NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERISTY OF NIGERIA
                      91 Cadastral Zone, Nnamdi Azikwe Expressway, Jabi, Abuja
                                     FACULTY OF EDUCATION
                             NOV/DEC.  2018_2 EXAMINATION
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COURSE CODE:  EDU815		
COURSE TITLE:  INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES AND METHODS                                  IN SCHOOL MATHEMATICS	
CREDIT UNITS:		2
TIME ALLOWED:	2 HOURS
         INSTRUCTION:  	ANSWER QUESTION 1 AND ANY OTHER 2
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1. a) What ten (10) elements will you like to see in an instructional material         before you can consider it fit for a lesson? (10marks)
   b) What four (4) factors should be considered in selecting instructional        materials for a lesson? (10marks)
   c) Justify the need for local production of instructional materials for the       teaching of Mathematics. (10marks)		(total=30marks)

2. Discuss the different types of discovery method of teaching. What are their advantages and disadvantages?	  (20marks)	

3. In two different ways, in each case, show how you will demonstrate to a set of JS 1 students that:
	i. the sum of angles in a triangle is 180o 
   ii. the sum of angles in a quadrilateral is 360o	(20marks)	

4. a) Who is a backward learner? Discuss very briefly six (6) of his characteristics?
	b) How will you use your Mathematics instructional strategy to help a backward learner? 		(20marks)