This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 29 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: various factors in terms of attitudes toward reading; the effect of group counseling on self-concept and reading achievement; the effect of three modes of instruction on comprehension and attitude scores of secondary language arts students; the influence of learning laboratory techniques on reading achievement; the effect of advanced organizers and text organization on reading comprehension; the effects of mastery testing on reading comprehension; sex role expectancy as a determinant of reading behavior; an investigation of the relative effect between questions and declarative statements as guides to reading comprehension; syntactic complexity and its effects on mathematical problems; readability of several versions of the Bible; the effects of readability levels on subject content in American history textbooks; the effects of noise on reading comprehension and task completion time; the effects of intergrade tutoring on reading achievement; and compressed speech as an aid in improving the reading skills of junior high students. (MKM)