Designing Usable Texts

Content: 
THE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SERIES, Page ii, Harold F. O'Neil Jr.
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages xi-xii, THOMAS H. ANDERSON, BONNIE B. ARMBRUSTER, JOHN F. CARTER, THOMAS M. DUFFY, DANIEL B. FELKER, LAWRENCE T. FRASE, ROBERT E. HORN, STACEY A. KEENAN, RICHARD P. KERN, NINA H. MACDONALD, DAVID R. OLSON, ELIZABETH ORNA, JANE PETERSON, JANICE C. REDISH, GARY M. SCHUMACHER, ROBERT J. SMILLIE, T. STICHT, MICHAEL TWYMAN, ROBERT WALLER, PATRICIA WRIGHT
Preface, Pages xiii-xv
CHAPTER 1 - On the Designing and Understanding of Written Texts, Pages 3-15, DAVID R. OLSON
CHAPTER 2 - The Author: Help or Stumbling Block on the Road to Designing Usable Texts?, Pages 19-41, ELIZABETH ORNA
CHAPTER 3 - Training Authors of Informative Documents, Pages 43-61, DANIEL B. FELKER, JANICE C. REDISH, JANE PETERSON
CHAPTER 4 - Editing: Policies and Processes, Pages 63-96, PATRICIA WRIGHT
CHAPTER 5 - Intuitions, Algorithms, and a Science of Text Design, Pages 97-112, LAWRENCE T. FRASE, NINA H. MACDONALD, STACEY A. KEENAN
CHAPTER 6 - Readability Formulas: What's the Use?, Pages 113-143, THOMAS M. DUFFY
CHAPTER 7 - Lessons in Text Design from an Instructional Design Perspective, Pages 145-156, JOHN F. CARTER
CHAPTER 8 - Studying Strategies and Their Implications for Textbook Design, Pages 159-177, THOMAS H. ANDERSON, BONNIE B. ARMBRUSTER
CHAPTER 9 - Results with Structured Writing Using the Information Mapping Writing Service Standards, Pages 179-212, ROBERT E. HORN
CHAPTER 10 - Design Strategies for Job Performance Aids, Pages 213-243, ROBERT J. SMILLIE
CHAPTER 11 - Using Pictorial Language: A Discussion of the Dimensions of the Problem, Pages 245-312, MICHAEL TWYMAN
CHAPTER 12 - Understanding Readers and Their Uses of Texts, Pages 315-340, T. STICHT
CHAPTER 13 - Modeling Users and Their Use of Technical Manuals, Pages 341-375, RICHARD P. KERN
CHAPTER 14 - Testing Design Alternatives: A Comparison of Procedures, Pages 377-403, GARY M. SCHUMACHER, ROBERT WALLER
Author Index, Pages 405-411
Subject Index, Pages 413-423