Understanding Levels of Thinking using: SOLO TAXONOMY (Biggs and Collis 1982)

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

Describing words for each type of Thinking 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 Visual image of the type of Thinking Type of Thinking Prestructural Unistructural Multistructural Relational Extended abstract

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 Prestructural Unistructural Multistructural Relational Extended abstract

What do you know about Tennis? What does it mean? Really there’s not much there. For example: What do you know about Tennis? Err….. What?? Prestructural

What do you know about Tennis? What does it mean? There’s one idea there. For example: Define Identify Do simple procedure What do you know about Tennis? Err….. You need a racket Unistructural

What do you know about Tennis? What does it mean? It’s a game played between two people where you hit a ball over a net, keeping it within certain boundaries Define Describe List Do algorithm Combine There are a number of ideas. For example: What do you know about Tennis? Multistructural

What do you know about Tennis? Compare/contrast Explain causes Sequence Classify Analyse Part/whole Relate Analogy Apply Formulate questions What does it mean? There are a number of ideas and links are be made between these ideas For example: It’s a game of skill played between two people. The idea is to out manoeuvre your opponent by hitting the ball over the net in such a way as to force them to make a mistake. Whether it is their failure to return the shot or they miss the ball. What do you know about Tennis? Relational

What do you know about Tennis? Extended abstract Evaluate Theorise Generalise Predict Create Imagine Hypothesise Reflect What does it mean? There is a range of ideas which are linked together plus some knew or extended thinking is added. For example: It’s a game of skill played between two people. The idea is to out manoeuvre your opponent by hitting the ball over the net in such a way as to force them to make a mistake. Whether it is their failure to return the shot or they miss the ball. What do you know about Tennis? If you knew each players skill level with regard to putting spin on the ball, accuracy and speed of their serve, you could predict the outcome of each match

Achieved with Excellence So How do they match up? Unistructural Multistructural Relational Extended abstract Define Identify Do simple procedure Describe List Do algorithm Combine Compare/contrast Explain causes Sequence Classify Analyse Part/whole Relate Analogy Apply Formulate questions Evaluate Theorise Generalise Predict Create Imagine Hypothesise Reflect SOLO TAXONOMY ( Biggs and Collis 1982) Prestructural Achieved with Merit Achieved with Excellence Not Achieved Achieved