{"id":158,"date":"2017-08-18T18:50:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T18:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livelovelearn.education\/KnowledgeBase\/?p=158"},"modified":"2017-08-18T19:18:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T19:18:09","slug":"solo-taxonomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/livelovelearn.education\/KnowledgeBase\/2017\/08\/18\/solo-taxonomy\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLO Taxonomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>The SOLO Taxonomy (Structured of Observed Learning Outcome) is a way of assessing the complexity of understanding achieved by a student with respect to a particular learning outcome.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This taxonomy was proposed by John B. Biggs and K. Collis. A similar way of approaching the complexity of student learning is <a href=\"http:\/\/livelovelearn.education\/KnowledgeBase\/2017\/08\/18\/blooms-taxonomy\/\">Bloom&#8217;s taxonomy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The SOLO Taxonomy<\/h2>\n<p><sup id=\"cite_ref-Biggs_4-0\" class=\"reference\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">There are five levels of complexity that can be identified in the way that a student understands or has responded to a learning outcome and the associated learning activity. These reflect increasing competence and higher order thinking and learning.<\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Pre-structural<\/b> \u2013 The task is not attacked appropriately; the student hasn\u2019t really understood the point and uses too simple a way of going about it.<\/li>\n<li><b>Uni-structural<\/b> \u2013 The student&#8217;s response only focuses on one relevant aspect.<\/li>\n<li><b>Multi-structural<\/b> \u2013 The student&#8217;s response focuses on several relevant aspects but they are treated independently and additively. Assessment of this level is primarily quantitative.<\/li>\n<li><b>Relational<\/b> \u2013 The different aspects have become integrated into a coherent whole. This level is what is normally meant by an adequate understanding of some topic.<\/li>\n<li><b>Extended abstract<\/b> \u2013 The previous integrated whole may be conceptualised at a higher level of abstraction and generalised to a new topic or area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-159\" src=\"http:\/\/livelovelearn.education\/KnowledgeBase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1280px-Structure_of_Observed_Learning_Outcomes_SOLO_Taxonomy-1024x686.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"http:\/\/livelovelearn.education\/KnowledgeBase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1280px-Structure_of_Observed_Learning_Outcomes_SOLO_Taxonomy-1024x686.png 1024w, http:\/\/livelovelearn.education\/KnowledgeBase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1280px-Structure_of_Observed_Learning_Outcomes_SOLO_Taxonomy-300x201.png 300w, http:\/\/livelovelearn.education\/KnowledgeBase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1280px-Structure_of_Observed_Learning_Outcomes_SOLO_Taxonomy-768x514.png 768w, http:\/\/livelovelearn.education\/KnowledgeBase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1280px-Structure_of_Observed_Learning_Outcomes_SOLO_Taxonomy.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>References and further reading<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"reference-text\">Biggs, J. B. and Collis, K. (1982) <i>Evaluating the Quality of Learning: the SOLO taxonomy<\/i>. New York: Academic Press<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"reference-text\">Biggs, J. B. (1999). <i>Teaching for quality learning at university<\/i>. 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