Introduction
The Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO) Model (also referred to as the SOLO Taxonomy), developed by Biggs and Collis (1982), is a general model of intellectual development concerned with assessing a particular learning episode based on the quality of the learners response. SOLO had its origins in the stage development ideas of Piaget and information processing concepts of the 1970s. SOLO can be considered within the broad research framework referred to as neo-Piagetian. As such, SOLO has much in common with the writings of Case (1992), Halford (1993), and Fischer and Knight (1990) to name a few.
SOLO has its roots in the analysis of responses to questions posed in a variety of school subject/topic areas (Collis and Biggs 1979). The focus was on specifying “how well” something was learned, as a balance to the more traditional approach of “how much” has been learned. The insight of Biggs and Collis was that the structural organization of knowledge...
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Pegg, J. (2020). Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO) Model. In: Lerman, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15789-0_182
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