This document discusses instructional materials, which are educational resources used to improve student learning. It outlines the values and importance of instructional materials, such as increasing teacher effectiveness and stimulating student interest. Some criteria for selecting materials are appropriateness, authenticity, interest, organization, balance, and cost. Basic guidelines for using instructional materials include considering the size, color, durability, economy, ease of handling, relevance, and novelty of the materials. The document also describes different kinds of instructional materials, including printed materials, audio aids, visual aids, audiovisual aids, demonstrations, and community resources.

1. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

2. Instructional
Materials..
Educational resources used to
improve students’ knowledge,
abilities, and skills, to monitor their
assimilation of information, and to
contribute to their overall
development and upbringing.

3. Values and Importance of
Instructional Materials..
1. Increases the effectiveness of the teacher
2. Clarity of subject matter
3. Stimulate interest, motivate the learner to
learn
4. Tools of the teacher
5. To give all the students in a class the
opportunity to share experiences
necessary for new learning
6. To help make learning more permanent

4. Criteria for Selection of
Instructional Materials..
Appropriateness Authenticity Interest
Organization
and Balance
Cost

5. Basic Guidelines in the Use
of Instructional Materials..
1. Selecting the materials:
a. SIZE
Is the material (text or
picture) big enough to
be seen by the farthest
pupil?
Is relativity of size of
pictures observed
when it is viewed with
other materials or
pictures?
b. COLOR
Is the material
colorful?
Does the color
facilitate
understanding?

6. Basic Guidelines in the Use of
Instructional Materials..
c. DURABILITY
Can the material
stand for several
uses?
Can it be used
over and over
again?
d. ECONOMY
Is the material worth
its cost?
Or can a cheaper
material in terms of
time spent in
preparing it and in
terms of the cash
value be used?

7. Basic Guidelines in the Use of
Instructional Materials..
e. EASY TO HANDLE
Is the material light
and easy to
manipulate?
Is it easy to put up
and then store for
future use?
f. RELEVANCE
Is the material up
to date?
Is it related to the
lesson in particular
and to the specific
needs, problems,
and experiences of
the target
clientele?

8. Basic Guidelines in the Use of
Instructional Materials..
g. NOVELTY
Does the material
possess an
element of
newness?
Can it arouse the
curiosity and a
sense of discovery
in the learners?

9. Basic Guidelines in the Use
of Instructional Materials..
2
• Preparing the class for the instructional
materials
3
• Guiding the pupils through the
instructional materials experience
4
• Following up the instructional materials
experience after its completion

10. Kinds of Instructional
Materials..
I. Printed Materials
a. Textbooks
b. Supplemental materials
1. Workbooks
2. Duplicated Outlines
3. Teacher-prepared
study guides
4. Reference Books
5. Pamphlets
6. Magazine Articles
7. Newspapers
II. Audio Aids
1. Radio
2. Phonograph
3. Tape Recorders

11. Kinds of Instructional
Materials..
III. Visual Aids
A. Chalkboard
B. Still Pictures
1. Non-projected
a. photographs
b. illustrations
2. Projected
a. Slides
b. Filmstrips
c. Opaque projections
d. Overhead
Projections
e. LCD projections
C. Graphic Materials
1. Charts
2. Graphs
3. Maps and Globes
4. Posters
D. Exhibits
1. School-made displays
2. Bulletin boards
3. Museums
E. Flannel board and Felt board.
F. Objects
1. Specimens
2. Realias
3. Models

12. Kinds of Instructional
Materials..
IV. Audiovisual Aids
1. Motion pictures
2. Television
3. Videotape
V. Demonstrations
VI. Community Resources
1. Field trips
2. Resource Person
VII. Language laboratory
VIII. Programmed Instruction

13. ROSALIE PESTIJO
MILDRED MOLINA
MARLYN TULDAC
MARC VIEN KAYE TRIA
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