‘what is it and how could it help me and my pupils?’
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‘What is it and how could it help me and my pupils?’
SOLO Taxonomy
SOLO stands for Structured Overview of Learning Outcomes.
It is a model of learning that helps to develop a common understanding and language of learning
that helps teachers and pupils understand the learning process.
SOLO Taxonomy
The taxonomy helps us to decide what level our learning and thinking is currently at.
There are 5 levels each represented by a particular diagram.
SOLO Taxonomy
PRESTRUCTURAL:Ideas I am not sureabout/that I need help with
SOLO Taxonomy
UNISTRUCTURAL:I have one relevant idea about…
SOLO Taxonomy
MULTISTRUCTURAL:I have several ideas about…
SOLO Taxonomy
RELATIONAL:I have several ideas about…I can link them to the big picture.
SOLO Taxonomy
EXTENDED ABSTRACT:I have several ideas about…I can link them to the big picture.I can look at these ideas in a new and different way.
SOLO Taxonomy
SO DID WE UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT?
• To demonstrate our understanding of SOLO so far, you are going to be presented with some statements about X-Factor and Liverpool FC.
• You will need to arrange these statements into the correct SOLO thinking and learning levels.
So how do we actually use all of this?
SOLO Taxonomy
So how do we actually use all of this?1. Progress Through A Topic
SOLO Taxonomy
So how do we actually use all of this?2. Planning Learning Outcomes
SOLO Taxonomy
So how do we actually use all of this?
SOLO Stations
SOLO Taxonomy
So how do we actually use all of this?
SOLO Taxonomy
So how do we actually use all of this?
Feedback - Feedforward
SOLO Taxonomy
Why should you bother?• Easy model of learning and thinking – evidence
based.• Put pupils in the ‘driving seat’.
• Less emphasis on task and more on the outcome (unlike Blooms!).
• Cross-curricular.
SOLO Taxonomy
Next steps?
• Schemes of Work / Link to exams / A-Level essay writing /
SOLO Taxonomy
SOLO Taxonomy
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