This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 22 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) visual imagery training and encoding (spelling) performance in third grade students; (2) collaborative education in high school English classes and its relation to level of self-concept and school sentiment; (3) a comparison of selected spelling practices in lower and higher fifth grade spelling practices; (4) a multisensory approach to teaching vocabulary to college students; (5) teaching folklore in southern Appalachian secondary school classrooms; (6) the relationship between obscuring writing posture and reading disability; (7) the effects of a scope and sequence approach for teaching English language skills on the achievement scores of intermediate grade students; (8) the effect of visual discrimination training on word recognition; (9) the effect of receiver apprehension and source apprehension on listening comprehension; (10) story listener subjectivity; (11) a theoretically supported language arts curriculum model for primary gifted learners; (11) the relationship of visual imagery to spelling performance and retention; (12) computer assisted spelling; and (13) a comparison of fifth-grade students' oral and written stories. (HTH)