Problems Associated with Instructional Materials

i)      Since educational communication and technology is a fairly new area of importance in education, it is a lightly technical field, and to understand how it affects the instructional delivery, one first has to understand the operational functionality of the resource kits.

Needs for Innovation in Teaching Mathematics

Looking to the aims of teaching mathematics it can be seen that more focus is laid to the higher level of objectives underlying the mathematics subject, like critical thinking, analytical thinking, logical reasoning, decision-making, problem-solving. Such objectives are

Aims of Teaching Mathematics

Education is imparted for achieving certain ends and goals. Various subjects of the school curriculum are different means to achieve these goals. So with each subject some goals are attached which are to be achieved through teaching of that subject. According to Sidhu (1995), the goals of teaching mathematics includes:

(1) To develop the mathematics skills like speed, accuracy, neatness, brevity, estimation etc.

(2) To develop logical

Teacher Attitude towards Teaching Aids and their Students

The teacher, some finds it difficult to carry out or present the instructional materials or the teaching aids to their students in teaching and learning process because the time they put in their various businesses is more than the houses they

Lack of Teaching Aids in Secondary Schools

Teaching aids is anything that is applied in instruction of improved comprehension. It facilitates, motivates and assures successful teaching and learning. It stimulate, captivate students interest, secure students attention in the classroom as well as bringing about proper understanding of the subject or topic taught.

1.3. Purpose of the Study on Effect of Teaching Aids in the Teaching of Mathematics

It is believed that the availability and adequate use of teaching aids could be of great impact, yielding positive results, while its non availability and moderate use could lead to poor performance of students in a teaching and learning situation.

Guidelines for a Teacher in Incorporating Innovations in Teaching Mathematics

The teaching and learning of mathematics is a complex activity and many factors determine the success of this activity. The nature and quality of instructional material, the presentation of content, the pedagogical skills