EDTECH 1: Module 6

Using and Evaluating Instructional Materials

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Using and Evaluating Instructional Materials

“You should have a good idea of your destination, both in the over-all
purposes of education and in the everyday work of your teaching. If you
do not know where you are going, you cannot properly choose a way to
get there.” - Unknown

FOCUS QUESTIONS:

 What guidelines should be considered in the selection and use of

instructional materials?

After being acquanted with different instructional materials

through Edgar Dale’s Cone of Experience, let us, learn how to select and
use these materials in order to achieve our desired learning objectives.
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Self Activity (Submission NOT Required.)

Read and study the comic strip nelow. What do the conversations between Charlie Brown and
Linus imply about field trips?

Analysis:

Guide Questions for Discussion

• From the conversation, Linus said: "It was real field, and we saw it... we saw that field. What
senses were at work in the field trip?

• Did the field trip accomplish something specific for Linus? Why do you say so?
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LEARNING FOCUS

One of the instructional materials used to attain instructional objectives

is field trip.

It is not enough to bring the class out for a field trip and make them
observe anything or everything or use other instructional materials for
no preparation and clear reason at all. Perhaps this is what happened to
the field trip joined in by Linus, that's why he seems not able to cite
something specific that he learned from the field trip.

For an effective use/of instructional materials such as field trip, there are
guidelines that ought to be observed, first of all, in their selection and
second, in their use.

Selections of Materials
The following guide questions express standards to consider in the
selection of instructional materials:
 Does the materials give a true picture of the ideas they present? To
avoid misconceptions, it is always good to ask when the material
was produced.
 Do the materials contribute meaningful content to the topic under
study? Does the material help you achieve the instructional
objective?
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 Is the material appropriate for the age, intelligence, and experience

of the learners?
 Is the physical condition of the material satisfactory? An example,
is a photograph properly mounted?
 Is there a teacher's guide to provide a briefing for effec¬tive use?
The chance that the instructional material will be used to the
maximum and to the optimum is increased with a teacher's guide.
 Can the materials in question help to make students better thinkers
and develop their critical faculties? With exposure to mass media,
it is highly important that we maintain and strengthen our rational
powers.
 Does the use of material make learners collaborate with one
another?
 Does the material promote self-study?
 Is the material worth the time, expense and effort in¬volved? A
field trip, for instance, requires much time, effort, and money. Is it
more effective than any other less expensive and less demanding
instructional material that can take its place? Or is there a better
substitute?
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THE PROPER USE OF MATERIALS:

You may have selected your instructional material well. This is no

guarantee that the instructional material will be effectively utilized. It is
one thing to select a good instructional material, it is» another thing to
use it well.

To ensure effective use of instructional material, Hayden Smith

and Thomas Nagel, (1972) book authors on Instructional Media, advise
us to abide by the acronym PPPF.
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 Prepare yourself. You know your lesson objective and what you
expect from the class after the session and why you have selected
such particular instructional material. You have a plan on how you
will proceed, what questions to ask, how you will evaluate
learning and how you will tie loose ends before the bell rings.

 Prepare your students. Set class expectations and learning goals. It

is sound practice to give them guide questions for them to be able
to answer during the discussion. Motivate them and keep them
interested and engaged.

 Present the material under the best possible conditions. Many

teachers are guilty of the R.O.G. Syndrome. This is means
"running out of gas" which usually results from poor planning.
(Smith, 1972) Using media and materials, especially if they are
mechanical in nature, often requires rehearsal and a carefully
planned performance. Wise are you if you try the materials ahead
of your class use to avoid a fiasco.

 Follow up. Remember that you use instructional material to

achieve an objective, neither to kill time nor to give yourself a
break, neither to merely entertain the class. You use the
instructional for the attainment of a lesson objective. Your use of
the instructional material is not the end in itself. It is a means to an
end, the attainment of a learning objective. So, there is need to
follow up to find out if objective was attained or not.
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Summing up:
To ensure that instructional materials serve their purpose in instruction, we need to observe
some guidelines in their selection and use. The materials that
we select 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 for a teacher's guide
• help develop the critical and creative thinking powers of students
• be worth the time, expense and effort involved

For optimum use of the instructional material, it is necessary that the teacher prepares:
1. herself

2. her students

3. the instructional material and does follow up & Promote Independent Study
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LEARNING ASSESSMENT (Module 6)

Name: Sheena O. Notario Score:

Subject: Edtech 1 Date: 11- 12-2021

1. Have you gone into a class field trip?

- Yes I already gone into field trip when I was
elementary.

2. Is your memories and the events during your field trip is

still vivid? Why?
- Still I really remember our field trip like the place and
the activity that we do.

3. If you are a teacher, would you recommend to have Field

Trips for your class? Why?
- If I were the teacher, I would recommend to have field
trip for class but, I want to have a waver to sign the
students if there parents agree to that. I want field trip
for my students to have bond our relationship being a
second mother or a teacher also to strengthen
observation and perception skills and to promote
personal social development.
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` Notes ..

Any instructional material can be the best provided it helps the teacher
accomplish his/her intended learning objective.

No instructional material may be perceived to be labor-saving devices

for the teacher. On the contrary, the teacher even works harder when she
make good use of instructional materials.

References/s:

Print Resources
Lucido, Paz I. & Milagros L. Borabo (1997). Educational Technology. Quezon City: Katha
Publishing Co.
Grabe Mark & Cindy Grabe (1998). Integrating technology for Meaningful Learning. Bost:
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Electronic Resources
."(http://en.wikipedia.org?wiki/Educational_technology#Perspectives_and_meaning)
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