John B. Biggs

John Biggs
Born
John Burville Biggs

(1934-10-25) 25 October 1934 (age 89)
Hobart, Australia
Alma materUniversity of Tasmania (BA)
University of London (PhD)
Known forStructure of observed learning outcomes
Constructive alignment
Scientific career
FieldsEducational psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Hong Kong
ThesisThe psychological relationship between cognitive and affective factors in arithmetical performance (1962)
Websitewww.johnbiggs.com.au

John Burville Biggs AM (born 25 October 1934) is an Australian educational psychologist and novelist who developed the SOLO taxonomy for assessing the quality of learning outcomes, and the model of constructive alignment for designing teaching and assessment.[1][2]