SOLO Taxonomy at Prebbleton School
SOLO shows students’ learning outcomes at five levels.
What does SOLO stand for?
SOLO is an acronym for the Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome.
What is SOLO Taxonomy?
SOLO is a model or taxonomy of learning.
The SOLO model classifies
students’ learning outcomes from any activity, unit or classroom programme.
Teachers and students can use it to easily sort learning outcomes into three
levels of knowledge:
· surface
knowledge
· deep knowledge
· conceptual (or
constructed) knowledge.
What does SOLO do?
The SOLO model makes clear to students and
teachers alike what the learning outcomes of an activity, unit or classroom
programme are.
In the SOLO model, a student’s learning outcome
may be understanding at any one of five levels of complexity: no idea, one
idea, loose ideas, connected ideas, extended ideas.
Teachers can use SOLO to design differentiated
learning tasks and to create differentiated success criteria.
They can use it
with any topic to:
· plan the level of learning required for that
topic
· assess the extent to which each student has
reached that level
· make decisions on next steps for learning.
How will SOLO benefit my child?
Teachers have found that using SOLO in the
classroom is a powerful approach because it helps students see that their
learning outcomes are due to their efforts and strategies rather than luck or
fixed ability.
My
learning outcome is due to my
efforts to bring in
ideas, relate ideas and or extend ideas.
I
used the following effective
strategies to help me
bring in ideas, relate ideas and/or extend ideas. (SOLO Higher Order Thinking
(HOT) Maps and self-assessment rubrics, thinking skills or e-learning)
In this way, SOLO supports students in developing
metacognition, self-regulation, self-efficacy, engagement and resilience when
learning.