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Update on Danish version of First Steps with SOLO Taxonomy

12 17, 2016

It is great to finish 2016 with a fab review. This one is for the Danish translation of First Steps with SOLO Taxonomy.  Applying the model in your classroom. Published by Dafolo. The review in Danish is featured in Læsepædagogen nr. 5/2016.  After describing the content the reviewer states: “I truly believe that many students […]

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SOLO Hand Signs

9 21, 2016

SOLO Taxonomy hand signs are a powerfully simple way to watch thinking in action. These spontaneous gestures of thought are a learning strategy that helps students and teachers make sense of learning. In using gesture to represent increasing levels of cognitive complexity surface to deep to conceptual (transfer) outcomes SOLO hand signs have the potential […]

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Horses for courses

9 2, 2016

Embed from Getty Images Just as there are different horses for different courses so there are different learning strategies for different stages of the learning process A recent article by John Hattie and Gregory Donoghue (2016) uses meta-analyses, effect sizes and a more nuanced model of surface and deep understanding to look at learning strategies […]

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Essence of wet dog thinking

8 27, 2016

Embed from Getty Images Less is more thinking lies at the heart of a SOLO rubric. When we make the SOLO Taxonomy level of learning outcomes visible using text-based success criteria SOLO differentiated rubrics we show students that learning outcomes are malleable not fixed. They focus on the strategies that might help shift their learning […]

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5 Strategies for Deep Learning

8 21, 2016

Using SOLO Taxonomy as a model for surface and deep learning learning is a sandbox pedagogy. Embed from Getty Images Using SOLO helps create learning environments that are option rich collaborative, adaptable and much like a sandbox always open to the introduction of new possibilities and opportunities for deep learning. The following slides help summarise […]

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Thinking about knowledge

8 20, 2016

Knowledge and what we miss when we limit our focus to a discussion about parts of speech verbification and all that.

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HookED SOLO Map Animations

7 24, 2016

New SOLO resources on YouTube The HookED SOLO Map Animations are instructional (how to) video for the SOLO Maps. The first SOLO Maps to be animated: Define, Describe, Sequence, Classify, Compare and Contrast, Generalise, and Predict Each animation is designed by the ever fabulous Nick Denton. And yes I will be uploading more SOLO Map […]

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Sketching the New Zealand Curriculum

7 20, 2016

Embed from Getty Images Planning for successful learning is not unlike planning successful plays for team sports. I have a new creative project this year I am sketching the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC). One achievement objective at a time. Sketching ideas for learning, showing how they can be connected and extended is fun. It is […]

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The Olympics and SOLO Taxonomy

7 17, 2016

Embed from Getty Images A question from Pete in New Zealand Hi Pam, Pete here from XXXX School. We are making a start on our plan for next term. We want to look at success as a concept and the challenges and opportunities in becoming successful… linking this to the Olympics and integrating the role […]

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School Values and SOLO Taxonomy

7 16, 2016

Embed from Getty Images A question from Siobhan in New Zealand We met when you came to [xxxxxx College] last term. In between one of the slots with the teachers, I was asking you about ways to link SOLO to our school values. You said you may have some ideas that you could share with […]

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