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2. Instructional material is defined as content that conveys the essential knowledge and

skills of a subject in the public school curriculum through a medium or a combination of

media for conveying information to a student. The term includes a book, supplementary

materials, a combination of a book, workbook, and supplementary materials, computer

software, magnetic media, DVD, CD-ROM, computer courseware, online services, or an

electronic medium, or other means of conveying information to the student or otherwise

contributing to the learning process through electronic means, including open-source
instructional material.

3. Instructional materials are the tools used in educational lessons, which include active

learning and assessment. Basically, any resource a teacher uses to help him teach his
students is an instructional material.

4. Are educational resources used to improve students’ knowledge, abilities, and skills, to

monitor their assimilation of information,and to contribute to their overall development and

upbringing.

5. “Open-source instructional material” is electronic instructional material that is available

for downloading from the Internet at no charge to a student and without requiring the

purchase of an unlock code, membership, or other access or use charge, except for a
charge to order an optional printed copy of all or part of the instructional material

6. “Technology equipment” is a hardware, a device, or equipment necessary for

instructional use in the classroom, including to gain access to or enhance the use of
electronic instructional materials; or professional use by a classroom teacher.

Types of Instructional Materials

There are four (4) types of instructional materials:

1) Concrete objects, including objects from the world of nature

2) Representations of concrete objects and phenomena; and
3) Descriptions of such objects and phenomena by means of the signs, words, and

sentences of natural and artificial languages.
4) Technological instructional media

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