Across The Globe with Dr. Megha

Teaching-Learning Material ( TLM ) Teaching Learning Material (TLM) refers to any material or resource used by teachers to facilitate student learning in the classroom . TLM can include a variety of materials, such as textbooks , workbooks, handouts, multimedia resources, manipulatives, and visual aids . *TYPES OF TEACHING LEARNING MATERIALS* Teaching learning materials are of various types and thus are classified and categorized in several ways. Edgar Dale’s cone of experience is one of the simplest ways of categorizing TLMs. He experimented with different TLMs and categorized them on the basis of type of experiences the learner acquires – from concrete to abstract. Another widely accepted and popular way of categorizing TLMs is based on the senses they stimulate in learners, which, in turn affect the effectiveness of teaching learning process. TLMs can broadly be classified into three categories. i) Audio TLMs ii) Visual TLMs iii) Audio Visual TLMs Let us look: into these categor...