This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with the following topics: (1) a hierarchy of purposes for reading assignments applied to secondary school social studies; (2) the effects of sentence combining practice on reading comprehension; (3) the effects of values clarification upon reading achievement, biology content achievement, cognitive levels of development, and expressive language; (4) bisensory memory in disabled and normal readers; (5) the effect of an eclectic reading laboratory program on high school readers; (6) the effects of advance organizers on comprehension of a reading task; (7) the effects of transactional evaluation on reading attitudes and achievement of high school students participating in an interdisciplinary reading program; (8) the syllable or vocalic center group as a factor of word perception; (9) the teaching of content area reading skills; (10) the effect of confirmation of answers on comprehension in reading; (11) the effectiveness of study skills instruction; (12) cognitive operations employed in the reconstruction of text content; (13) the effect of interest on the reading miscues, strategies, and behaviors of high school students while reading American history materials; (14) the effects of training in note taking from written material; and (15) student achievement in selected reading programs and their impact on learning. (FL)