Benjamin Bloom (1913-1999), American educator.
Bloom's father is the late educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom, who made major contributions to the classification of educational objectives and to the theory of mastery-learning.
For example, in defining learning goals or objectives, instructional designers often use a taxonomy of educational objectives created by Benjamin Bloom and colleagues.
Benjamin Bloom (1913-1999) spent over 50 years at the University of Chicago where he worked in the department of education.
Since 2012, Jay Goodrich has played bass for Benjamin Bloom.
Learning for mastery or mastery learning, are terms coined by Benjamin Bloom in 1968 and 1971 respectively.
Benjamin Bloom and five colleagues conducted extensive interviews with 120 "young men and women (as well as their parents and influential teachers).
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Benjamin Bloom has suggested three domains of learning: