Preparation and Evaluation of Instructional MaterialsInstructional MaterialsEducational resources used to improve students knowledge , abilities, and skills, to monitor their assimilation of information, and to contribute to their overall development and upbringing. Values and Importance of Instructional Materials To help clarify important concepts. To arouse and sustain students interests. To give all students in a class the opportunity to share experiences necessary for new learning. To help make learning more permanent.

Criteria For Selection of Instructional Materials Appropriateness Authenticity Interest Organization and Balance Cost

Basic Guidelines in the Use of Instructional Materials Selecting the materials. Preparing the class for the audiovisual materials. Guiding the pupils through the audiovisual experience. Following up the audiovisual experience after its completion.

Various Roles of Instructional Materials in the Different Modes of Teaching/Learning:

Mass Instruction Individualized Learning Group Learning

Kinds of Instructional Materials

I. Printed Materialsa. Textbooksb. Supplemental materials1. Workbooks2. Duplicated Outlines3. Teacher-prepared study guides4. Reference Books5. Pamphlets6. Magazine Articles7. Newspapers

II. Audio Aids1. Radio2. Phonograph3. Tape Recorders

III. Visual Aids A. Chalkboard B. Still Pictures 1. Non-projecteda. photographsb. illustrations 2. Projecteda. Slidesb. Filmstripsc. Opaque projectionsd. Overhead Projectionse. LCD projections C. Graphic Materials 1. Charts 2. Graphs 3. Maps and Globes 4. PostersD. Exhibits 1. School-made displays 2. Bulletin boards 3. Museums E. Flannel board and Felt board. F. Objects 1. Specimens 2. Realias 3. Models IV. Audiovisual Aids1. Motion pictures2. Television3. VideotapeV. DemonstrationsVI. Community Resources1. Field trips2. Resource PersonVII. Language laboratoryVIII. Programmed Instruction

TYPES OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS (Leus, 2002)I. Realia and Representations of Realia tools utensils documents costumes doils art objects coins textiles stamps collections facsimile models exhibits dioramas instruments

II. Sound and Visual Resources films television video VCR Camcorder Still video camera Compact discs Cameras FAX machine

III. Pictures and Pictorial Representatives photographs drawings slides transparencies still pictures post cards study prints albums scrap books collages murals videos story boards

IV. Symbolic and Graphic Representations maps charts chalkboard globes atlases posters cartoons posters diagrams graphs bulletin board flannel board time lines

V. Microcomputer Resources hardware printer graphics tablet voice synthesizer software modem trackball mouse networks scanner joystick touch window

VI. Projectors, Viewers, Players, Recorders slide tape LCD projector Film strips Opaque Overhead video

VII. Resources for Production of Media lettering devises map outlines transparencies slide making chart making picture mounting duplicating map making photocopying