Principles in Selecting Materials
Principles in Selecting Materials
TSL 3093
BY
YASOTHA VIJAYABALAN
ASHVINI ANANDAN
FAKHRUL ZAKI BIN ZAINUN
Advantages of using
textbook in classroom
Improves Fluency
Physically holding a book and turning to the necessary
page helps the brain process the information and
increases reading fluency.
Textbooks provide a medium that is more easily processed
and understood by the brain.
Material is Organized Logically
Textbooks are broken down into chronological chapters
that present information logically.
helps students make connections between concepts and
identify necessary details.
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Mobility
Using textbook easy for students to carry along
with them.
Textbooks are more flexible than e-books in
supporting a wide range of reading and
learning styles.
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Disadvantages
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Ways of
Overcoming
Problem
Weaknesses
Student
Difficulty
The textbook is
designed as a
sole source of
information.
Provide students
with lots of
Students only
information
see one
sources such as
perspective on a trade books, CDconcept or issue. ROMS, websites,
encyclopaedias,
etc.
Textbook is old
or outdated.
Information
shared with
students is not
current or
relevant.
Use textbook
sparingly or
supplement with
other materials.
Students assume
Textbook
learning is
questions tend to that
simply a
be low level or
collection of facts
fact-based.
and figures.
Textbook doesn't
take students'
background
knowledge into
account.
Reading level of
the textbook is
too difficult.
Students cannot
read or
understand
important
concepts.
Students tend to
The textbook has see learning as
all the answer to an accumulation
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answers.
Ask higher-level
questions and
provide creative
thinking and
problem-solving
activities.
Discover what
students know
about a topic
prior to teaching.
Design the lesson
based on that
knowledge.
Use lots of
supplemental
materials such as
library books,
Internet, CDROMs, etc.
Involve students
in problemsolving activities,
higher-level
thinking
questions, and
extending
THANK YOU
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