APPROACHES TO LEARNING (ATL) MYP projects are culminating activities through which students present, in a truly personal way, their development of approaches to learning (ATL) skills. ATL skills that students have developed in subject groups will prepare them for working more independently and developing an MYP project over an extended period of time. Students will demonstrate how they have met the objectives through their presentation at the end of the project. They will be expected to communicate clearly, accurately and appropriately, using communication, organization and reflection as ATL skills. The first table below is a model of alignment between ATL skills and project objectives. There is also a column for students to communicate evidence of the ATL skills demonstrated throughout the project. It is important to realize that ATL skills work across all stages of MYP projects, often overlapping throughout the projects. Community Project Objectives MYP ATL Skill Clusters Evidence that I demonstrated this: Objective A: Investigating Collaboration • Critical thinking i. Define a goal to address a • need within a community, Creative thinking • Affective Skills based on personal interests • ii. Identify prior learning and Information literacy • subject-specific knowledge Media Literacy • relevant to the project Transfer • iii. Demonstrate research skills Affective Skills • Objective B: Planning Collaboration • Organization i. Develop a proposal for action • to serve a need in the Critical thinking • community Creative thinking • Affective Skills • i. Plan and record the Collaboration • development process of the Organization • project Reflection • ii. Demonstrate Self- Affective Skills • Management Skills Objective C: Taking Action Organization • Critical thinking i. Demonstrate service as • action as a result of the Creative thinking • Affective Skills project • Communication • ii. Demonstrate thinking skills Collaboration • iii. Demonstrate communication Critical thinking • and social skills Creative thinking • Transfer • Affective Skills • Objective D: Reflecting Communication • Reflective i. Evaluate the quality of the • service as action against the Affective Skills • proposal ii. Reflect how completing the project has extended their knowledge and understanding of service learning iii. Reflect on development of ATL (Approaches to Learning) skills
APPROACHES TO LEARNING (ATL) MYP projects are culminating activities through which students present, in a truly personal way, their development of approaches to learning (ATL) skills. ATL skills that students have developed in subject groups will prepare them for working more independently and developing an MYP project over an extended period of time. Students will demonstrate how they have met the objectives through their presentation at the end of the project. They will be expected to communicate clearly, accurately and appropriately, using communication, organization and reflection as ATL skills. The first table below is a model of alignment between ATL skills and project objectives. There is also a column for students to communicate evidence of the ATL skills demonstrated throughout the project. It is important to realize that ATL skills work across all stages of MYP projects, often overlapping throughout the projects. Community Project Objectives MYP ATL Skill Clusters Evidence that I demonstrated this: Objective A: Investigating • Collaboration • Critical thinking • Creative thinking • Affective Skills i. Define a goal to address a need within a community, based on personal interests ii. Identify prior learning and subject-specific knowledge relevant to the project iii. Demonstrate research skills • Information literacy • Media Literacy • Transfer • Affective Skills Objective B: Planning • Collaboration • Organization • Critical thinking • Creative thinking • Affective Skills i. Develop a proposal for action to serve a need in the community i. Plan and record the development process of the project ii. Demonstrate Self- Management Skills • Collaboration • Organization • Reflection • Affective Skills Objective C: Taking Action • Organization • Critical thinking • Creative thinking • Affective Skills i. Demonstrate service as action as a result of the project ii. Demonstrate thinking skills iii. Demonstrate communication and social skills • Communication • Collaboration • Critical thinking • Creative thinking • Transfer • Affective Skills Objective D: Reflecting • Communication • Reflective • Affective Skills i. Evaluate the quality of the service as action against the proposal ii. Reflect how completing the project has extended their knowledge and understanding of service learning iii. Reflect on development of ATL (Approaches to Learning) skills
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