Using & Evaluating Instructional Materials

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, Hyden Smith & Thomas Nagel, advice us to abide by the acronym PPPF.

Prepare yourself. We should know our lesson objective and what you expect from the Dane after the session and why you have selected such particular instructional materials you have a plan on how you will proceed, what questions to ask, how you will evaluate learning & how you will tie loose end before the bells rings.

Prepare your students set class expectation and learning goals. We should motivate the students so that these interests in listening will be aroused. Give them a guide questions to be able to answer during the discussion.

Present the materials under the best possible conditions. Before discussing we should prepare first the materials so that your presentation will be successful.

Follow up. We should remember that we use instructional materials to achieve and objective not to kill time but we use the instructional material for the attainment of a lesson objective. To know if the objective was attained or not use should