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Benjamin Bloom headed a group of educational psychologists who, in 1956, developed a method of classifying cognitive thinking into different levels, each building on the previous level, from the most simple to the most abstract. Cognitive learning includes knowledge recall, comprehending information, organizing ideas, analyzing and synthesizing data, applying knowledge, choosing among alternatives in problem-solving, and evaluating ideas or actions. These skills are targeted in education.

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