Correct Answer - Option 3 : utilize maximum number of senses to enhance learning
Teaching aids are the tools that are used by a teacher to explain their concept or lesson and make the concepts more interesting and creative. It improves learner's reading and other skills. Teaching Aids are devices by which the teacher helps the students to clarify, establish, and correlate accurate concepts, inspections, and appreciation through the utilization of more than one sensory channel. It means all the materials used to facilitate the understanding of written or spoken words.
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Audio-visual aids are those tools that can be heard as well as seen. These are sensory devices, provide a sensory experience to the learner, and i.e. the learners can see and hear simultaneously using their senses. These are instructional devices that are used to communicate messages more effectively through sound and visuals. Example:- Slides, projector, Film strips, etc.
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Activity-based learning as the name suggests actively involves learners in the construction and re-construction of knowledge based on his or her individual experiences. the objectives of EVS, as stated in the NCF 2005, focus on developing in children curiosity and awareness about their surroundings;
knowledge and understanding of their environment and their relationships or connections; developing affect attributes (appreciation, values and attitudes) and skills of observation and measurement; a collection of information and its processing; creative expressions, etc. The activity-based approach helps the child to use their senses more effectively.
- It involves the sense of vision as well as hearing. It can be used by the teacher who use audiovisual materials to clearly explain the lesson to the students.
Thus from the above-mentioned points, it is clear that a teacher uses audio-visual aids and physical activities in her teaching because they utilize a maximum number of senses to enhance learning.