Chapter
TEXT STRUCTURES AND THE CONTEXTS OF COMPREHENSION
EXPLICIT TEXTS AND CONTEXT-DEPENDENT TEXTS
PART II: Authoring, Editing, and
the Production Process
CHAPTER 2.
The Author: Help or Stumbling Block on the Road to Designing Usable Texts?
PRODUCING USABLE TEXT: FIVE PROPOSITIONS
THE AUTHOR: HELP OR HINDRANCE?
CHAPTER 3. Training Authors of Informative Documents
WHAT ARE THE WRITING CAPABILITIES OF THESE AUTHORS?
HOW DOES THE JOB SETTING INFLUENCE WHAT AND HOW THESE AUTHORS WRITE?
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TRAINING WRITERS?
CHAPTER 4. Editing: Policies and Processes
INTRODUCTION: WHY BOTHER WITH EDITING?
EDITORIAL POLICY AND USABLE TEXTS
EDITORIAL POLICIES AS HOUSE RULES
SOME PRELIMINARY STUDIES OF EDITING PROCESSES
CONCLUDING COMMENTS ON EDITING PROCESSES AND POLICIES
CHAPTER 5. Intuitions, Algorithms, and a Science of Text Design
THE INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF COMMUNICATIONS
NEED FOR A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TEXT DESIGN
COMPUTER-AIDED FORMAT DESIGN
COMPUTER-AIDED LANGUAGE ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 6. Readability Formulas:
What's the Use?
READABILITY AND PREDICTION
READABILITY AND PRODUCTION
ALTERNATIVES TO EXISTING READABILITY FORMULAS
CHAPTER 7. Lessons in Text Design from an Instructional Design Perspective
PRECONDITIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF USABLE TEXTS
CONTRIBUTIONS OF LEARNING RESEARCH TO TEXT DESIGN
MANAGING A TEXT DESIGN PROCESS
PART III:
Graphics and Design Alternatives
CHAPTER 8. Studying Strategies and Their Implications for Textbook Design
IMPORTANT DIMENSIONS OF STUDYING
CHAPTER 9. Results with Structured Writing Using the Information Mapping® Writing Service Standards
Principles of Structured Writing
Standards: Their Goals and Use
Research on Components of Structured Writing
Result of Recent Research
CHAPTER 10. Design Strategies for
Job Performance Aids
DEFINITION AND CHARACTERISTICS
JOB PERFORMANCE AID DEVELOPMENT
DESIGN STRATEGIES AND FORMATS
RESEARCH ON JOB PERFORMANCE AIDS
CHAPTER 11. Using Pictorial Language: A Discussion of the Dimensions of the Problem
DESCRIPTION AND NARRATION
GENERALITY VERSUS PARTICULARITY
OBSERVATION-BASED AND CONCEPT-BASED IMAGES
SYNOPTIC IMAGES AND IMAGES COMPOSED OF DISCRETE ELEMENTS
BERTIN'S GRAPHIC VARIABLES
REPEATABILITY AND TRANSMISSION
LEARNING TO MAKE AND "READ" PICTURES
PART IV:
Identifying Information Requirements
CHAPTER 12. Understanding Readers and Their Uses of Texts
THE TEXT PRODUCER AS "AN AUDIENCE OF ONE"
UNDERSTANDING THE ABILITY OF THE READER TO "RECEIVE AND DECODE THE MESSAGE"
CONCEPTS OF ADULT MARGINAL LITERATES AS LEARNERS
CHAPTER 13. Modeling Users and Their Use
of Technical Manuals
RESEARCH ON COMPREHENSIBILITY AND USABILITY OF MILITARY MANUALS
THE CONTENT PERSPECTIVE: MODELING USERS' TASK PERFORMANCE
THE READABILITY PERSPECTIVE: MODELING USERS' READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS
SUMMARY CRITIQUE: CONTENT AND READABILITY PERSPECTIVES
RESEARCH ON USE OF INFORMATION SOURCES AT THE JOB SITE
MODELING PERFORMANCE AT THE WORK SITE
ANALYSES OF OBSERVATIONAL DATA
MODELING FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE AT THE WORK SITE
MODELING INFORMATION PROCESSING DURING TASK PERFORMANCE
SUMMARY: MODELING PERFORMANCE AT THE WORK SITE
IMPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH FOR AN IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY
CHAPTER 14. Testing Design Alternatives: A Comparison of Procedures
THE IMPACT OF RESEARCH ON DOCUMENT DESIGN
PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATING DOCUMENT DESIGN
A METHODOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF TWO MACRO-EYE-MOVEMENT PROCEDURES
Designing Usable Texts
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