Instructional materials are aids used to assist instructors in teaching and transferring information to students. They are supplementary tools that support, supplement, or reinforce instruction. Effective instructional materials highlight important concepts, are organized into chunks for easy recall, and are designed to cover key points straightforwardly. Reasons for using instructional materials include helping students remember information, gaining attention, clarifying relationships between concepts, and addressing language barriers. Principles for selecting materials include choosing aids that suit learning objectives and using a variety to engage students through varied modalities.
Instructional materials are aids used to assist instructors in teaching and transferring information to students. They are supplementary tools that support, supplement, or reinforce instruction. Effective instructional materials highlight important concepts, are organized into chunks for easy recall, and are designed to cover key points straightforwardly. Reasons for using instructional materials include helping students remember information, gaining attention, clarifying relationships between concepts, and addressing language barriers. Principles for selecting materials include choosing aids that suit learning objectives and using a variety to engage students through varied modalities.
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Guiding Principles in the Selection and Use of Instructional Materials
Instructional materials are aids used to assist instructors in teaching and transferring information to students. They are supplementary tools that support, supplement, or reinforce instruction. Effective instructional materials highlight important concepts, are organized into chunks for easy recall, and are designed to cover key points straightforwardly. Reasons for using instructional materials include helping students remember information, gaining attention, clarifying relationships between concepts, and addressing language barriers. Principles for selecting materials include choosing aids that suit learning objectives and using a variety to engage students through varied modalities.
Instructional materials are aids used to assist instructors in teaching and transferring information to students. They are supplementary tools that support, supplement, or reinforce instruction. Effective instructional materials highlight important concepts, are organized into chunks for easy recall, and are designed to cover key points straightforwardly. Reasons for using instructional materials include helping students remember information, gaining attention, clarifying relationships between concepts, and addressing language barriers. Principles for selecting materials include choosing aids that suit learning objectives and using a variety to engage students through varied modalities.
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Guiding Principles in the Selection and Use of Instructional Materials
1. 1. WHAT ARE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS? •Devices that assist an instructor in the
teaching- learning process. These are materials that are used to aid in the transference of information from one to another. •Instructional aids are not self-supporting; they are supplementary training devices. The key factor is that instructional aids support, supplement, or reinforce. 2. 2. WHEN DO WE USED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS? •YOU USE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WHEN YOU TEACH SOMETHING. EX. BOOKS, CHARTS, GRAPHS, PICTURES, WORKSHEETS, AUDIO CDS/DVDS, VIDEOS 3. 3. •For many years, educators have theorized about how the human brain and the memory function during the communicative process. There is general agreement about certain theoretical factors that seem pertinent to understanding the use of instructional aids. INSTRUCTIONAL AID THEORY 4. 4. INSTRUCTIONAL AID THEORY •During the communicative process, the sensory register of the memory acts as a filter. As stimuli are received, the individual's sensory register works to sort out the important bits of information from the routine or less significant bits. within seconds, what is perceived as the most important information is passed to the working or short-term memory where it is processed for possible storage in the long-term memory. This complex process is enhanced by the use of appropriate instructional aids that highlight and emphasize the main points or concepts. 5. 5. INSTRUCTIONAL AID THEORY •The working or short-term memory functions are limited by both time and capacity. Therefore, it is essential that the information be arranged in useful bits or chunks for effective coding, rehearsal, or recording. The effectiveness of the instructional aid is critical for this process. Carefully selected charts, graphs, pictures, or other well-organized visual aids are examples of items that help the student understand, as well as retain, essential information. 6. 6. INSTRUCTIONAL AID THEORY •Ideally, instructional aids should be designed to cover the key points and concepts. In addition, the coverage should be straightforward and factual so it is easy for students to remember and recall. Generally, instructional aids that are relatively simple are best suited for this purpose. 7. 7. INSTRUCTIONAL AID THEORY 8. 8. REASONS FOR USE OF IMS •1. It helps the students remember important information. •2. When properly used, they help gain and hold the attention of students. 9. 9. •3. Audio or visual aids can be very useful in supporting a topic, and the combination of both audio and visual stimuli is particularly effective since the two most important senses are involved. Instructors should keep in mind that they often are salesmen of ideas, and many of the best sales techniques that attract the attention of potential clients are well worth considering. One caution-the instructional aid should keep student attention on the subject; it should not be a distracting gimmick. REASONS FOR USE OF IMS 10. 10. •4. Good instructional aids also can help solve certain language barrier problems. Consider the continued expansion of technical terminology in everyday usage. This, coupled with culturally diverse backgrounds of today's students, makes it necessary for instructors to be precise in their choice of terminology. Words or terms used in an instructional aid should be carefully selected to convey the same meaning for the student as they do for the instructor. They should provide an accurate visual image and make learning easier for the student. REASONS FOR USE OF IMS 11. 11. •5. Another use for instructional aids is to clarify the relationships between material objects and concepts. When relationships are presented visually, they often are much easier to understand. For example, the subsystems within a physical unit are relatively easy to relate to each other through the use of schematics or diagrams. Symbols, graphs, and diagrams can also show relationships of location, size, time, frequency, and value. By symbolizing the factors involved, it is even possible to visualize abstract relationships. REASONS FOR USE OF IMS 12. 12. To encourage your student in their lesson and get their attention Improve the delivery of instruction Creation of effective, meaningful lessons Helps students make sense of information Instructional Materials serve as the channel between the teacher and the students in delivering the instruction. For learners have a clear view of what is being taught. Importance of IMs 13. 13. PRINCIPLES OF SELECTION AND USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS •All instructional materials are aids to instruction. They do not replace the teacher. •Choose the instructional material that best suits your instructional objectives. Decide what you want to accomplish and then employ the tools that are most likely to achieve results. Do not let the media that is available to you determine how or what you will teach. 14. 14. PRINCIPLES OF SELECTION AND USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS •If possible, use a variety of tools. Using videos, computers, overheads and the chalkboard not only keeps students’ interest but also responds to the needs of those who receive information in different ways. 15. 15. PRINCIPLES OF SELECTION AND USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS •Check out your instructional materials before class starts to be sure it is working properly. Nothing is more frustrating to you or to your students in the process of the instruction than to find that the overhead projector, for instance, does not work in the process of instruction. 16. 16. PRINCIPLES OF SELECTION AND USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS •For results, abide by the general utilization guide on the use of media given below: • Learn how to use the instructional material. Before using it, make sure you know how to manipulate it to obtain the desired product. Listen to the record or view the film ahead. Check the correct size and complete parts of real objects, photographs or models to be presented. • Prepare introductory remarks, question or initial comments you may need. • Provide a conducive environment; arrange the chairs, tables and the equipment and materials. Provide sufficient lightning and ventilation. • Explain the objective of the lesson. • Stress what is to be watched or listened to carefully. • State what they will be expected to do with the information they will learn. Discussion or a test may follow. • There is need to summarize or review the experience. Prepare measures that can assess their gains based on the objectives. 17. 17. GUIDELINES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS •Support the lesson objective. •Be student centered. •Build on previous learning. 18. 18. GUIDELINES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS •Contain useful and meaningful content that is consistent with sound principles of learning. •Appeal to students. 19. 19. GUIDELINES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS •Maintain student attention and interest. •Encourage student participation, when appropriate. 20. 20. GUIDELINES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS •Lead students in the direction of the behavior or learning outcomes specified in the learning objective. 21. 21. GUIDELINES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS •Provide proper stimuli and reinforcement. •Contain quality photos, graphs, and text as required 22. 22. GUIDELINES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS •Be checked prior to use for completeness and technical accuracy •Contain appropriate terminology for the student. •Be properly sequenced. 23. 23. GUIDELINES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS •Be easy to understand. •Include appropriate safety precautions. 24. 24. YOU MAY DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE GUIDELINES OF INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS AND THE COPY OF MY REPORT AT THESE LINKS •bit.ly/instrumat2017 •bit.ly/instrumppt