Designing Instructional Text

by James Hartley

Overview

This is a practical guide for teachers and trainers who are responsible for designing and writing instructional material. Focusing on layout and the visual presentation of text, the author of this work uses "before and after" formats to illustrate the importance of clarity, structure and emphasis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780749410377
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/01/1994
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Page-size; basic planning decisions; typesizes; typefaces; space and structure; writing instructional text; theory into practice; the role of illustrations; tables and graphs; diagrams, charts and symbols; forms; designing electronic text; evaluating instructional text.

Editorial Reviews

...this will become your step-by step bible ... keep it on your writing desk.

The Training Officer

... a book which should be most useful to anyone who communicates through the printed word.

The Indexer