The document provides guidelines for teachers in selecting, preparing, and using instructional materials. It recommends that materials fit course objectives and be well-organized, prepare students for lessons, and be designed using the LACARA method. Materials should provide sufficient repetition through examples and questions to enhance understanding for a diverse student body, and be at an appropriate reading level and difficulty to match students' abilities. When preparing materials, teachers should define objectives, allow flexibility, develop content for diverse learners, guide students, and evaluate results.

1. • SELECTING YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL
• GUIDELINES TO CONSIDER IN SELECTING,
PREPARING AND USING INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS
• TIPS FOR TEACHERS IN PREPARING, USING
AND DEVELOPING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Selecting, Preparing, Using and
Developing Instructional Materials

2. Selecting and Preparing your Instructional Material
1. Do the materials fit the objectives?
 Materials should fit the objectives of the course, unit plan and
the lesson plan.
2. Are the materials well organized?
 MUST relate facts to few basic ideas and concepts.
3. Do the materials prepare the students for the
presentation?
 Objectives or advance organizers
4. Are the materials well designed?
 L . A . C . A . R . A

3. Selecting and Preparing your Instructional Material
5. Have the materials been presented in a technically
appropriate manner?
 Not “overpresented” neither “underpresented”
6. Do the materials provide sufficient repeatition through
examples, illustrations, questions and summaries to
enhance understanding of content?
 Student diversity
7. Is the material suitable to the reading level of the students?
 Using STE (Standard Readability Estimate)
8. Does the difficulty of the materials match the abilities of
the students?
 Motivation and interest driven

4. Guidelines in Preparing (and Using) Instructional
Materials
Purpose
Define Objectives
Flexibility
Diversity
Development
Content
Guide Learners
Evaluate Results