1. Presentation on Benjamin Bloom
For EDTC 6340 By
Kim Ramsey
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2. Who was Mr. Bloom? Born in Lanford PA to Russian immigrants
Father-picture framer, Mother-housewife
As youngster –Voracious reader ,curious researcher
Librarian wouldn’t allow him to return books that he had checked out the same day (Had to prove he read those before getting more)
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3. Bloom’s Early Education:
Valedictorian of class at his public school
Enrolled in Penn State & completed both BA and MA in Psychology in 4 years!
After receiving doctorate, worked with University’s Board Examiners
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4. Mr. Bloom’s Work and Beliefs:
Learning objectives & skills can be classified into a taxonomy of learning
Educational settings & home environments can foster human potential (Head Start, etc)
Transformed education. Created a more holistic learning approach to education using domains
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5. Greatest Accomplishment
Developed a common framework for classifying the wide variety of intended learning outcomes that examiners/teachers encountered called:
Bloom’s Taxonomy
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6. Bloom’s Educational Objectives can be divided into 3 Domains
Cognitive
Affective
Psychomotor
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Affective-feelings or emotion,,psychomotor- manual or physcial skills
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7. One level must be mastered before the next takes place
Cognitive Domain describes: mental skills or knowledge gained (formulas, facts, recall, information)
One level must be mastered before the next takes place
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8. Cognitive Domain Humor
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9. Affective Domain describes: growth in feelings & emotions (appreciation /motivation /attitudes)
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10. Affective Versus Cognitive:
Emotional Reactions
Intellectual Skills
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11. Psychomotor Domain describes: physical manipulations of tools (use of hands, coordination, motor skills)
Development of these skills require practice and are measured in terms of speed, precision, procedures, etc
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12. Bloom’s Taxonomy was revised in 2001 Nouns became Verbs
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13. How is Bloom’s Work Used today?
Educators use it to develop comprehensive, effective lessons that encourage higher level & critical thinking of learners.
Learning objectives become more defined
Gives educators an excellent measurement tool to use when assessing knowledge
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14. Holistic Learning
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15. The 3 domains in cartoon form !
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16. Final Thought…..
What any person in the world can learn, almost all persons can learn if provided with appropriate prior and current conditions of learning………
Benjamin S. Bloom, Developing Talent in Young People
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17. References
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B.S. Bloom. (2010). Education encyclopedia. Retrieved (2010, June 10) from for Slide 3
Benjamin Bloom. (2010). New world encyclopedia. Retrieved (2010, June 10) from for Slide 2, 4-6
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Clark, D. (2010, June 10). Bloom's taxonomy of learning domains. Retrieved from for Slides 7,9,11,12
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Forehand, M. (2010, June 10). Bloom's taxonomy. Retrieved from for Slides 13-16
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