Benjamin S. Bloom

Thinkers1913 to 1999Educational psychologist

Works

  • Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain, editor, 1956

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Known for

He chaired the committee of college examiners whose handbook classified learning objectives into a hierarchy running from knowledge through comprehension, application, analysis, and synthesis to evaluation. The scheme, known as Bloom's taxonomy, became a standard tool for writing objectives and test questions.

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