Abstract
This paper examines how Amy Bloom's "The Story" is a prime example of the numerous ways one can play with metafiction to enhance a reading or writing experience. The paper explains that Bloom uses two separate narrators to achieve this: One is self-conscious and the other one is not, but both are unreliable. The paper looks at how one narrator peels away the mystery of storytelling by discussing the elements of fiction, and even inviting the reader or audience to help in making creative decisions. The paper points out that combined, the narrators increase the self-reflexivity of the piece, calling the reader to reflect on fiction and how it is created and presented. In essence, this paper shows that Amy Bloom reflects on the art of storytelling by creating a self-conscious first person narrator.

From the Paper
"Amy, the narrator from page 58 and onward, is aware of the fact that she's telling a story to an audience or reader, and constantly reminds the reader of that by asking the audience about creative decisions. "Can I say that the husband was not any kind of importer? Can I say that he was what he really was, a modestly well-known cartoonist?" she asks on page 58. She does it again in the following paragraph when she asks: "Should I describe him as tall and blond when in fact he was dark and muscular, like the husband?" This not only has the effect of temporarily taking the audience out of the story, but it also causes us to reflect on the elements of fiction, in this case, characterization. Amy also discusses her creative decisions by acknowledging (although falsely, perhaps) what effect they may have on the story as a whole."

Tags:self-conscious, narrator, style, storytelling, fiction

Abstract
This paper discusses the importance of critical thinking in education and focusses on Benjamin Bloom's hierarchy of thought known today as 'Bloom's Taxonomy'. The author also provides an example from his own experience of having to use critical thinking to solve a problem.

From the Paper
"In 1956, Benjamin Bloom created a hierarchy of thought known today as Bloom's Taxonomy. The levels of thinking progress in complexity from the very basic knowledge and comprehension level to the most complex levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Application is a level of thinking generally inserted after comprehension, but applying what one knows and understands can be done at very simple to exceptionally complex levels. The levels of critical thinking are generally agreed to be the analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of information."

Tags:analysis, synthesis, evaluation

Abstract
The paper relates that Jean Piaget and Benjamin Bloom are two of the most influential educational psychologists of the twentieth century. The paper looks at how Piaget described four distinct stages in cognitive development and how Bloom codified or outlined 6 specific types of cognitive skills ranging from simple knowledge to the abstract analysis. The paper shows how together, these psychologists outlined the main ideas behind constructivist learning theory.

From the Paper
"Jean Piaget (1896-1980) is best known for his observation that children learn qualitatively differently from adults and his theory that they pass through four distinctive stages in their intellectual development as they mature. This theory led to an understanding that children learn differently than adults and that there should be a developmental basis for how and what we teach children at various ages (Plucker). Benjamin Bloom (1903-1999) is best known for "Bloom's Taxonomy" which codified a hierarchy of thinking skills ranging from factual knowledge through comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation."

Tags:taxonomy, domains, cognitive

Abstract
Jeremy Bloom, a football player at the University of Colorado, was ruled ineligible to play for the team because he had accepted paid endorsements for professional skiing. The NCAA was the one that made the ruling, and they determined that anyone who is paid for endorsements is not allowed to play in college sports. This paper explains that there is some discussion and dissent as to whether this should be the ruling in cases like Bloom's, since the sport that he received paid endorsements for was distinctly and clearly separate from the sport that he played at the University of Colorado. It shows that there has been much discussion into this issue because there are those that are very serious about whether this ruling was accurate, and there are two sides to the argument, both of which are dealt with in this research.

Outline
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Significance of the Problem
Review of Related Literature
Discussion of Source Materials
Body of the Report
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper
"Naturally, this is very important to Jeremy Bloom but there are bigger considerations as well. The ruling that the NCAA has regarding this type of paid endorsement and all of the other rulings that the NCAA has regarding college athletes affect not only Bloom but thousands of individuals that attend college across the United States and play sports as well. Most of these individuals are not affected by this particular ruling because they are not competent in another sport to the point where they are being offered endorsement money for professional things."

Tags:professional, athlete, sport

Abstract
This paper is a biographical report on academic and author Benjamin Samuel Bloom. The paper includes demographic data concerning Bloom, as well as a discussion of his contributions to education, focusing on his mastery learning model and his taxonomy of teaching.

From the Paper
"Benjamin Bloom's All Our Children Learning: A Primer for Parents, Teachers, and Other Educators is, as its title suggests, a compendium of information and articles by Bloom designed to guide parents in educating their children as much as the children's offical teachers. Beginning with overviews, he then addresses the path from home to school and the home's effect on school, school itself, and the process of evaluation. Bloom, author of Bloom's taxonomy, works at the University of Chicago, where John Dewey established a department of pedagogy as well as what amounted to a school of philosophy. He could thus be expected to propose ideas similar to or in harmony with Dewey's ideas of looser structure, investigation over instruction, and philosophical indeterminism. For the most part, this is the case. The ideas remain interesting; the question is whether they are ... "

Abstract
This paper elaborates on the theories of Abraham Maslow and Benjamin Bloom and describes their application to the educational setting so as to produce the best result possible for the educational system. It is descriptive in character and provides complete theoretical information with analysis.

Tags:blooms, taxonomy, maslow

Abstract
This paper examines, in extreme detail, the "Sirens" episode in James Joyce's epic Ulysses. The author explores the following areas: The episode's place within the whole, Joyce's intent, themes, literary structure, and Bloom's character and tendencies. Attention is paid to Joyce's use of musical motifs (fugue, canon etc) and many quotes from the novel are included.

From the Paper
"James Joyce has proven himself to be something of a narrative chameleon in terms of the styles that he chooses to employ in his writing. In his telling of the story of Ulysses, the only constant is the fact that the narrative style changes from episode to episode. The beginning of the novel appears to be straightforward, filled with easily identifiable interior monologues and descriptions. Yet as the story progresses, the reader finds that these all-important Joycean agents of the story become increasingly difficult to follow and attribute to any particular character. Each episode takes on its own unique tone and style, making the task of the reader far more difficult in terms of comprehension."

Tags:james, joyce, music, siren, sirens, ulysses

Abstract
The discussion begins with a presentation of Bloom's taxonomy as it is applied to human hatred and the neurobiological correlates of human hatred. Next, the paper outlines the symbolic interactionist theory of human hatred and offers examples of human hatred and violence.

From the Paper
"The following presents the topic of the social psychology of human hatred. The discussion begins with a presentation of Bloom's taxonomy as it is applied to human hatred. This is followed by the presentation of neurobiological correlates of human hatred. Next, the symbolic interactionist theory of human hatred is reviewed. This is followed by examples of human hatred and violence and a summary and conclusions. Bloom's Taxonomy Applied to Human Hatred: Bloom and a group of educational psychologists developed a..."

Tags:hatred, and, violence

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"The purpose of this research is to examine The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom. The plan of the research will be to set forth Bloom's treatment of one theme, notably the emergence of relativism as a significant philosophical style of the mid- and late-twentieth century thought, and then to discuss critiques of Bloom's ideas about relativism, with a view toward showing how they fit in with his principal thesis, that higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today's college students.


Bloom sets the stage for his examination of the decline in the quality and content of American higher education by means of a discussion of what he describes as moral, ethical, and philosophical relativism of student bodies and of society as a whole. In order to see how he develops his argument, it is..."