Technology of Text: Principles for Structuring, Designing, and Displaying Text (Volume 1)

by David H. Jonassen

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877781826
• ISBN13: 9780877781820
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Educational Technology Pubns
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.8" x 6.5"

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Background Studies on the Psychology of Text and Typography

From Front Jacket: "This book focuses on principles - supported by extensive research in psychology, reading, instructional design, and typography - for structuring, designing, and displaying expository text. The first section is concerned with the basic structure of prose. The organization of a passage can greatly enhance its transmutation from the symbols imprinted on paper, plastic, or the video display screen into 'meaning' to the user. The second part of the book focuses on more overt or explicit means for displaying or signaling the structure of text. These techniques assume two basic purposes. The first is typographic methods for cuing structural characteristics or facilitating access to information in the text. The second relates to techniques for manipulating reader processing of the prose. The third section deals with specific problems encountered in constructing and displaying text electronically. As more of our information transfer becomes computer-controlled and video displayed, these issues are going to become more important. Finally, the last section of the book explores the nascent concerns with individual differences in processing textual media." **** CONTENTS: * Preface * About the Authors SECTION ONE: IMPLICIT STRUCTURES IN TEXT 1 - Introduction 2 - Analyzing and Describing the Structure of Text - Ann Jaffe Pace 3 - Getting Started: Pattern Notes and Perspectives - Alan Fields 4 - Writing and Evaluating Textbooks: Contributions from Instructional Theory - I. Fulya Sari and Charles M. Reigeluth 5 - Brain Functions During Learning: Implications for Text Design - James D. Hand SECTION TWO: EXPLICIT TECHNIQUES FOR STRUCTURING TEXT 6 - Introduction 7 - Text as Diagram: Using Typography to Improve Access and Understanding - Robert Waller 8 - Textual Display Techniques - Philippe C. Duchastel 9 - Designing Instructional Text - James Hartley 10 - Programmed Instruction Revisited - David H. Jonassen 11 - Structured Outline Representations for Procedures or Algorithms - Paul F. Merrill 12 - Advance Organizers in Text - David Jonassen 13 - Design Principles for Diagrams and Charts - William Winn and William Holliday 14 - Affecting Instructional Textbooks Through Pictures - Philip J. Brody 15 - A User-Oriented Approach to the Design of Tables and Flowcharts - Patricia Wright 16 - Structured Writing and Text Design - Robert E. Horn 17 - Printing: The Next Stage: Discourse Punctuation - Richard Showstack SECTION THREE: ELECTRONIC TEXT 18 - Introduction 19 - Computer Aids for Writing Text - Esther U. Coke 20 - Displaying Text on Microcomputers - Paul F. Merrill 21 - Display Problems for Teletext - Linda Reynolds SECTION FOUR: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND LEARNING FROM TEXT 22 - Individual Differences and Learning from Text - David Jonassen