This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 14 titles deal with the following topics: the cognitive and perceptual components of children's reading success; the relationship between learning style preference and reading utilization; oral reading strategies used by younger and older mature readers; variables that predict first grade reading skills; factors that affect fifth grade children's attitude toward reading; prose memory of high and low comprehending readers; the relationship between reading achievement and short term auditory memory in black children in compensatory education programs; the neuropsychological correlates of reading disability; word finding skills in learning disabled and normal children; the relationship between Piagetian classification ability and reading comprehension; problems associated with the subject of learning disability; differences in muscle tension between proficient and nonproficient readers; concept atttainment and reading achievement in normal, disadvantaged, and high risk first grade children; and the relationship of cognitive, environmental, and personal factors to the acquisition of reading skills in preschool children. (GW)