Benjamin Bloom

Benjamin Bloom:

Additional Contributions to Education

Benjamin Bloom

(1913-1999)

• Support for Head Start Programs
• Mastery Learning

Background

Classification of Learning Skills

Pennsylvania State University

• BA, MA - 1935

Head Start Programs

Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

provided increased educational opportunities for students of low income families

Lyndon B. Johnson

President (1963-1969)

University of Chicago

• Ed.D. - 1942
• researcher, examiner,

instructor

Bloom's Impact on Education

Bloom's research in early childhood education helped justify the creation of these programs

Educational Psychologist

Mastery Learning

all students are capable success in the classroom with the appropriate support and encouragement

Cognitive Taxonomy

Affective Taxonomy

Psychomotor Taxonomy

References

Benjamin Bloom. (2013, January 29). New World Encyclopedia, . Retrieved 22:20, August 9, 2016 fromhttp://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/p/index.php?title=Benjamin_Bloom&oldid=966656.

Head Start. (2014, February 12). New World Encyclopedia, . Retrieved 11:48, August 10, 2016 fromhttp://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/p/index.php?title=Head_Start&oldid=978507.

Anderson, L. W., & Krathwohl, D. R. (Eds.). (2001). A taxonomy for learning, teaching and

assessing: A revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of educational objectives: Complete edition, New York :

Longman.

Forehand, M. (2005). Bloom's taxonomy: Original and revised.. In M. Orey (Ed.), Emerging perspectives on learning, teaching, and technology. Retrieved 8/9/16, from http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/_

Additional Online Resources for Bloom's Taxonomy

https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/blooms-taxonomy/

http://teaching.uncc.edu/sites/teaching.uncc.edu/files/media/files/file/GoalsAndObjectives/Bloom.pdf

http://www.krummefamily.org/guides/bloom.html (a great hub for many Bloom's resources online)

http://www.ibe.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/archive/Publications/thinkerspdf/bloome.pdf

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Benjamin_Bloom

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/15/us/benjamin-bloom-86-a-leader-in-the-creation-of-head-start.html?pagewanted=1

Knowledge

Application

Analysis

Comprehension

Synthesis

Evaluation

"recall"

Learning Objectives might include:

define, describe, identify, label, list, name, match

"explain"

Learning Objectives might include:

discuss, illustrate, restate, summarize

"making connections"

Learning Objectives might include:

categorize, compare/contrast, infer, distinguish

"putting it all together"

Learning Objectives might include:

compose, design, develop, model, integrate

"using information"

Learning Objectives might include:

chart, compute, determine, predict, solve

"judgement"

Learning Objectives might include:

appraise, critique, interpret, justify

Benjamin Bloom

by: Meredith and Zohreh

How do teachers use Bloom's Taxonomy?

• clear learning objectives
• learning activities aligned with objectives
• effective evaluation of the learning process

THIS

NOT THIS

Impact on Teaching and Learning

Unit - Cell Structures and Functions

Teacher Evaluations

- Level - - Example Learning Objective -

• Evaluation: Given 2 models of a cell, describe which on is a better representation of an animal cell. Use evidence to justify your choice.

• Synthesis: Using your knowledge of cell organelle structure and function, describe how a protein is made in an animal cell. Include an illustration of this process to support your answer.

• Analysis: Compare and contrast the structures of a plant, animal, and bacterial cells.

• Application: Describe how an animal cell might be affected if one or more cell organelles stopped working.

• Comprehension: Explain the function of each cell organelle

• Knowledge: Given a blank diagram, label each animal cell organelle

Increasing Complexity

• Identify thinking skills important in learning

• Align objectives with standards, activities, assessments -- maintaining instructional time

• Students develop a variety of thinking skills

Standardized Testing

recall vs. critical thinking

What type of cognitive skills are standardized tests actually measuring?

Rethinking Bloom's Taxonomy

Revision: Top Level Reorganization

Revision: Classification of Knowledge

Revision: Action Verbs

Factual Knowledge - subject specific facts and details

Conceptual Knowledge - subject specific knowledge of theories, models, and principals

Increasing Complexity

Revised Taxonomy

Procedural Knowledge - subject specific skills, techniques and methods

Metacognitive Knowledge - awareness of individual thought processes