Approaches to Learning

Grade 8

ATL focuses on how a student learns and applies knowledge. The ATL objectives are to teach:

• effective study, organisational and time management skills and the ability to work independently

• help students integrate their acquired knowledge and personal experience

• facilitate students’ development of structures for exploring and expressing ideas in a coherent way

• develop students’ capacity for problem solving, decision-making and investigation

• develop student’s capacity for critical thinking

Overall, ATL aims to help students participate actively in the learning process, learn effectively and respond appropriately to tasks.