IB ATLs

The IB’s ATL aim to support student agency and the development of cognitive and metacognitive skills and dispositions so that students view learning as something that they “do for themselves in a proactive way, rather than as a covert event that happens to them in reaction to teaching” (Zimmerman 2000: 65).

The Approaches to learning include five basic skills: communication skill, thinking skill, self- management skill, social skill, and research skill. These skills are divided into sub-skills. Together, these ATL help students think, research, communicate, socialize, and manage themselves effectively.

Embedded within the ATL are digital literacy skills that can be an invaluable resource for information gathering or processing, as well as for critical and creative thinking, communication, and collaboration.

By combining ATL and the attributes of the learner profile, PYP students become self- regulated learners. Self-regulated learners are agents of their own learning.

They know how to:

•set learning goals

•ask open-ended questions

•generate motivation and perseverance

•reflect on achievement

•try out different learning processes

•self-assess as they learn

•adjust their learning processes where necessary

From principle to practices 2018/ Teaching & Learning www.ibo.org.gov/