This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 28 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) cognitive style and the reading of children in second grade; (2) the effect of increased review in teaching sight words to average and poor readers; (3) changes in strategies of good and poor readers as text gradually increases in difficulty; (4) the effects of a computer-managed system of individualized instruction; (5) the evaluation of narrative retellings by sixth grade students; (6) the impact of two types of reading skills development activities on listening vocabulary and reading comprehension; (7) the effects of a parent education program on the home literary environment and reading readiness; (8) instructional reading programs for the academically gifted; (9) children's and teachers' recall and reactions to read-aloud books; (10) the effect of reader-authored materials on the performance of beginning readers; (11) environmental problems in basal readers; and (12) the influence of question format on children's recall of hierarchically structured stories. (HTH)