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Biggs & Collis (1982) SOLO Taxonomy Overview and ideas for use

Biggs & Collis (1982) SOLO Taxonomy Overview and ideas for use. Robin Trangmar Coleg Llandrillo. What is it?. SOLO S tructure of the O bserved L earning O utcome A means of classifying learning outcomes in terms of their complexity, enabling us to assess students’ work

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Biggs & Collis (1982) SOLO Taxonomy Overview and ideas for use

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  1. Biggs & Collis (1982)SOLO TaxonomyOverview and ideas for use Robin Trangmar ColegLlandrillo

  2. What is it? • SOLO • Structure of the • Observed • Learning • Outcome • A means of classifying learning outcomes in terms of their complexity, enabling us to assess students’ work • in terms of its quality • not of how many bits of this and of that they got right (Biggs, 2011)

  3. SOLO TAXONOMY (after Biggs and Collis 1982)

  4. Compare/contrast Explain causes Sequence Classify Analyse Part/whole Relate Analogy Apply Formulate questions Evaluate Theorise Generalise Predict Create Imagine Hypothesise Reflect SOLO TAXONOMY (after Biggs and Collis 1982) Define Describe List Do algorithm Combine Define Identify Do simple procedure Unistructural Multistructural Relational Extended abstract Prestructural

  5. Compare/contrast Explain causes Sequence Classify Analyse Part/whole Relate Analogy Apply Formulate questions Evaluate Theorise Generalise Predict Create Imagine Hypothesise Reflect SOLO TAXONOMY (after Biggs and Collis 1982) Define Describe List Do algorithm Combine Define Identify Do simple procedure Surface Learning Deep Learning Unistructural Multistructural Relational Extended abstract Prestructural

  6. SOLO TAXONOMY (after Biggs and Collis 1982) Misses the point! Prestructural

  7. SOLO TAXONOMY (after Biggs and Collis 1982) Who painted Guernica? Unistructural Prestructural

  8. SOLO TAXONOMY (after Biggs and Collis 1982) Outline at least two compositional principles that Picasso used in Guernica. Unistructural Multistructural Prestructural

  9. SOLO TAXONOMY (after Biggs and Collis 1982) Relate the theme of Guernica to a current event. Unistructural Multistructural Relational Prestructural

  10. SOLO TAXONOMY (after Biggs and Collis 1982) What do you consider Picasso was saying via his painting of Guernica? Unistructural Multistructural Relational Extended abstract Prestructural

  11. SOLO TAXONOMY (after Biggs and Collis 1982) Misses the point! Who painted Guernica? Outline at least two compositional principles that Picasso used in Guernica. Relate the theme of Guernica to a current event. What do you consider Picasso was saying via his painting of Guernica? Unistructural Multistructural Relational Extended abstract Prestructural

  12. Application • Curriculum design • Designing effective learning outcomes • Formative • Structuring questions to encourage deeper learning • Differentiating learning tasks • Summative • Assessing the level of understanding more effectively • Reflective Journals • Dissertations • Presentations

  13. More information • Tait Coles @Totallywired77 • http://taitcoles.wordpress.com/

  14. References • Biggs, J., (1999). Teaching for Quality Learning at University. Buckingham: SRHE/Open University Press. • Biggs, J., & Collis, K., (1982). Evaluating the Quality of Learning: the SOLO taxonomy New York: Academic Press. • Biggs, J., (2011) Solo Taxonomy. Available at http://www.johnbiggs.com.au/solo_taxonomy.html downloaded 7 February 2012

  15. References • Biggs, J., (2011) Solo Taxonomy. Available at http://www.johnbiggs.com.au/solo_taxonomy.html downloaded 7 February 2012 • Hattie, J., & Brown, G., (2004, September). Cognitive processes in asTTle: The SOLO taxonomy. asTTle Technical Report 43, University of Auckland/Ministry of Education.Available at http://www.tki.org.nz/r/asttle/pdf/technical-reports/techreport43.pdf

  16. Acknowledgements • Graphics (Slide 4-11) developed from a PowerPoint set originally by the Ministry of Education, New Zealand http://keycompetencies.tki.org.nz/content/download/675/4839/file/SOLO%20explained%20ppt.ppt

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