DEVELOPMENT & USE OF NON-DIGITAL OR CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS

Direction: Read and analyze each question carefully. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following conventional materials is best to use when teaching children
about the natural world?
a. Diorama
b. Nature Table
c. Pop-up Book
d. Flip Chart

2. What does this phrase mean, (“learners use their eyes as well as their ears, but their eyes
are basic in learning”)?
a. Our vision has a significant impact on learning. We need to ensure that the child’s
entire visual system works at its best. What we learn comes through our visual
system.
b. The eyes are basic in learning because you cannot learn without looking at it. The
ears may work but it does not help much in learning.
c. Students rely on their visual because it makes learning fun when they see beautiful
and interesting things.
d. It is easier to learn through visual because we can see the whole text.

3. What does instructional materials mean?

a. Instructional materials are examples of tiny materials that is easy to be carried to
school.
b. These materials includes printed and non-printed items that are rested to impact
students learning.
c. It means to utilize the computer with wide various online sources in teaching and
learning.
d. These are materials available in your surroundings that you can utilize in teaching.

4. Why do we need to create non-digital or conventional materials for teaching when we are
in the 21st century era where digital tools are available?
a. It is flexible where it can be carried anywhere anytime most especially if the classroom
does not have digital tools or internet available.
b. It is to support students in learning because it is better and effective than utilizing
digital tools for learning.
c. To impress the students for them to be engaged in the classroom.
d. Because students can understand the lesson better when this kind of instructional
materials is used.

5. Which of these statements is TRUE?

I. Instructional materials are effective but it could take time to produce and it is costly.
II. Existing materials can be modified by teacher whenever she likes and can include just
anything she wants.
III. Teaching materials encourage participation especially if students are allowed to
manipulate materials.

a. I only
b. I & II
c. I & III
d. I, II, III

6. What kind of instructional material depicts scenes that usually display a historical time
period or a fictional situation?
a. Pop-up Book
 b. Nature Table
c. Flipchart
d. Diorama

7. When we say consistency in designing conventional IM’s this means that?

I. To use the same type of art and style
II. To use just any colorful fonts and backgrounds
III. To add tiny drawings such as doodles to make it cute
IV. Proper use of color combination

a. I, II, & IV
b. II, III, & IV
c. II & III
d. I & IV

8. What type of board that is joined together along the side of hinges so that they can be
easily folded up and can be carried?
a. Flip Chart
b. Rope and Pole display
c. Wall display
d. Zigzag board

9. Mr. Manuel is a literature teacher. On his next lesson, he will discuss to his students the
story about “Gulliver’s Travel”. He wanted to show something new to his students rather
than making a PowerPoint presentation of his lesson to make sure that his students will
enjoy. What is the best option that Mr. Manuel can do?
a. Mr. Manuel can create a Flip Chart with words and pictures pasted on it.
b. Mr. Manuel can make a Diorama or a miniature to draw his learner’s attention because
it is extraordinary.
c. Mr. Manual can make a Pop-up Book where different scenarios of the story are
presented completely which allows the students to remember and understand the content
easier.
d. All of the above

10. Ms. Reign is a new teacher at an elementary school that is located in a small barangay
with limited resources. The first thing she noticed on her first day is that the classroom is
small, with plain white paint. There are two quotations displayed above the wall and a
white paper pasted with “Daily Cleaners” on it. The atmosphere inside is always gloomy
and so are the students. What is the best thing that Ms. Reign should do about it?
a. Ms. Reign should turn her lessons every time into a game so that the student will have
fun and the classroom atmosphere will not be gloomy anymore.
b. Ms. Reign should buy candies or chocolates every day that she can give as rewards to
her students so that they will participate in the discussion and will have fun.
c. Ms. Reign can make displays on the wall adding colorful items and materials including
sets of their everyday lesson so that the students can have something to look on to for
learning. She can also set a small corner in the classroom with printed items such as
books, stories, etc. Labeled as learning area.
d. Ms. Reign should scold her students so that they will be participative and tell them
what they should always do.

11. Merlin was given negative feedback after her teaching demonstration because of her
instructional materials. There are fonts that were too small to read and fonts that are too
big. The content was also quite chaotic. Which of these guidelines in designing
instructional materials Merlin forgot to consider?
a. Quality and Clarity
b. Unity and Legibility
c. Consistency and Quality
 d. Legibility and Clarity

12. When making instructional materials, there are guidelines that we need to consider. One
of this is to make ideas and relations simple and easy to recall for the audience to grasp
the idea in 10-15 seconds.
a. Simplicity
b. Consistency
c. Quality
d. Clarity

13. Which of the following instructional material consists of two parallel, horizontal poles
tied loosely together with rope?
a. Zigzag board
b. Rope and Pole display
c. Diorama
d. Nature table

14. Which of the following instructional material is a collection of many different types of
items and materials put up on the wall to make an interesting and informative display?
a. Zigzag board
b. Rope and Pole display
c. Wall display
d. Diorama

15. Which of the following instructional material is commonly used visual aid that has been
utilized since the traditional way of teaching?
a. Flip chart
b. Zigzag board
c. Writing board
d. Rope and Pole display

16. Harley and Nana are best friends who studied the same course. One time, Harley asked
Mia to help her with her IM’s since she is the second one to perform in their teaching
demonstration since Nana was already done making her IM’s. Nana was amazed by
Harley’s ideas with her materials. With that, she decided to change her designs making it
look like Harley’s. During the presentation, Harley saw what Nana did and got
disappointed. After their performance, Nana was given positive feedback and a higher
grade than her receiving the lowest as well as negative feedback. Was Nana’s actions
valid or invalid?
a. Nana could have asked Harley about it before she did it.
b. Harley was exaggerating, she should at least thank Nana that she liked her ideas and
designs.
c. Nana did nothing wrong; she was only amazed by Harley’s ideas that she incorporated
it in her teaching demonstration
d. Harley’s legal rights was being infringed by Nana; therefore, Harley can make amend
by explaining to their teacher that Nana was the one who copied her designs.

17. Which of these statements is FALSE

I. The teacher developer can sell their materials available.
II. The teacher can modify materials based on the objectives of the lesson.
III. The teacher may research off the shelf materials that have been developed by
others to determine if their approach could be useful adopting its concepts
directly.

a. I & II
b. II & III
c. III only
 d. I only

18. Nikola, an English instructor made his students to do reporting in front of the classroom.
Some of his students have their own laptop but mostly none. Given also that their
classroom does not have a flat screen TV to flash their reports on screen for everyone to
see, he just had them their content reports written on a manila paper. In the roles of IMs
in teaching and learning this means that
a. The written reports on a manila paper to be presented will help them overcome the
limited classroom, making inaccessible accessible.
b. Late learning can be developed since conventional materials provide common
experience for the students
c. This ensures better retention making learning more permanent
d. Active learning and assessment.

19. The teacher from section Jupiter always compares her students from section Venus to
them because every teaching demonstration from section Jupiter, is well organized and
presented clearly. It means that the feedback given to them were followed. Now, in
section Venus, the students always receive negative feedback with their demo
performance. This mean that section Venus is
a. Students from section Jupiter are really creative than section Venus
b. Students from section Venus are not following the guidelines in designing their IMs
c. Students in section Jupiter are rich kids that they have the means to provide
extraordinary surprising IMs
d. Students from section Venus are not that creative nor having enough knowledge in
designing their IMs

20. When designing instructional materials, there are several factors that we need to consider.
Which of these below, is an example factor?
a. Identify existing institutional resources including materials and teachers’ capability.
b. Instructional materials, which help the teacher to make their presentation concrete,
effective, interesting, meaningful, and inspiring
c. The teacher may research off the shelf materials that have been developed by others to
determine if their approach could be useful.
d. a & c
Answer Key
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. D
7. D
8. D
9. C
10. C
11. B
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. C
16. D
17. C
18. A
19. B
20. D