The document discusses various instructional resources that can be used to assist teaching and learning, including textbooks, workbooks, handbooks, source books, and cartoons. It provides details on the definition and objectives of instructional resources. For each resource type, it outlines their advantages and disadvantages as well as how they can be used effectively. The overall purpose of using different instructional resources is to improve the teaching and learning process by employing various media and technologies to offer students multiple ways to learn.

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ASSIGNMENT
TOPIC: INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES: TEXT BOOK, WORK
BOOK,HAND BOOK, SOURCE BOOK, CARTOONS.

2. Submitted to: Biji John mam Submitted by: mercy Pappachen
INDEX
1. INTRODUCTTION
2. NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE
3. OBJECTIVES
4. TEXT BOOK
a. FUNCTIONS OF TEXT BOOK
b. CHARACTERSTICS OF TEXT BOOK
c. USE OF TEXT BOOKS
5. WORK BOOK
a. ADVANTAGES OF WORK BOOK

3. b. DIS ADVANTAGES OF WORK BOOK
6. HAND BOOK
a. ADVANTAGES OF HAND BOOK
b. DIS ADVANTAGES OF HAND BOOK.
7. SOURCE BOOK
8. CARTOON
a. MERITS OF CARTOON
9. CONCLUSION
10. REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
Instructional Resources are key resources used by teachers every day to help
student acquire knowledge from text books to library books to web sites, a wide variety of
resources are available to help teachers meet the needs and pique the interest of their
students. Print, non-print or electronic medium of instruction designed to assist students.
Instructional resources may be defind as, “ items having intellectual content that by
design serve as a major tool for assisting in the instruction of a subject or course”

4. NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE
Instructional resources aims to improve the teaching learning process. It increases
the output of the entair system of education. It helps in optimising educational outcomes
with cost effectiveness through efficient use of available resources including men and
materials. It has helped to meet this challenge with the help of text books, hand books,
source book, cartoons etc; by employing media , technology as support systems we can
offer to the students a large number of ways to learn a large number of things. In this
report instructional resources has significant role in education.
OBJECTIVES
 To understand the scope of instructional resources.
 To find out the various instructional resources for using commerce Education.
 To understand how to make teaching learning process effectively by using
instructional resources.
TEXT BOOK
A text book is the teacher in print. When an ordinary book contains a bare
statement of kowledge the text book is armed with various teaching learning techniques
and motives. It is normally a written book which contains selective and systematic
knowledge presented in a sequential form, the study of which can provide learning
experiences required to the mastery of the curriculum.
FUCTIONS OF TEXT BOOK
Good text books are indispensable for the study and teaching of commerce for
various reasons. They are;
 Text books provide useful guidelines which could help the teacher day to day
teaching

5.  For the people: a text book is the most accessible guide, dependable reference
book and all time campanion.
 A text book makes self learning possible.
 A text book helps to form correct understanding of basic concepts and principles
of commerce.
 A text book is useful in overcoming limitations of classroom teaching.
CHARACTERSTICS OF TEXT BOOK
 The first and foremost requirement of a good text book in commerce is that it
should be written by an author who has adequate experience of teaching the
subject, because only such a person can understand the actual learning situation
and difficulties of pupils.
 The presentation of the materials in a good text book in commerce should be
suitable to the age , ability and interest of the pupils.
 The text book should be able to help both teachers and pupils. Each chapter should
contain assignments, exercises and suggestions for further activities.
 The text book should be well illustrated.
 The print and the paper used and the binding of the textbook should be attractive.
USE OF TEXT BOOKS
 It is used as a ready source of authoritative information.
 A source of factual material in the preparation of assignments both for the teacher
and pupil.
 To provide motivation by attractive presentation and self testing exercises.
 To help pupils improving the subject systematic and fixing it in memory.

6.  To give the biographical and historical reading material to realize the cultural value
of science.
WORK BOOK
Work books that reprint pages of associated text books. Replacing key words with
blanks that are to be filled in by pupils after reading their texts. At the other extreme are
work books that make provision for many different type of activities , forms for reporting
data, diagrams to be labeled, blank spaces for sketches and clippings, suggestions for
supplementary work study guides for reading assignments and self –testing devices.
ADVANTAGES OF WORK BOOK
 Heavily burdened teachers find the better work books useful in saving time and
energy.
 Help pupils who are working under self- direction to study more effectively.
 The begning teacher and inadequately prepared teacher also find work books of
value.
 It fosters scientific thinking.
DIS ADVANTAGES OF WORK BOOK
 Work books are relatively inflexible.
 The content is highly organized and cannot be altered easily.
 Work boos are directed toward uniform outcomes , if they dominate the programs
,pupil have little opportunity to develop special interests and talents.

7. HAND BOOK
The teachers handbook aims at helping the teacher to monitor the programme .
Handbook is a valuable teaching device suitable for a wide range of interests and abilities.
It contains list of teaching aids ,summarization of learning, an exercise in organization, a
medium for self-expression, an indication of progress and assignments of various kinds.A
bibliography of relevant books and journal should be included.
ADVANTAGES OF HANDBOOK
 It is a device for review work.
 It suggests the teacher to adopt appropriate strategies to teach every topic.
 Finding the learning experiences for each topic is easy.
 Tangible evidence for the progress of students.
 Work of the teacher is fostered.
 Notes easily available to all teachers.
DISADVANTAGES OF HANDBOOK
 Teacher should from the habit of looking and refering the guide book before going
to class.
SOURCE BOOK
A collection of writings and articles on a particular subject, especially one used as a
basic introduction to that subject. A fundamental document or record (as of history,
literature, art, religion) on which subsequent writings, compositions, opinions, beliefs or
practices are based, also a collection of such document.
CARTOON
A cartoon is a visual medium with humor that can be in either the form of a single
picture or a series of pictures captioned or non- captioned. The use of cartoon that

8. provides the active participation of students in the learning environment is thought to
help learners to construct their knowledge meaningfully and permanently. If a teacher
plans well and executes the cartoon properly, cartoons help the teaching-learning process
in several ways.
MERITS OF CARTOON
 Cartoons reinforces the learning in the classroom.
 Cartoon gives the opportunity to the pupil to recall, reflect and apply the principles
already learned.
 Cartoon creates new insight.
 Cartoon develops confidence in writing paragraphs, essays and paragraphs.
 Cartoons develops the logical thinking ability.
 Cartoons rouses curiosity and interest.
CONCLUSION
In order for teachers to integrate technology in to their instruction, it may be
available and accessable to them. Hence higher secondary school teachers may provide
instructional resources for teaching and learning. At it helps the learner to learn more and
also get motivation. As a result they can develop deeper understanding.
REFERENCES
 Educational Technology – N enkataiah
 Technology in teacher education - Mjibal
 Commerce education- Sivarajan.