Lesson 6

Using and Evaluating Instructional Materials

 Here are the guidelines in selecting  for effective use of instructional materials. It must:

• Give a true picture of the ideas they present
• Contribute to the attainment of the learning objective
• Be appropriate to the age, intelligence and experience of the learners.
• Be in good and satisfactory condition
• Provide foe teacher's guide
• Help develop the critical and creative thinking power of students
• Be worth the time, expense and effort involved
• For the better use of IM the teacher is necessary to prepare herself, her students, and the IM.

THE PROPER USE OF MATERIALS:

To ensure effective use of instructional materials, Hayden Smith and Thomas Nagel, book authors on instructional media advice us to abide by the acronym PPPF.

1. P-repare yourself
2. P-repare your Student
3. P-resent the Material
4. F-ollow up