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

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