S.O.L.O. Taxonomy (SOLO TAXONOMY - general overview) [Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome]
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Level: PrestructualNO IDEA
Level: UnistructualONE IDEA
Level: MultistructualSEVERAL IDEAS
Level: Relational‘THE BIG PICTURE’
Level: AbstractEXTENDED (NEW) IDEAS
- S.O.L.O. Taxonomy -
LEVEL: PrestructuralNO IDEA
needs help to start
Noun: PrestructureAdjective: Prestructural
PRE STRUCTURE
Prefix:‘before’
Noun:‘build’
Typical response:
‘I don’t understand’
LEVEL: UnistructuralONE IDEA
scratching of surface knowledge
Noun: UnistructureAdjective: Unistructural
UNI STRUCTURE
Prefix:‘one’
Noun:‘build’
Typical response:‘I have some understanding of this topic’
LEVEL: MultistructualSEVERAL IDEAS
further scratching of surface knowledge
Noun: MultistructureAdjective: Multistructural
MULTI STRUCTURE
Prefix:‘many’
Noun:‘build’
Typical response:‘I know a few things
about this topic.’
LEVEL: RelationalTHE BIG PICTURE
finding connection(s) and deep knowledge
Verb: Relate………Adjective: Relational….Noun: Relationship(s)
Typical response:‘I can see the connections between the information I have gathered.’
LEVEL: AbstractEXTENDED [NEW] IDEAS
conceptual knowledge
Noun: Concept…….Adjective: Conceptual..
Typical response:‘By reflecting and evaluating on my learning, I am able to look at the bigger picture and link lots of different ideas together.’
- acronym –“A word formed from the first letters
of other words.”
- The Science of Classification –from the Greek: ‘taxis’ = “arrangement” &
‘nomos’ = “law; order; manage”
Outcomes
Learning
Structure of the
Observed
“SOLO Taxonomy provides a simple and robust wayof describing how learning outcomes grow
in complexity from SURFACE to DEEP understanding.”Biggs & Co l l i s 1982
A classification of
settlements according
to their size.
- A Model of Learning -
No idea(prestructual level)
One idea(unistructural l level)
Several ideas(multistructual level)
(getting to the) BIG PICTURE(Relational level)
Extended (new) ideas([Extended] Abstract level)
Deep Knowledge(Understanding: Big Picture)
Surface Knowledge(Understanding: one & several ideas)
Conceptual Knowledge(Understanding: extended (new) ideas)
Sorts out ‘a Learning Outcome’
into one of three (3) levels of KNOWLEDGE:
A student’s UNDERSTANDINGof ‘a Learning Outcome’
may be pinpointed at any of five (5) levels of complexity:
Class Teaching: Using SOLO Taxonomy to Develop Student Thinking & Learning
SOLO Taxonomy: Essential Resources
SOLO Taxonomy: Pam Hook: Hooked