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...There are always a variety of materials available for classroom use that change with years and with changing views of precisely what should be the outcome of classroom education, how one level should prepare for the next, how students truly do learn, and even the value of the "hands on" theories. Some of the items considered basic for many classroom applications are "study guides, taped textbooks, highlighted textbooks and study sheets, correctly completed examples/models, assignments broken into smaller segments, self-checking materials, computer-assisted instruction, audiovisual materials and learning centers" (Holifield, 1994; p. 5). Age specificity is a primary consideration of course, but so is the underlying philosophy of instruction. A system operating under the philosophy of standard instructional method would seem to be the most straightforward of all the possible variations. Even that is not as straightforward as it would seem, however, depending on whether the local school board, the individual school and the specific teacher all agree on the basic philosophies and approaches that will be the "official" methods used. An example of this difference of approach...