INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS

Social science

1. INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS SUBMITTED BY, ANJITHA RAJAN SOCIAL SCIENCE 1 ST SEMESTER SUBMITTED TO, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE MTTC PATHANAPURAM

2. INTRODUCTION An instructional aid is any device that assists an instructor in the student's learning process. They may be sight or sound devices, or a combination of both. Instructors use them to improve communication between themselves and their students, But the aids do not substitute for instruction; they are used to support, supplement or reinforce teaching.

3. Instructional aids are used in the classroom to encourage learning A nd thereby make it easier and interesting. The materials like charts, maps, models, concrete objects, film strips, projector, radio, television etc. Which helps a teacher for effective teaching may be called instructional aid.

4. DEFINITION An instructional aid is any device that assists an instructor in the student's learning process. They may be sight or sound devices, or a combination of both.

5. IMPORTANCE AND VALUES OF INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS Improve and make teaching effective Enable the audience to look, listen and learn Make learning interesting and profitable Add variety and newness to the lesson, provide victories experience Develop the knowledge

6. CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD INSTRUCTIONAL AID They should be meaningful and purposeful Simple Cost effective and cheap Easily portable Large enough to be seen by everyone They should be accurate in every aspect They should be up to date They should motivate learners Adapted to the intellectual maturity of the students

7. LEARNING AIDS Every teacher wants the teaching-learning process to be effective. Whatever the teaches should be listened carefully, understood clearly, learnt properly leaving an everlasting impression on the mind of the student. One of the outstanding developments in the educational technology in recent years is the increased use of teaching aids in teaching learning process. An excellent way to enhance your educational atmosphere is with teaching aids. The possibilities for teaching aids are unlimited. Using your imagination and thinking outside the box are keys to discovering new and unique teaching aids for your classroom.

8. CLASSIFICATION OF LEARNING AIDS PROJECTED AIDS NON PROJECTED AIDS ACTIVITY AIDS

9. PROJECTED AIDS  projected aids are visual instructional devices which are shown with a projector are called projected aids . Examples: slides, filmstrip, silent films, cartoons, etc. projected through an opaque projector (epidiascope), or an over head projector . It helps the process of learning that is motivated, classification and stimulation . It makes dynamic learning experience more concrete realistic and clarity . It provides significant gains in thinking and reasoning.

10. Projected aids 1.Overhead projector 2.Slide projector 3.Film projector 4.LCD projector 5.Television

11. NON PROJECTED AIDS Non projected Aids are Visual instructional devices which are simply presented without any projection equipment are non projected aids . Example: blackboard, chart, etc.   Non projected aids are classified in to 1. Graphic 2. Display boards 3. Three dimensional aids

12. 1. Graphic aids Graph Diagram Pictures Charts 2. Display Board Black Board Bulletin Board 3. Three Dimensional aids Model Specimen Display items Text Book

13. ACTIVITY AIDS There are certain learning situations in which student participation through direct experiences can be easily incorporated, these are called activity aids Activity aids induce direct participation of students and teachers to get first hand knowledge

14. TYPES OF ACTIVITY AIDS FIELD TRIPS EXHIBITIONS CONDUCTING SURVEYS SOCIAL SCIENCE LIBRARY SOCIAL SCIENCE ROOM DRAMATIZATION DEMONSTRATIONS EXPERIMENTS

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