IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Mar 1981

Eighty ways of improving instructional text

James Hartley Keele University

Abstract

This paper presents suggestions for improving instructional text under three main headings: prose materials, graphic materials, and typographic considerations. Each suggestion is based on research findings and references are made to this research whenever possible. Readers are reminded, however, that these suggestions are generalizations — often drawn from specific and limited cases — and caution is therefore necessary in their application.

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IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Published
1981-03-01
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10.1109/tpc.1981.6447818
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