This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 13 titles deal with the following topics: (1) developmental differences in preschoolers' comprehension of WH-questions; (2) discourse analysis and early literacy in minority education; (3) effects of text structure on comprehension and recall in adult readers of English as a foreign language; (4) the writing proficiency of ESL and monolingual English writers at three grade levels; (5) language philosophy in composition theory and its pedagogical implications for native and nonnative English speakers; (6) comprehension skills of black and white good readers; (7) effects of sociodramatic play on language development of rural Appalachian kindergarten children; (8) teaching language arts and social studies in inner-city schools; (9) effectiveness of supplementary computer assisted instruction in reading; (10) math and reading anxiety among Mexicans, Hispanic immigrants, and Anglo-Saxon children; (11) cohesion in the writing development of native and nonnative English speakers; (12) the relationship between learning style and cognitive style in nontraditional college reading students; and (13) teachers' responses to children's use of nonstandard English during reading instruction. (HTH)