Test questions should be designed
to evaluate your students' ability to think at any of the six
different levels of abstraction as described by Bloom, and often
the same content information can be assessed at different levels
of cognition. For example, in a unit on Kin Relationships in
an introductory Anthropology course, compare the level of knowledge
necessary to answer the following questions:
RECOGNITION QUESTIONS (knowledge
- simple recall)
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1. |
A society where daughters
are expected to remain in their parents' household
and the sons move in with their wives is called: |
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a. a matrilocal society
b. a neolocal society
c. a matriarchal society
d. a bilateral society
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2. |
A group of relatives by
marriage constitute: |
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a. a conjugal family
b. an extended family
c. a nuclear family
d. none of the above
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3. |
People who are related
by blood are kin. (True or False?) |
RECALL QUESTIONS (Comprehension
- shows understanding)
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1. |
Describe the major
differences among patrilineal, matrilineal, and bilateral
societies.
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2. |
Define: |
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a. extended family
b. nuclear family |
APPLICATION QUESTION (use
the information in a new context)
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1. |
Sammy's parents had a party
for him on his fifth birthday. They invited both sets
of grandparents, and Sammy's father's brother and his
children. This is called a gathering of: |
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a. a consanguine family
b. a conjugal family
c. an egalitarian family
d. a patriarchal family |
ANALYSIS QUESTIONS (connecting
patterns, identifying hidden meanings)
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1. |
Explain the patrilocal
society in terms of lineage and dominance of the
sexes.
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2. |
Explain the term conjugal
families, by making reference to the different types
of societies to which they could belong.
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3. |
Kin can be best analyzed
by examining: |
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a. the society to which
they belong
b. their pattern of descent
c. their form of family organization
d. the type of family unit to which they belong |
SYNTHESIS QUESTIONS (relate
knowledge from several areas)
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1. |
Explain why it is likely
that a matriarchal family system would be found in
a matrilocal or matrilineal society |
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2. |
Which one of these combinations
of society descriptions is unlikely to exist within
one society: |
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a. neolocal, egalitarian,
nuclear
b. patrilocal, patrilineal, patrilocal
c. bilateral, egalitarian, nuclear
d. extended family, conjugal family, kin |
EVALUATION QUESTION (assess
value of theories)
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1. |
Describe the economic consequence
of a neolocal society. Support your description with
information you have learned from this course. |
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