ATL Skills

Communication
1. Communication Interactive and Language Skills
How can
1.1 Interactive skills - exchanging thoughts, messages and
students
information effectively through interaction
communicat
a. Follow instructions accurately
e
b. Give and receive meaningful feedback
effectively?
c. Use intercultural understanding to interpret communication
d. Use a variety of speaking techniques to communicate with a
variety of audiences
e. Use appropriate forms of writing for different purposes and
audiences
f. Use a variety of media to communicate with a range of
audiences
g. Interpret and use effectively modes of non-verbal
communication
h. Negotiate ideas and knowledge with peers and teachers
i. Participate in, and contribute to, digital social media
networks
j. Collaborate with peers and experts using a variety of digital
environments and media
k. Share ideas with multiple audiences using a variety of digital
environments and media
1.2 Language skills - reading, writing and using language to
gather and communicate information
a. Read critically and for comprehension
b. Read a variety of sources for information and for pleasure
c. Make inferences and draw conclusions
d. Use and interpret a range of discipline-specific terms and
symbols
e. Write for different purposes
f. Understand and use mathematical notation
g. Paraphrase accurately and concisely
h. Preview and skim texts to build understanding
i. Take accurate notes in class
j. Make effective summary notes for studying
k. Use a variety of organizers for academic writing tasks
l. Find information for disciplinary and interdisciplinary
inquiries, using a variety of media
m. Organize and depict information logically
n. Structure information in summaries, essays and reports
Social
2. Collaboration Skills
Working effectively with others
How can
a. Use social media networks appropriately to build and
students
develop relationships
collaborate?
b. Practice empathy
c. Delegate and share responsibility for decision-making
d. Help others to succeed
e. Take responsibility for ones own actions
f. Work collaboratively in teams
g. Manage and resolve conflict
h. Build consensus

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j.
k.
l.
m.

Make fair and equitable decisions

Listen actively to other perspectives and ideas
Negotiate effectively
Encourage others to contribute
Exercise leadership and take on a variety of roles within
groups
n. Advocate for ones own rights and needs
Self-Management
3. Organization skills
Managing time and tasks effectively
How can
a. Get to all classes on time
students
b. Plan short- and long-term assignments; meet deadlines
demonstrat
c. Create plans to prepare for summative assessments
e
(examinations and performances)
organization
d. Keep and use a weekly planner for assignments
al skills?
e. Set goals that are challenging and realistic
f. Plan strategies and take action to achieve personal and
academic goals
g. Bring necessary equipment and supplies to class
h. Keep an organized and logical system of information
files/notebooks
i. Use appropriate strategies for organizing complex
information
j. Use regular review of subject matter to improve retention
k. Understand and use sensory learning preferences (learning
styles)
l. Select and use technology effectively and productively
4. Affective skills
Managing state of mind
How can
4.1
Mindfulness
students
a. Practise focus and concentration
manage
b. Practise strategies to develop mental focus
their own
c. Practise strategies to overcome distractions
state of
d. Practise being aware of bodymind connections
mind?
4.2 Perseverance
a. Demonstrate persistence and perseverance
b. Practise delaying gratification
4.3 Emotional Management
a. Practise strategies to overcome impulsiveness and anger
b. Practise strategies to prevent and eliminate bullying
c. Practise strategies to reduce stress and anxiety
4.4 Self-Motivation
a. Practise analysis and accurate attribution of causes for
failure
b. Practise managing self-talk
c. Practise positive thinking
4.5 Resilience
a. Practise bouncing back after adversity, mistakes and
failures
b. Practise failing well
c. Practise dealing with disappointment and unmet
expectations
d. Practise dealing with change

5. Reflection Skills
(Re-)considering the process of learning; choosing and using ATL skills
How can
a. Develop new skills, techniques and strategies for effective
students be
learning
reflective?
b. Identify strengths and weaknesses of personal learning
strategies (self-assessment)
c. Demonstrate flexibility in the selection and use of learning
strategies
d. Try new ATL skills and evaluate their effectiveness
e. Consider content
i.
What did I learn about today?
ii.
What dont I yet understand?
iii.
What questions do I have now?
f. Consider ATL skills development
i.
What can I already do?
ii.
How can I share my skills to help peers who need
more practice?
iii.
What will I work on next?
g. Consider personal learning strategies
i.
What can I do to become a more efficient and
effective learner?
ii.
How can I become more flexible in my choice of
learning strategies?
iii.
What factors are important for helping me learn well?
h. Focus on the process of creating by imitating the work of
others
i. Consider ethical, cultural and environmental implications
j. Keep a journal to record reflections
Research
6. Information literacy skills
Finding, interpreting, judging and creating information
How can
a. Collect, record and verify data
students
b. Access information to be informed and inform others
demonstrat
c. Make connections between various sources of information
e
d. Understand the benefits and limitations of personal sensory
information
learning preferences when accessing, processing and
literacy?
recalling information
e. Use memory techniques to develop long-term memory
f. Present information in a variety of formats and platforms
g. Collect and analyse data to identify solutions and make
informed decisions
h. Process data and report results
i. Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools
based on their appropriateness to specific tasks
j. Understand and use technology systems
k. Use critical literacy skills to analyse and interpret media
communications
l. Understand and implement intellectual property rights
m. Create references and citations, use footnotes/endnotes and
construct a bibliography according to recognized
conventions
n. Identify primary and secondary sources
7. Media Literacy Skills
Interacting with media to use and create ideas and information

How can
students
demonstrat
e media
literacy?

a. Locate, organize, analyse, evaluate, synthesize and ethically

use information from a variety of sources and media
(including digital social media and online networks)
b. Demonstrate awareness of media interpretations of events
and ideas (including digital social media)
c. Make informed choices about personal viewing experiences
d. Understand the impact of media representations and modes
of presentation
e. Seek a range of perspectives from multiple and varied
sources
f. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple
audiences using a variety of media and formats
g. Compare, contrast and draw connections among
(multi)media resources

Thinking
8. Critical Thinking Skills
Analysing and evaluating issues and ideas
How can
a. Practice observing carefully in order to recognize problems
students
b. Gather and organize relevant information to formulate an
think
argument
critically?
c. Recognize unstated assumptions and bias
d. Ask questions to facilitate understanding
e. Interpret data
f. Evaluate evidence and arguments
g. Recognize and evaluate propositions
h. Draw reasonable conclusions and generalizations
i. Test generalizations and conclusions
j. Revise understanding based on new information and
evidence
k. Evaluate and manage risk
l. Formulate factual, topical, conceptual and debatable
questions
m. Consider ideas from multiple perspectives
n. Develop contrary or opposing arguments
o. Analyse complex concepts and projects into their constituent
parts and synthesize them to create new understanding
p. Propose and evaluate a variety of solutions
q. Identify obstacles and challenges
r. Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and
issues
s. Identify trends and forecast possibilities
t. Troubleshoot systems and applications
9. Creative Thinking Skills
Generating novel ideas and considering new perspectives
How can
a. Use brainstorming and visual diagrams to generate new
students be
ideas and inquiries
creative?
b. Consider multiple alternatives, including those that might be
unlikely or impossible
c. Create novel solutions to authentic problems
d. Make unexpected or unusual connections between objects
and/or ideas
e. Design improvements to existing machines, media and
technologies
f. Design new machines, media and technologies

g. Make guesses, ask what if questions and generate testable

hypotheses
h. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products or
processes
i. Create original works and ideas; use existing works and ideas
in new ways
j. Practise flexible thinkingdevelop multiple opposing,
contradictory and complementary arguments
k. Practise visible thinking strategies and techniques
l. Generate metaphors and analogies
m. Create mathematical models of observed phenomena
10.
Transfer Skills
Utilizing skills and knowledge in multiple contexts
How can
a. Utilize effective learning strategies in subject groups and
students
disciplines
transfer
b. Apply skills and knowledge in unfamiliar situations
skills and
c. Inquire in different contexts to gain a different perspective
knowledge
d. Compare conceptual understanding across multiple subject
among
groups and disciplines
disciplines
e. Make connections between subject groups and disciplines
and subject
f. Combine knowledge, understanding and skills to create
groups?
products or solutions
g. Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies
h. Change the context of an inquiry to gain different
perspectives