Text Article 41. 3 Prepare for Exam 2 Prepare Final Research Topic Document Share . Students will learn scientific reasoning skills along with recall of scientific content. Using a conflicting viewpoints format, students will be presented with hypotheses or viewpoints that are mutually inconsistent owing to different premises, incomplete or disputed data, or differing interpretations of data. Test items in this format measure students skills in understanding, analyzing, and comparing alternative hypotheses or viewpoints.
Anthropology reading assignments use vocabulary building and reading comprehension skills.
Reading tests measure reading comprehension and the use of concepts and terminology specific to anthropology. Students are required to derive meaning from the reading assignments by referring to what is explicitly stated, reasoning to determine implicit meanings, and drawing conclusions, comparisons, and generalizations far beyond the text. Describe the scientific method. Identify scientific evidence for human variability. Explain the practices of medical and forensic anthropologists.