Criterion B: Applying Skills

Maximum: 8

In the personal project, 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.

Achievement Level	Descriptor
0	The student does not achieve a standard described by any of the descriptors below.
1-2	i. states which ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their learning goal ii. states which ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their product.
3-4	i. outlines which ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their learning goal, with superficial examples or evidence ii. outlines which ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their product, with superficial examples or evidence.
5-6	i. describes how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their learning goal, with reference to examples or evidence ii. describes how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their product, with reference to examples or evidence.
7-8	i. explains how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their learning goal, supported with detailed examples or evidence ii. explains how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their product, supported with detailed examples or evidence.

Definitions

• Learning Goal: What students want to learn as a result of doing the personal project.
• Product: What students will create for their personal project.
• ATL Skill(s) Clusters: One or more of: communication, collaboration, organization, affective, reflection, information literacy, media literacy, critical thinking, creative thinking, transfer.
• State: Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation.
• Outline: Give a brief account or summary.
• Describe: Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process.
• Explain: Give a detailed account including reasons or causes.