Andrea A. di Sessa

“Transition” from one state to another (e.g., from childhood to adulthood) is a process of change. Within an educational context change happens everywhere (or at least it should do so); thus transitions are similarly everywhere. Learning can be described as a process of transition (i.e., “the process of transition from a novice’s state to that of an expert,” Nesher and Peled 1986). Moreover, any change or transition process can be (or seem)...