Consisting of a selection of papers presented at the 1982 and 1983 meetings of the North Central Reading Association, this yearbook includes sections on computers, research, professional issues, and programs. Papers include: "The Computerized Broom Will Sweep Our Future Classrooms: But Not Necessarily Clean" (George E. Mason); "Beyond the Computer: Reading as a Process of Intellectual Development" (Mark E. Thompson); "The Technical Revolution and Innovative Reading/Learning Techniques" (Mary Schwalen); "The Teaching of Reading in Technotronic Times: Values and Goals Clarification" (Sherry Hill Howie); "The Computer: No Utopia" (Marie F. Cowart and Harry J. Cowart); "The Computer Format versus the Programmed Format" (Jan Dursky); "A Comparison of Two Methods of Instructing Premedical Students in Study Skills" (Sister Patricia Remington); "The Basic 'How To's' for Validating a Study Skills Inventory" (Virginia G. Blasingame); "Tests and Books Used in College Academic Skills Programs" (Carmen J. Carsello and James W. Creaser); "Current Issues in the Assessment of Reading Comprehension" (Earl F. Rankin); "Scientific versus Humanistic Approaches to Reading" (Mark E. Thompson); "A Topical Concordance of Selected Study Skills Texts" (Joseph A. Fisher); and "The Palab's Painless Spelling Program" (Donald Goodman). (RS)