Reading Achievement: Characteristics Associated with Success and Failure: Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Published in 'Dissertation Abstracts International,' October 1978 through June 1979 (Vol. 39 Nos. 4 through 12).

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 56 titles deal with a variety of topics concerning the relationship of reading achievement to many variables such as memory, listening comprehension, intelligence, self-concept, classroom behavior, reading attitude, home environment, oral language, hemispheric and motor laterality, teacher knowledge, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) subtest scores, conservation, spelling, oral language ability, visual perception, and imagery. (MKM)