How do we learn?
1% through sense of Taste
1.5% through sense of Touch
3.5% through sense of Smell
11% through sense of Hearing
83% through sense of Sight
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We Learn and Retain:
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30% of what we SEE
10% of what we READ
20% of what we HEAR
50% of what we HEAR and SEE
Higher levels of retention can be achieved
through active involvement in learning.
TEACHING AIDS
Teaching aids are tools that teachers use in the classroom.
A teaching aid is a tool used by teachers to help learners
improve reading and other skills, illustrate or reinforce a
skill, fact, or idea, and remove anxiety, fears, or boredom
because most teaching aids are like games.
Teaching aids are there to reinforce the concepts and
themes that is being taught and to encourage the
engagement and participation of learners throughout the
teaching and learning process.
Why using teaching aids?
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Reinforce what you are saying,
ensure that your point is understood,
signal what is important/essential,
enable students to visualise or experience
something that is impractical to see or do in real
life,
engage students’ other senses in the learning
process,
facilitate different learning styles.
EXAMPLES OF TEACHING
AIDS
•Chalkboard/Whiteboard
• Flipcharts
• Overhead Projector/Transparencies
• Power Point slides
• Data Projectors/Smart Board
• Audiotapes/CDs
• Videotapes/DVDs
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TYPES OF TEACHING
AIDS
There are three types of teaching aids that can
be used in the classroom:
Audio Aids
Visual Aids
Audio-visual Aids
A-V aid imply, “anything by means of
which learning process may be
encouraged or carried on through the
sense of hearing or the sense of
sight.”
AUDIO AIDS
Audio Aids-The teaching aids that involve the sense of
hearing are called audio aids. These audio aids can be
defined as models or devices that can be heard and these
are used to give an image to something. Audio aids help
improve the listening and communication skills of learners.
Examples of audio aids: radio, tape recorder, gramophone,
linguaphone and audio cassette player.
VISUAL AIDS
Visual Aids-These are teaching aids which use sense of
vision, these are any types of material that gives shape and
form to words and thoughts. The most commonly used
visual aid is the blackboard and chalk.
Examples of visual teaching aids are: charts, flashcards,
flannel boards, models, globe, graphs, cartoons, puppets,
globes, graphs, cartoons, slide transparencies & interactive
whiteboards.
AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS
Audio-visual aids-The teaching aids that involve the
sense of vision as well as hearing are called audio-
visual aids, these aids must be audible or visual, or
both.
Examples of audio-visual aids are: television,
projector, PowerPoint presentations, video clips and
films.
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T.A.
Audio Visual A-V
Activity
Based
Classification of T.A.
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projected Non-projected
Graphic
aids
Display board3d-aids Audio
aids
Activity based
Film
OHP
Slides
LCD
projectors
Cartoon
Chart
Diagra
m
Graph
Map
Blackboard
Bulletin board
Magnetic
board
Model
Objects
Specim
en
Radio
Tape-
recorde
r
Teachingmachine
Programme
instruction
Classification in the no. of sense
organ
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T.A.
Uni-
modal
Audio
Aids
Visual
Aids
Project
ed Aid
Non-
Project
ed Aid
Bi-
modal
TA
TA
Projected
Non-
projected
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Projected vs. Non projected
Projected
It can be projected on
screen
It needs electricity
It generally 2-
dimensional
Its not economic
Non-projected
It can not be
It does not need any
electricity
It may ne 2 or 3-
dimensional
economic
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Principle of selection of teaching
aids
Circumstances
Subject
Cost
Availability
Technical quality
Appropriateness
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Problems in using TA
Apathy of teachers
Indifference of students
Ineffectiveness of aids
Financial hurdles
Absence of electricity
Lack of facilities for training
Coordination between center and states
Language difficulty
Not catering of local needs
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IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING
AIDS
It provides learners with more clarityabout the
content that they are being taught.
It draws the attention and interestof learners
throughout the lesson ensuring that the remain focused
and active participants in the learning process.
It provides learners with direct experiencebecause
they are not only learning about the content but also
interacting with the content, this ensures long term
retention of knowledge.
Teaching aids also meet the individual differences,
this means that it promotes inclusivity and caters for
the different abilities of learners.