This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 18 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) predicting kindergarten children's success with specific reading methods using group readiness tests; (2) the types of discourse included in basal reading programs and standardized reading tests; (3) the effects of direct teacher instruction on selected anaphora processing skills of fourth grade readers; (4) the impact of the Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI) method on reading achievement; (6) parents' performance, knowledge, and opinion when reading to children; (7) story comprehension as a result of story telling and dramatization; (8) the influence of multigrade grouping on elementary school student achievement in reading and mathematics; (9) the effects of a cloze training procedure upon third grade students' reading comprehension; and (10) functional M-space and dual processing in beginning reading. (MM)