DIGITIZED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN MATHEMATICS FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING

Context and Rationale
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An Instructional material is a device developed or acquired to assist or facilitate teachers in transmitting, organized knowledge, skills and attitude to the learners within an instructional situation. It is an indispensable tool in the teaching and learning process. Learners learned best if teachers present materials for active learning. Studies has shown that inadequate use or lack of instructional materials negates the objective of teaching. Moreover, it is also observed that participation of learners and their performances in classroom is affected, if it does not totally depend, on the use of instructional materials.

In Mathematics, pupils do appreciate the lessons more when they are presented with visual images aside from numbers. The lessons become more interesting when the images are moving and requires interaction. Besides, learners today belong to what we call as Generation Z. This generation think and process information differently. They are no longer the people the educational system was designed to teach.

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Classroom teaching during the early years revolved around the “sage on the stage.” In this period, teachers were the ones who would manipulate the discussion while the learners would only listen. The technique most commonly used was called the “chalk and talk” technique. This kind of teaching is known as