This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 12 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the knowledge and skills of elementary school principals relevant to the development of reading programs; (2) the effects of a communication skills training program for elementary school principals on teachers' perceptions of the principals' interpersonal competence and overall level of effectiveness; (3) characteristics of enthusiastic, successful English teachers; (4) factors contributing to the content area teachers' judgments of the reading abilities of secondary school students; (5) short stories in preservice teacher education; (6) teachers' knowledge of reading as a dimension of clarity of reading instruction; (7) school communications; (8) teacher's knowledge of the relationship of auditory acuity and hearing impairment to reading; (9) the effective verbal and nonverbal behavior of seventh grade language arts teachers; (10) high school teachers' attitudes toward error in written composition compared with key principles of Mina Shaughnessy's theory of composing; (11) the method of teaching English presented in educational periodicals from 1886 to 1917; and (12) the consistency with which teachers at various grade levels convey affect via different channels of communication. (FL)