There has been a significant decrease in the percentage of children placed in congregate care settings in the. past decade, and this reduction is at a greater rate than the overall foster care population (-37 percent compared. to -21 percent). Children also spend a shorter amount of time in congregate care (an average of 8 months) than children placed in other types of settings (an average of 11 months).
Margaret Taylor Smith developed Multisensory Teaching Approach (MTA) in the mid 80's as a refined and more âteacher friendlyâ curriculum that enhances and further develops Alphabetic Phonics by teaching for mastery.
The First Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive Domain. The idea of creating a taxonomy of educational objectives was conceived by Benjamin Bloom in the 1950s, the assistant director of the University of Chicago's Board of Examinations. Bloom sought to reduce the extensive labor of test development by exchanging test items among universities.