In this volume, researchers employing Falmagne's theory of knowledge spaces describe its relevance and utility for a wide variety of problems in cognition, ranging from chess to swimming to inductive reasoning. For cognitive scientists of all sorts.

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Part I: Introduction.J. Lukas, D. Albert, Knowledge Structures: What They Are and How They Can Be Used in Cognitive Psychology, Test Theory, and the Design of Learning Environments. Part II: Theoretical Developments and Empirical Investigations.D. Albert, T. Held, Component-Based Knowledge Spaces in Problem Solving and Inductive Reasoning. M. Schrepp, T. Held, D. Albert, Component-Based Construction of Surmise Relations for Chess Problems. T. Held, An Integrated Approach for Constructing, Coding, and Structuring a Body of Word-Problems. K. Korossy, Modeling Knowledge as Competence and Performance. M. Schrepp, An Empirical Test of a Process Model for Letter Series Completion Problems. Part III: Applications.K. Korossy, Organizing and Controlling Learning Processes Within Competence-Performance Structures. D. Albert, M. Schrepp, Structure and Design of an Intelligent Tutorial System Based on Skill Assignments. S. Narciss, Application of Doignon and Falmagne's Theory of Knowledge Structures to the Assessment of Motor Learning Processes.