Chandler, Michael; Chapman, Michael

• Contents: Introduction: Issues in the Identification of Competence. Part IMetatheoretical Issues.M. Chandler, Alternative Readings of the Competence-Performance Relation. W.F. Overton, Competence, Procedures, and Hardware: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations. J.A. Meacham, The Concept of Nature: Implications for Assessment of Competence. Part II: Issues in Piagetian Theory.L. Smith, Age, Ability, and Intellectual Development in Piagetian Theory. A.L. Dean, J. Youniss, The Transformation of Piagetian Theory by American Psychology: The Early Competence Issue. J. Montangero, A Constructivist Framework for Understanding Early and Late-Developing Psychological Competencies. E. Schr der, W. Edelstein, Intrinsic and External Constraints on the Development of Cognitive Competence. Part III: Beyond Piaget.J. Pascual-Leone, J. Johnson, The Psychological Unit and its Role in Task Analysis: A Reinterpretation of Object Permanence. I. Sigel, Representational Competence: Another Type? M. Chapman, The Epistemic Triangle: Operative and Communicative Components of Cognitive Competence. Part IV: Modeling the Development of Competence.M.S. Aber, J.J. McArdle, Latent Growth Curve Approaches to Modeling the Development of Competence. M. Chapman, M. Chandler, Foreword to Further Debate.

"The editors have done a commendable job of organizing their book in a way that makes its diverse chapters maximally comprehensible and coherent....an excellent reference and a thought-provoking source of new perspectives. Many of the chapters could inspire reflective collegial discussions of the sort that ultimately may lead to useful reconceptualizations of competence."—Contemporary Psychology