PROCESS-ORIENTED INSTRUCTION - A DISCUSSION

Research on process-oriented instruction has been thriving in Europe f or a number of years. This Special Issue provides the opportunity to b ring together a number of research studies investigating the Education al potential of this form of instruction in a wide range of domains of instruction (reading comprehension, physics computer programming and psychology) and educational settings (secondary school and university) . This final paper reflects on the common conceptual threads that link these diverse studies together. A number of conceptual, methodologica l and practical issues emerging out of the research are reviewed.