Different kinds of Instructional Materials

PRINTED MATERIALS

• Written in text, prepared and published commercially

• Type of educational material used by most teachers

Examples of Printed Materials

• Textbooks

 • Workbooks

 • Magazines

• Newspapers

 • Reference books

• Other types of books

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

• Sometimes called Instructional Aids or Pedagogical Aids

• Materials designed for teacher use that are provided as supplements to the text books.

 Examples are:

• Teacher’s Manuals

• Test Questions

• Skills books or Exercise books

• Transparencies

• Teacher resource binders

• Lesson Plans