Remedial and Compensatory Reading Instruction: Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Published in 'Dissertation Abstracts International,' July through December 1980 (Vol. 41 Nos. 1 through 6).

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 26 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) perceptions of elementary classroom teachers regarding the causes of reading retardation among black pupils; (2) the effects of visual training in learning disabled children; (3) the effects of three reading programs on underachieving students; (4) a survey of credit remedial English courses in two-year colleges; (5) variables relating to reading achievement in Title I students; (6) alternative modes of delivering supplementary reading services; (7) a remedial reading program for freshmen and sophomores in Venezuela; (8) readability for deaf college students; (9) an evaluation of functional literacy remediation; (10) a comparison of college students' reading gains in a developmental reading program using general and specific levels of diagnosis; (11) oral reading performance of mildly handicapped children; (12) parent involvement programs; (13) small group instruction compared to large group instruction; (14) group counseling for remedial reading students; (15) the language experience approach compared to other approaches for teaching reading to learning disabled students; (16) tutor behavior; (17) summer remedial programs; and (18) the reading and study skills program at Northern Illinois University. (MKM)