# Research ATL Skills

### ATL Skills

When providing evidence of research ATL skills, consider using the following

* Appropriate use of In-text citations and a works cited/consulted list
* Using SIFT to evaluate sources and guide the research process
* Excerpts from your process journal that document the research process
* Evaluation of research (OPVL)
* Interview notes
* Survey results
* An annotated bibliography
* A series of inquiry questions

### Information Literacy

**Finding, interpreting, judging and creating information**

* Collect, record and verify data
* Access information to be informed and inform others
* Make connections between various sources of information
* Understand the benefits and limitations of personal sensory learning preferences when accessing, processing and recalling information
* Use memory techniques to develop long-term memory
* Present information in a variety of formats and platforms
* Collect and analyse data to identify solutions and make informed decisions
* Process data and report results
* Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on their appropriateness to specific tasks
* Understand and use technology systems
* Use critical-literacy skills to analyse and interpret media communications
* Understand and implement intellectual property rights
* Create references and citations, use footnotes/endnotes and construct a bibliography according to recognized conventions
* Identify primary and secondary sources

Source: MYP: From principles into practice 2014 (Updated August 2022)

### Media Literacy

**Interacting with media to use and create ideas and information**

* Locate, organize, analyse, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media (including digital social media and online networks)
* Demonstrate awareness of media interpretations of events and ideas (including digital social media)
* Make informed choices about personal viewing experiences
* Understand the impact of media representations and modes of presentation
* Seek a range of perspectives from multiple and varied sources
* Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats
* Compare, contrast and draw connections among (multi)media resources