SOLO Mysteries
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"A Mystery is a collection of different data which pupils use to find a reasoned answer to a central question. The information used can be text, images, objects, charts or a combination." [Reference http://cms.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/learningandwork/educationandachievement/cpd/cpd-teaching/cpd-teaching-thinkingskills/thinkingskills-strategies/thinkingskills-mysteries.htm]
They were used in NZ schools in the early 2000's but are less commonly seen nowadays. David Leat from the University of Newcastle has written about the classroom use of mysteries in some detail - refer to Mysteries in the David Leat Thinking series published by Chris Kington Publishing.
Thinking through Geography by David Leat (1998) Strategy 4 Mysteries p51 Thinking through Primary Teaching by Steve Higgins with Viv Baumfield - Series Editor David Leat (2001) - Chapter 5 Mysteries Thinking Skills Through Science by Sue Duncan, Don McNiven and Chris Savory - Series Editor David Leat (2004) - Three Chemical Mysteries p114
The Nottinghamshire site cited above has a good summary of Mysteries and interestingly a SOLO assessment rubric
