and Points for Approaches to Learning • Since work habits cannot
count toward a student’s
academic grade IAW FCPS
grading policies, ATLs have
to be set to 0% weight and
0.00 Default Points
Possible.
NOTE: If you are teaching a
class that is appropriate to
use ATLs as part of a grade,
you should set the weight
based on your grading
scheme and then make sure
the “Default Points Possible”
are the same for all
assignment types you are
grading.
Creating an ATL Assignment • Create these assignments
just like any other with the
following exceptions:
• Title should start with “ATL”
• Both assignment type and
Score type should be set
to “Approaches to
Learning”
• You do not need to set a
Due Date.
• It is also recommended that
you include a brief
description of the specific
skills being evaluated.
IBMYP Approaches to Learning Assessment: Trimester One
Name: _______________________ Grade ________
S T
Presentation of Work: Student always completes Student work is usually Student work is sometimes Student work needs more
work of high quality: clear, completed appropriately: completed in an appropriate effort: clarity, care, neatness,
Assignments are carefully proofread, neat, with careful and correctly clear, careful and correctly manner: clear, careful and and attention to formatting
proper heading formatted. formatted. correctly formatted. expectations are needed.
Note: This document provides information about the student’s learning skills. It is not a part of the formal report card.
My personal BINDER/PLANNER goal is:
Name_______________________________________
Week of __________________
ATL:
Achievement Organization ATL: ATL:
Level
Preparation Binder Time Management Communication Reflection
I have included ALL of my I have organized ALL of my I ALWAYS use my agenda. I ALWAYS take complete I ALWAYS write well-written
7-8 supplies. binder. Cornell Notes. summaries.
(4 notes) (4 notes)
I have included MOST of I have organized MOST of I USUALLY use my I USUALLY take complete I USUALLY write well-written
5-6 my supplies. my binder. agenda. Cornell Notes. summaries.
(3 notes) (3 notes)
I have included SOME of I have organized SOME of I SOMETIMES use my I SOMETIMES take I SOMETIMES write well-
3-4 my supplies. my binder. agenda. complete Cornell Notes. written summaries.
(2 notes) (2 notes)
I have included FEW of I have organized LITTLE I RARELY use my agenda. I RARELY take complete I RARELY write well-written
1-2 my supplies. of my binder. Cornell Notes. summaries.
(1 note) (1 note)
I chose to not have any of I chose to not organize my I chose to not have my I chose to not take any I chose to not write a
0 my supplies. binder. agenda in my binder. Cornell Notes. summary for my Cornell
(0) Notes. (0)