Helping students to go SOLO: teaching critical numeracy in the biological sciences

Authors
Lake, D
Citation
D. Lake, Helping students to go SOLO: teaching critical numeracy in the biological sciences, J BIOL EDUC, 33(4), 1999, pp. 191-198
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL EDUCATION
ISSN journal
00219266 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
191 - 198
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9266(199923)33:4<191:HSTGST>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The majority of students are able to read data from graphs and tables, but many still have difficulty reading meaning into them. The SOLO taxonomy of Biggs and Collis can be adapted to provide a useful four-step template of g eneralized questions, that lead students from the basic skills of data retr ieval, to the advanced skills of critical analysis.