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Assessment for Learning: Using Solo Taxonomy to Measure Design Performance of Design & Technology Students

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One objective of Design & Technology (D&T) is to enable students to be inventive in designing practical solutions to problems. D&T is viewed as being successful when students can demonstrate the ability to recognize problems, undertake inquiries by themselves, and contribute ideas accordingly. This article will discuss a study which investigated an alternative approach to assessing students’ design performances. In the study, a new item format was designed and a new criterion framework of assessment based on Biggs’ SOLO Taxonomy was developed. The evidence from this study indicates strong face validity for the new approach which maps closely to the goals and purposes of learning D&T.

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Leung, C.F. Assessment for Learning: Using Solo Taxonomy to Measure Design Performance of Design & Technology Students. International Journal of Technology and Design Education 10, 149–161 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008937007674

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