This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 11 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the relation between classroom communication and teacher personality; (2) a survey of speech programs in Texas community colleges; (3) improving student responses by training teachers in questioning strategies; (4) the impact of rhetorical criticism on selected basic textbooks in speech communication; (5) a descriptive comparison of teacher questions; (6) the relations between teacher communication style, trait and state communication apprehension, and teacher effectiveness; (7) pupil-teacher interaction in cooperative decision-making activities; (8) using interaction analysis to achieve verbal control of teaching styles in elementary physical education; (9) the verbal influence of the kindergarten teacher in the coeducational classroom; (10) a comparison of male/female elementary physical education teachers' verbal and nonverbal interation; (11) and actual versus ideal instructional time of speech communication activities in the elementary school. (RL)