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Benjamin Bloom
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American educational psychologist at the University of Chicago whose committee work produced Bloom's Taxonomy, classifying educational goals across cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains. He later contributed influential research on mastery learning and the development of exceptional talent.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionLed the committee that produced Bloom's Taxonomy (1956), a hierarchical classification of cognitive, affective and psychomotor learning objectives that remains the standard framework for writing instructional goals and assessments. 1 Notable WorkTaxonomy of Educational Objectives (1956) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Bloom earned his doctorate at Chicago and remained on its faculty for his whole career, developing Bloom's Taxonomy there.
Theories and Approaches Developed
Additional Source WikipediaBloom''s taxonomy, lead section Bloom formally proposed mastery learning in 1968.
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
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developed by a committee of educators chaired by Benjamin Bloom in 1956
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He received a doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1942 and joined its faculty in 1944.
Simply Psychology
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Bloom's taxonomy emerged from a 1948 meeting of university educators, chaired by Benjamin Bloom, who brainstormed a theoretical model of learning.
Wikipedia: Mastery learning
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