SOLO

SOLO Model

In order to support our children to become independent lifelong learners, we use the SOLO model across the school.

We understand that knowledge used to be a precious commodity and in the past the teacher was the primary source of knowledge in the classroom. Knowledge is now freely available through the internet. Our students need to learn how to use knowledge – how to gather it, analyse it, and use it for creativity, evaluation and making a difference. This is why we work with a cognitive taxonomy – a way of helping our students get beyond the facts and opinions. The SOLO taxonomy was developed by Biggs and Collis (1982). It describes levels of increasing complexity in a student’s understanding of a subject, through five stages, and it is claimed to be applicable to any subject area (http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/solo.htm).

Background to our development of SOLO is available at:

SOLO development 2013

And St Joseph’s Professional Development

This is available for staff at: SOLO master rubric

This is an alignment of popular thinking rubrics or tools