SOLO Framework
SOLO Framework
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WHAT IS SOLO TAXONOMY?
(Kevin Collis and John Biggs1982)
• provides measure of cognitive learning outcomes or understanding
of thinking
• can be used across different subjects and types of assignments
• represent student learning in stages of ascending structural
complexity
• SOLO (Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes) offers a
structured outline for the learners to use to build their learning and
thinking. It motivates students to ponder where they are presently in
terms of their level of understanding, and what they must do to
progress.
Five Hierarchical
Levels Of SOLO
Taxonomy
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Pre Structural Level
• This is the initial stage, also known as the incompetent
stage, where the learner does not know about the task
or subject. At this particular stage, the student gets
unconnected information, which makes no sense or
organization. Therefore, the student is unable to
understand the information and does not
demonstrate any understanding either.
Unistructural Level
• At this stage, the learner gets to know just a single
relevant aspect of a task or subject; the student gets
a basic understanding of a concept or task.
Therefore, a student is able to make easy and
apparent connections, but he or she does not have any
idea how significant that information be or not. In
addition, the students’ response indicates a concrete
understanding of the task, but it focuses on only one
relevant aspect.
Multistructural Level
• At this stage, students gain an understanding of
numerous relevant independent aspects. Despite
understanding the relationship between different aspects,
its relationship to the whole remains unclear. Suppose
the teacher is teaching about several topics and ideas, the
students can make varied connections, but they fail to
understand the significance of the whole. The students’
responses are based on relevant aspects, but their
responses are handled independently.
Relational Level
• This stage relates to aspects of knowledge combining to
form a structure. By this stage, the student is able to
understand the importance of different parts in relation
to the whole. They are able to connect concepts and
ideas, so it provides a coherent knowledge of the whole
thing. Moreover, the students' response indicates an
understanding of the task by combining all the parts,
and they can demonstrate how each part contributes to
the whole.
Extended Abstract Level
• By this level, students are able to make connections
within the provided task, and they also create
connections beyond that. They develop the ability to
transfer and generalise the concepts and principles from
one subject area into a particular domain. Therefore, the
students’ response indicates that they can conceptualise
beyond the level of what has been taught. They are able
to propose new concepts and ideas depending on their
understanding of the task or subject taught.
SOLO Taxonomy Examples
1. Pre structural Level
• Failed, flunked, learner missed the point, failed to
comprehend.