Objective B: Applying Skills

Students should be able to:

i. explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their learning goal

ii. explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their product

MYP Personal Project Applying Skills.pptx

From the IB's Teacher Support Materials

Task B1: explains how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their learning goal, supported with detailed examples or evidence

Task B2: explains how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their product, supported with detailed examples or evidence.

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation. ~ Robert H. Schuller

Throughout the personal project, students should collect evidence of how they have applied the ATL skills.

This evidence may include:

• visual thinking diagrams

• bulleted lists

• charts

• short paragraphs

• notes

• timelines, action plans

• annotated illustrations

• annotated research

• artifacts from inspirational visits to museums, performances, galleries

• pictures, photographs, sketches

• up to 30 seconds of visual or audio material

• screenshots of a blog or website

• self- and peer-assessment feedback.

At the end of the personal project, students will select pieces of evidence to demonstrate the ATL skills

that have had the most impact on their project. One piece of evidence must support their analysis of how

ATL skill(s) were applied to extend their learning goal, and another must support their analysis of how ATL

skill(s) were applied to achieve their product.

Students may find it helpful to evaluate their product before selecting the examples of the ATL skills to

include in their report.

From the Personal Project Guide pg 26

Before making decision in which ATL(s) you choose to focus on, you might want to get familiar with all the ATL skills and clusters in the MYP programe. At this stage, try to collect evidences for all ATL skills. You never know the best-fitted ATL(s) for your project until you completed it. This document could be helpful in getting to know the categories, possible connections with your projects and the strength/ weaknesses you might want to develop further through the personal project.

Approaches to Learning (ATL) for student Reflection.xlsx

To further visualize the ATL(s) skills in your "process" and report, IB released a tool-kit to help you collect evidences. You can find all kinds of templates tailored for different ATL(s) in this document. Select what suits you best. You are encouraged to use a variety of templates when documenting the process. When writing report, select the most appropriate evidences for the learning goal and product.

Copy of ATL Toolkit.pdf

From the IB's Teacher Support Materials

To select the most appropriate evidences for your report, IBO gives us a list of possible demonstrations of ATL skills and the associated challenge level. This might help you with short listed the best evidences for each strands to achieve higher grades for the personal project.

ATL skills chllenge level.pdf

From the further guidance for projects