instructional guides
How-to reference materials
Instructional guides are documents or materials that explain how to do something step by step.
They walk users through processes, from assembling furniture to operating software to performing medical procedures.
The term emphasizes their teaching function—not just listing steps but helping someone learn: The instructional guide walked new employees through the onboarding process.
- lesson plansPrepared teaching frameworks
- learning objectivesIntended outcomes of instruction
- course materialsEducational content for instruction
- manualsInstructional reference documents
- user guidesProduct operation documentation
textbooks · user manuals · quick start guides · troubleshooting guides · onboarding · workbooks · field guides · training manuals · syllabi · study guides · teaching aids · templates · cheat sheets · knowledge base · best practices · guidelines · educational videos · tutorials
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- teaching materialsteaching manuals, teacher manuals, worksheets, lesson plans, teacher editions
- school documentssyllabus, textbook, worksheet, handout, report card
- school recordsstudent records, academic records, diplomas, certificates, transcripts
- academic worksdissertations, theses, academic papers, research papers, scholarly works
- Pestalozzi
instructional guidesfiction
Imagined narrative work
novels · escapist literature · leisure reading · recreational reading · page-turners
instructional guidesfree verse
Poetry without fixed structure
stream of consciousness · experimental fiction · creative nonfiction · personal essays · memoirs
instructional guideshands-on experience
Learning through direct involvement
propaganda · misinformation · trial and error · obfuscation · self-discovery