tutorials vs. instructions

Subject: tutorials vs. instructions
From: David Tillyer <DATCC -at- CUNYVM -dot- CUNY -dot- EDU>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 10:22:35 EDT


A student asked me the difference between a tutorial and instructions
and I was at a loss for a precise distinction. I came up with a
general feeling that a tutorial was a more autonomous, confined tour
of a process whereas instructions don't necessarily have a beginning
and an end. Is that all it is, though? Is the difference simply the
different organizations or is there something more qualitative than
that? David Tillyer, City College of New York DATCC -at- CUNYVM -dot- CUNY -dot- EDU

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