Benjamin Bloom
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American psychologist (1913–1999)
Key facts
- Born
- Benjamin Samuel Bloom , ( 1913-02-21 ) February 21, 1913, Lansford , Pennsylvania , US
- Died
- September 13, 1999 (1999-09-13) (aged 86), Chicago , Illinois , US
- Known for
- Bloom's taxonomy
- Awards
- E. L. Thorndike Award (1973)
- Alma mater
- Pennsylvania State College University of Chicago
- Thesis
- The relationship between educational objectives and examinations designed to measure achievement in general education courses at the college level (1943)
- Discipline
- Psychology
- Sub discipline
- Educational psychology
- Institutions
- University of Chicago
- Notable ideas
- Bloom's taxonomy Bloom's 2 sigma problem Mastery learning
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samuel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lansford
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Chicago
- Employer
- University of Chicago
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1913-02-21
- date of death
- 1999-09-13
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- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Benjamin Samuel Bloom (February 21, 1913 – September 13, 1999) was an American educational psychologist and didactician who made contributions to the classification of educational objectives and to the theory of mastery learning. He has greatly influenced the practices and philosophies of educators around the world from the latter part of the twentieth century.
Perhaps his most significant contribution to the field of education was developing a comprehensive system of describing, assessing and classifying educational outcomes, now known as Bloom's taxonomy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benjamin Bloom” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.