pam hook

Revisiting analogy.

8 11, 2013

Modelling the process of making an analogy is an on-going challenge for educators. In my previous consultancy I developed a visual process map and self-assessment rubric to help students unpack existing analogies or create their own. It worked in part but I was never terribly happy with it. Oftentimes the output of the activity seemed […]

Read the full article →

When I look at SOLO learning intentions I see broccoli

7 4, 2013

I have been thinking about SOLO differentiated learning intentions, and all those other serial self-similar patterns of complexity in everyday life. When you divide a fractal pattern into parts you get a nearly identical but reduced in size copy of the whole. Creating SOLO differentiated success criteria for SOLO coded tasks (aka learning intentions) is […]

Read the full article →

Feel the burn: Give yourself a SOLO cognitive workout

6 26, 2013

Nicola Richards (a fabulous PE educator in Christchurch) and I recently co-authored the latest SOLO resource this one supports teachers charged with helping students think more deeply in movement contexts in physical education. Our typescript has gone to the publishers but the ideas around movement contexts remain firmly lodged in cracks and crevices in my […]

Read the full article →

You could describe George as an expert scone eater …

5 5, 2013

I am writing this on a bleak Sunday night in the ‘Tron and posting via a dodgy internet connection that only works when I nudge up against the hotel room window. And yet the circumstances cannot dampen the raw excitement I feel about George. Firstly because I am at last smart enough to spell his […]

Read the full article →

SOLO Taxonomy in the Early Years. Making connections for belonging, being, and becoming.

2 8, 2013

It helps us to learn. It helps you to think and do a few things that you want to do. Because it helps you connect ideas and learn to think in your head. Year 1 student, Halsey Drive School, New Zealand. Is fabulous to see the latest SOLO book SOLO Taxonomy in the Early Years […]

Read the full article →

SOLO Taxonomy: Making Meaning at ICOT13

1 22, 2013

Liz and I will be presenting at The Sixteenth International Conference on Thinking this afternoon. We are talking about how SOLO Taxonomy can be used to deepen understanding when making meaning of ideas and information through reading , listening and viewing. (Secondary English). You might like to see what we will be sharing with conference […]

Read the full article →

The use of SOLO Taxonomy in UK classrooms TES Kerra Maddern.

8 25, 2012

Kerra Maddern reporter for TES has written a thoughtful piece on the use (and usefulness) of SOLO Taxonomy in UK classrooms. A repeated complaint about the education system is that it gives pupils superficial understanding. Under pressure to get them through exams, teachers can find themselves taking classes through the required material bit by bit. […]

Read the full article →

Next Entries →