Benjamin Bloom
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| Benjamin Samuel Bloom | |
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| Born | February 21, 1913 Lansford, Pennsylvania |
| Died | September 13, 1999 (aged 86) Chicago |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Ph.D. in Education |
| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University, University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Educational psychologist |
| Employer | American Educational Research Association |
Benjamin Samuel Bloom (February 21, 1913 – September 13, 1999) was an American educational psychologist who made contributions to the classification of educational objectives and to the theory of mastery-learning. He also directed a research team which conducted a major investigation into the development of exceptional talent whose results are relevant to the question of eminence, exceptional achievement, and greatness.[1]
References [edit]
- ^ Bloom, B. S. (ed). (1985). Developing Talent in Young People. New York: Ballentine Books.
Further reading [edit]
- Bloom, Benjamin S. (1980). All Our Children Learning. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Bloom, Benjamin S. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (1956). Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright (c) 1984 by Pearson Education.
- Bloom, B. S. (ed). (1985). Developing Talent in Young People. New York: Ballentine Books.
- Eisner, Eliot W. "Benjamin Bloom: 1913-1999." Prospects, the quarterly review of comparative education (Paris, UNESCO: International Bureau of Education), vol. XXX, no. 3, September 2000. Retrieved from http://www.ibe.unesco.org/publications/ThinkersPdf/bloome.pdf on April 10, 2009.
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| Preceded by Lee Cronbach |
President of the | Succeeded by Julian Stanley |
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