The document is a self-assessment for students to evaluate their Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills (PLTS). It contains 36 statements assessing 6 skill areas: self-management, teamworking, reflectiveness, creativity, effective participation, and enquiry. Students select their response on a scale from 1-5 on how well each statement describes them. Upon completion, it provides results for each skill area and an overall strongest and weakest skill.

1. PLTS Skills Self-Assessment
Enter your name:
Enter your class:
On the following pages, you will read several statements. For each statement, you should select an answer from th
down list which best fits how well the statements describes you
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5. PLTS Skills Self-Assessment
I am always looking for new challenges or opportunities to get involved with things
I can work well with any group, even if it’s not a group of friends
I can use success criteria and scales to review and assess my own work
I can come up with original and new ideas to complete a task or solve a problem
I can take part in a discussion, and help to come to a decision or agreement
I think of things that I want to learn about for myself
I can persevere with a task or challenge, even when the going gets tough
I can discuss my ideas with working partners and come to an agreement
I can set my own targets for improving my work
I can think of new ways to extend my learning, asking new questions or investigating new things
I can put my ideas across well to others to persuade them of something
I can find out about things independently
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8. Always 5
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11. PLTS Skills Self-Assessment
I can organise my time and resources effectively
I can change how I behave to either lead a group, or to help others
I can look back over my work and identify how to improve it for myself
I can link together what I have learned in different places and lessons
I can think of ways to help my group to solve problems or achieve goals
I can easily look at things from other peoples points of view
I can balance my time between school work, homework and other activities
I encourage other people to share their views, and I listen to them
I can take compliments, and advice for improvement, and respond positively
I can ask questions to check whether what someone is thinking is correct – including myself
I can identify ways in which my team can work better, and share these with them
I’m good at working out what information is useful and accurate
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14. Always 5
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17. PLTS Skills Self-Assessment
I can cope well when the situation changes, and I know where to go for help when I need it
I can take on a responsibility in a group, and make a good contribution
I can identify ways in which I can improve as a learner
I can try out different ways of working and follow these through to completion
I can work with others to find the best way of working to suit the whole team
I am good at explaining why things have happened
I can manage my own emotions in difficult times and I build good relationships with my peers
I can give good advice on how to improve, and act on advice when it is given to me
I can think of how best to present my work to suit a particular audience or need
I can modify my ideas to adapt to new circumstances
I can support the view of my team and work towards a common goal, even if I did not agree at first
I can explain my answers using the information I have found out
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19. #N/A Self-Managing #N/A Self-Managing
#N/A Teamworking #N/A Teamworking
#N/A Reflectiveness #N/A Reflectiveness
#N/A Innovation #N/A Innovation
#N/A Participation #N/A Participation
#N/A Enquiring #N/A Enquiring
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20. Always 5
Usually 4
Sometimes 3
Rarely 2
Never 1

21. Your Results
Self-Managers: #N/A out of 30 Self-Management Self-Management N/A
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Teamworking #N/A
Teamworkers: #N/A out of 30 Teamworking Reflectiveness #N/A
Creativity #N/A
Reflective Learners: #N/A out of 30 Reflectiveness Effective Participation
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Enquiry #N/A
Creative Thinkers: #N/A out of 30 Creativity
Effective Participators: #N/A out of 30 Effective Participation
Independent Enquiry: #N/A out of 30 Enquiry
Your strongest area of the PLTS skills is: #N/A
The area you need to develop most is: #N/A
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22. PLTS skills Assessment for ()
Self-Management
Teamworking Enquiry
Reflectiveness Effective Participation
Creativity