Student AKO

Survey

Teacher As Inquiry | Level 1 English

Department Inquiry:

How does the use of AKO and mentoring / facilitating at

senior levels improve results?

This document focuses on tracking the understanding of my Level 1 English class

of AKO and Solo Taxonomy.

I conducted in Week 2 of Term 3 a similar survey to the one I conducted in Term 2

with this class. The students answered about ten questions this time, testing their

understanding of the terms AKO, the levels of thinking and corresponding “learning

language” of the SOLO Taxonomy and Three Storey Intellect and their ability to link

this to Learning Intentions, Success Criteria and Essay Questions.

I.e.

a. Are they able to understand what an essay question is asking them to do?

a. Are they able to read a Learning Intention or essay question and identify what

level of thinking/thinking skills are required of them?

Student AKO

Survey Questions

Term 3

(Week 2)

The following slides provide:

1. A brief summary of the results of the

Term 3 Survey 2. A comparative analysis of the Term 2

and Term 3 survey

3. Possible insights gained/strategies going forward

TERM 3 SURVEY RESULTS

1. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND “AKO” TO BE?

Correct (76%)

Incorrect (24%)

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Correct (76%)

Incorrect (24%)

TERM 3 SURVEY RESULTS

2. What level of thinking does the 1st storey of the “3 storey intellect” refer to?

Correct (52%) Partly Right (36%) Incorrect (4%)

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Correct (52%)

Partly Right (36%)

Incorrect (4%)

TERM 3 SURVEY RESULTS

3. What level of thinking does the 2nd storey of the “3 storey intellect” refer to?

Correct (52%) Partly Right (48%) Incorrect (0%)

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Correct (52%)

Partly Right (48%)

Incorrect (0)

TERM 3 SURVEY RESULTS

4. What level of thinking does the 3rd storey of the “3 storey intellect” refer to?

Correct (52%) Partly Right (44%) Incorrect (4%)

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Correct (52%)

Partly Right (44%)

Incorrect (4%)

TERM 3 SURVEY RESULTS

5. Identifying the correct level of thinking a Learning Intention is requiring of them…

Correct (40%)

Incorrect (60%)

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Correct (40%)

Incorrect (60%)

TERM 3 SURVEY RESULTS

6. Identifying the correct level of thinking a Success Criteria is requiring of them…

Correct (52%)

Incorrect (48%)

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Correct (52%)

Incorrect (48%)

TERM 3 SURVEY RESULTS

7. Identifying the correct level of thinking a Learning Intention is requiring of them…

Correct (56%)

Incorrect (44%)

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Correct (56%)

Incorrect (44%)

TERM 3 SURVEY RESULTS

8. Identifying the level of thinking a part of an exam question is asking of them…

Correct (36%)

Incorrect (64%)

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Correct (36%)

Incorrect (64%)

TERM 3 SURVEY RESULTS

9. Students understanding what they need to do to get excellence

Correct (56%)

Incorrect (44%)

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Correct (56%)

Incorrect (44%)

Here is a chart comparing the results of

Term 2’s Survey and Term 3’s Survey…

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"AKO" Meaning 1st storey level ofthinking

2nd storey levelof thinking

3rd storey level ofthinking

Learning Intention- what level ofthinking is itrequiring?

Success Criteria -what level ofthinking is itrequiring?

Interpreting anexam essay

question

Correct T2

Correct T3

Incorrect T2

Incorrect T3

Partly Correct T2

Partly Correct T3

Reflection on Results

Comparing the data from Term 2 and Term 3 doesn’t provide very positive results.

If I was to just go by this survey, it would appear that implicitly and sometimes

explicitly talking through the different levels of thinking, defining language of

learning and breaking down the exam questions has not made a difference to their

understanding of these aspects of AKO.

Or at least not to the extent of the students being able to then apply this knowledge

and interpret for themselves what various things are requiring of them.

On the other hand, I also did an activity with my Level 1 class towards the end of

Term 2 in which they had to create their own instructional video for breaking

down what an exam question is asking of them. While many struggled with this at

first, most - with some time and effort – were able to identify the key aspects of

the question and link it to SOLO Taxonomy.

The results of the “essay question instructional guide”

exercise can be viewed on my blog…

CLICK HERE: https://goo.gl/U3Pwda

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