For some time, U.S. educational policy was based on the research-based belief that teaching children to recognize 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 vs. causation
Answer: D
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