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.
[4] Biggs has held university faculty positions in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong.
His final institutional affiliation is as Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Hong Kong.
Biggs was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours.
[8] Since retiring from academic life, Biggs has published short stories and four novels, The Girl in the Golden House,[9] Project Integrens,[10] Disguises[11] and Tin Dragons.