Formulating a Targeted Educational Message

5. Structure

Good message structure helps students navigate the content and understand it more easily. Organising the text using headings, subheadings, paragraphs, summaries, and bullet points makes the content clearer and more accessible. According to Clark and Mayer (2016), structuring content through a clear visual hierarchy, the use of headings and subheadings, and appropriate text formatting facilitates cognitive processing of information and improves learning.

A clear structure also enables students to quickly identify the most important information and focus on understanding and applying it.