For Some Time, Australian Educational Policy Was Based on the Research-Based

question 155

Multiple Choice

For some time, Australian educational policy was based on the research-based belief that teaching children to recognise whole words was the best way to teach reading skills. As it turns out, this was incorrect. The best way to teach reading skills is to teach analysis and recognition of sound-letter relationships. The mistake was a result of incorrect conclusions based on specific types of research. What error of critical thinking took place?

• A)Ruling out rival hypotheses
• B)Replicability
• C)Occam's Razor
• D)Correlation versus causation

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