Including sections on research, programs, and professional problems and issues, this yearbook contains presentations given at the 1978 and 1979 meetings of the North Central Reading Association. Papers include: "The Effects of Anxiety on Reading Comprehension" (David Wark and others); "Some Effects of Anxiety on University Students" (J. Michael Bennett and David M. Wark); "Personality Patterns of Good and Poor Readers Using Cattell's 16PF" (Walter E. Lockhart and Earl L. Menary); "Effects of a Reading and Study Skills Program on Academic Performance and Retention in a Technical College" (Gretchen Starks and Anthony Kuznik); "Comparing Visual/Tactile Performance and Reading Achievement" (Bruce A. Lloyd); "Transcendental Meditation and College Grades" (Carmen J. Carsello and James W. Creaser); "A Self-Managed Reading Improvement Program" (George Ruppel); "Peer Education at a University: The GUTS/HASH Model of Tutorial Assistance" (Harry M. Behrman); "Self-Image: An Important Concept for Study Skills Professionals" (Mark E. Thompson); "Frameworks for Examining Comprehension and Discourse: An Overview" (Robert F. Carey and Sharon L. Smith); "Needed: Systematic Evaluation of College Remedial Reading Programs" (James M. Deem); and an appendix "A Topical Bibliography for Study Skills Teachers" (Joseph A. Fisher). (RS)