Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008. / Additional advisors: Nataliya Ivankova, Foster Watkins, Martha Barber, Margaret Rice. Description based on contents viewed May 29, 2008; title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-235).

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Liberty University School of Education, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Indiana University of Pennsylvania. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [101-115]). Also available in print.

Thesis (D.Ed.)--University of Oregon, 2005. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-100). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Louisville, 2009. / Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Vita. "May 2009." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-116).

"Learning to read is a lifetime process." It is no longer an ability to be acquired at any age or grade level. Rather it is a continuing process, a working medium, a tool by which we gather information, deepen understanding and appreciation, and acquire insight into life, from the primary stages throughout the entire span. This tool must necessarily require a lifetime of sharpening as a result of the rapid development of urban society. The individual of today now faces more complicated problems than in any previous generation. Recent reading conferences indicate a trend toward a far broader concept than in the past. The challenging age in which we are living requires that "Reading must provide more largely in the future than in the past for promoting clear understanding, developing habits of good thinking, stimulating broad interests, cultivating appreciation and establishing stable personalities." / Typescript. / "August, 1945." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: R. L. Eyman. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-51).

"We accept the fact that reading is essential to modern thinking and living both as a tool and as a basis for aesthetic value. Because of this fact, the modern school today is vitally concerned with the development of good reading habits and with an appreciation for world literature. To centralize thinking, we should arrive at a common understanding of what is meant by the term, reading"--Introduction. / "August, 1950." / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Education under Plan II." / Advisor: Mode L. Stone, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-47).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 219-229). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.