Learner Characteristics: Considered by IBAL Interactive Books

Educational Standards for IBAL Interactive Books

Learner Characteristics:
IBAL interactive books take into account the characteristics of the target students, including:

• Individual differences.
• Use of modern devices and technologies.
• Access to enriched information and connecting learning to real-life experiences.
• Providing remedial plans for learners who struggle with specific topics.

Interactive Learning Objectives:

• The objectives of IBAL interactive books are clearly and precisely formulated.
• They align with the educational objectives specified in the school textbooks.
• They promote the development of students’ scientific thinking skills.

Educational Content:
IBAL interactive books ensure that the content is:

• Appropriate to the skills and experiences of the student.
• Comprehensive, covering the curriculum topics and aligned with objectives.
• Supported with suitable media.
• Attractive and engaging.
• Written in short, easy-to-understand sentences.
• Gradually structured from easy to difficult.
• Designed to develop learner skills.
• Easy to navigate between content sections.
• Continuously reviewed to ensure accuracy of information.

Educational Activities:
IBAL interactive books ensure that activities are:

• Diverse in scope, covering cognitive, emotional, and skill-based domains.
• Varied in format: objective, essay, practical, and applied activities to stimulate student attention and motivation, while considering individual differences.

Educational Games:
IBAL interactive books ensure that games are:

• Diverse in scope, covering cognitive, emotional, and skill-based domains.
• Exciting and engaging, developing learners’ readiness to acquire new skills.
• Aligned with the educational concepts of the lesson.
• Appropriate to the student’s age, academic level, cognitive ability, and psychological characteristics.
• Helping children develop social skills, decision-making, and problem-solving.
• Reducing excess energy, stress, and harmful emotions.
• Supporting the holistic development of the child’s social, academic, cognitive, and emotional functions.
• Helping the child understand themselves, accept others, and explore their environment.
• Facilitating understanding of educational concepts in the curriculum.
• Providing enjoyment and delight.
• Reinforcing prior knowledge and improving comprehension.

Feedback:
IBAL interactive books ensure that feedback is:

• Immediate and varied (interactive, auditory, or written).
• Appropriate for the learner’s age group.

Standards for Educational Learning Resources:
Educational resources are designed based on quality educational standards, including:

1. Alignment of resources with the cognitive and skill-based objectives of the curriculum.
2. Considering lower and higher cognitive levels: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
3. Ensuring educational resources are free from scientific or linguistic errors.
4. Meeting technical standards for educational videos and explanations: clarity, ease of control, age appropriateness, duration, and synchronization of voice-over with visuals.
5. Ensuring technical standards for voice narration: clarity, volume, varied intonation, absence of verbal or linguistic errors, ease of control, synchronization with text or images, and suitability for the student’s age.