Exploring structure and meaning in students' descriptions of meiosis, using the two-learning cycle per mode version of the SOLO model

Title
Exploring structure and meaning in students' descriptions of meiosis, using the two-learning cycle per mode version of the SOLO model
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Quinn, Frances
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3144-3416
Email: fquinn@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:fquinn
Editor
Editor(s): Chris Rust
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development
Place of publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
UNE publication id
une:16949
Abstract
This paper reviews recent developments in the SOLO model, its apparent parallels with phenomenography, and the relationship between response structure and meaning. An application of a recent version of the SOLO model is discussed, in the context of a study of students' understandings of the biological process of meiosis. Students' understandings were explored by categorising 575 written responses to target meiosis questions in unit assessment tasks. Results were consistent with the recent two-cycle per mode version of the SOLO model. They also showed a relationship between meaning and structure of SOLO levels, which may relate both to the nature of the concept under investigation and to the finer-grained model of SOLO being used. The fine-grained use of SOLO, though time-consuming, may have advantages where structure reflects meaning, particularly in facilitating organisation of elements within student descriptions of complex scientific phenomena.
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Citation
Improving Student Learning: Improving Student Learning - For What? Proceedings of the 2007 15th International Symposium, p. 102-114
ISBN
9781873576762
Start page
102
End page
114

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