Using SOLO Model for Evaluation of Students’ Physics Learning

Ahmadi Kalateh Ahmad, Fatemeh; Meshkat, Maryam; Taghipour, Mina

doi:10.48310/esip.2024.17397.1006

Using SOLO Model for Evaluation of Students’ Physics Learning

Document Type : Original Paper

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Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran 1678815811, Iran

10.48310/esip.2024.17397.1006

Abstract

Quality and adequacy of learning physics concepts have been major concerns for physics education researchers. To evaluate the extent to which students learn physics concepts and the quality of their learning, different models or methods have been employed by physics instructors around the world. The efficiency of these evaluation methods or models is of great importance since teachers and instructors need to guide their students through the learning process based the evaluation results. Following the COVID-19 pandemic and the closures of schools, evaluation of students’ learning became more challenging for many teachers, including physics teachers. Accordingly, there was a need for the teachers to familiarize themselves with new methods of evaluation. One of the practical taxonomies that can be used as a qualitative tool in evaluating the cognitive levels of students' learning is the SOLO model. The present study aimed at introducing this model in the form of two physics problems as well as examining the cognitive levels of students' learning in physics via the model.

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