Preface -- Part I Theory/Context -- What Is Cognitive Readiness? -- The Evolving Definition of Cognitive Readiness for Military Operations -- Learning and Assessment: 21st Century Skills and Cognitive Readiness -- A Model for Instruction and Assessment of Cognitive Readiness -- Situational Load and Personal Attributes: Implications for Cognitive Readiness, Adaptive Readiness, and Training -- The Development and Assessment of Cognitive Readiness: Lessons Learned from K-12 Education -- Cognitive Readiness for Solving Equations -- What Problem Solvers Know: Cognitive Readiness for Adaptive Problem Solving -- A Theoretically-Based Approach to Cognitive Readiness and Situation Awareness Assessment -- Adaptive Expertise and Cognitive Readiness: A Perspective from the Expert-Performance Approach -- Part II Cognitive Readiness Applications -- Creative Thinking Abilities: Measures for Various Domains -- Using Analogies as a Basis for Teaching Cognitive Readiness -- Simulation Assessment of Cognitive Readiness -- Assessing Cognitive Readiness in a Simulation-based Training Environment -- Software Support for Teaching and Measuring Cognitive Readiness -- Cognitive Readiness for Complex Team Performance -- Impact of Individual Game-Based Training on Team Cognitive Readiness.