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Ronald C. Martella

Professor Special EducationEducational Studies

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Ron Martella is a professor in the Colleges of Education and Health and Human Sciences at Purdue University. Ron is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral level and earned his Ph.D. in Special Education from Utah State University. He also has an MS in Behavior Analysis and Therapy from Southern Illinois University. Ron has expertise in behavior management, positive behavior supports (PBS), and multi-tier systems of support (MTSS). Ron has over 35 years of experience working with at-risk populations with particular focus on students who need academic and/or behavior supports. He has more than 190 publications including journal articles, textbooks, and curricular products and has conducted more than 260 professional talks. His research has focused on behavior and classroom management, self-management, problem-solving, academic instruction, and health and independent living skills, among other topics with K-12 students with and without disabilities and adults with disabilities. His textbooks include the topics of behavior management, instructional methods, and research methodology. He is a co-author on Lesson Connections and Core Lesson Connections for Reading Mastery Signature Edition, Read to Achieve (an adolescent reading program in science/social studies and narrative text), and SRA FLEX Literacy (for grades 3-12) published by McGraw-Hill.

+ Selected Publications

Curriculum

Marchand-Martella, N. E., Martella, R. C., Fisher, D., McTighe, J., Kosanovich, M., Johnson-Glenberg, M., & Morrell, E. (2016). SRA FLEX Literacy. Grades 3-5. Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill.
Marchand-Martella, N. E., Martella, R. C., Fisher, D., McTighe, J., Kosanovich, M., Johnson-Glenberg, M., & Morrell, E. (2016). SRA FLEX Literacy. Grades 6-12. Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill.
Marchand-Martella, N. E., Martella, R. C., Fisher, D., McTighe, J., Kosanovich, M., Johnson-Glenberg, M., & Morrell, E. (2016). CCSS SRA FLEX Literacy. Grades 3-5. Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill.
Marchand-Martella, N. E., Martella, R. C., Fisher, D., McTighe, J., Kosanovich, M., Johnson-Glenberg, M., & Morrell, E. (2016). CCSS SRA FLEX Literacy. Grades 6-12. Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill.
Marchand-Martella, N. E., Martella, R. C., Fisher, D., McTighe, J., Kosanovich, M., Johnson-Glenberg, M., & Morrell, E. (2016). California SRA FLEX Literacy. Grades 3-5. Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill.

Books

Martella, R. C., Nelson, J. R., Morgan, R. L., & Marchand-Martella, N. E. (2013). Understanding and interpreting educational research. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Martella, R. C., Nelson, J. R., Marchand-Martella, N. E., & O’Reilly, M. (2012). Comprehensive behavior management: Individualized, classroom, and schoolwide approaches (2nd ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
Marchand-Martella, N. E., Slocum, T., & Martella, R. C. (Eds.). (2004). Introduction to Direct Instruction. Allyn and Bacon.
Martella, R. C., Nelson, J. R., & Marchand-Martella, N. E. (2003). Managing behaviors in the schools: A school-wide, classroom, and individualized social learning approach. Allyn and Bacon.
Martella, R. C., Marchand-Martella, N. E., & Cleanthous, C. (2001). ADHD: A comprehensive approach. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.

Manuals

Sain, R., Martella, R. C., Nelson, J. R., Morgan, R. L., & Marchand-Martella, N. E. (2013). Instructor’s resource manual for Understanding and interpreting educational research (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press
Martella, R. C., Marchand-Martella, N. E., Nelson, J. R., O’Reilly, M., & Wilson, C. (2011). Instructor’s resource manual for Comprehensive behavior management: Individualized, classroom, and schoolwide approaches. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
Slocum, T., Stenhoff, D., Marchand-Martella, N. E., & Martella, R. C. (Eds.). (2004). Instructor’s resource manual for Introduction to Direct Instruction. Allyn and Bacon.
Martella, R. C., Marchand-Martella, N. E., Nelson, J. R., & Lavigne, S. (2003). Instructor’s resource manual for Managing behaviors in the schools: A school-wide, classroom, and individualized social learning approach. Allyn and Bacon.
Marchand-Martella, N. E., Martella, R. C., & Waldron-Soler, K. (2000). Implementation manual for Project PALS (Peer Assisted Learning System): Delivering Corrective Reading through peer-delivered instruction. Eugene, OR: Association for Direct Instruction.

Chapters/Contributions

Marchand-Martella, N. E., & Martella, R. C. (2013). Explicit instruction. In W. L. Heward, Exceptional children: An introduction to special education (10th ed.) (pp. 166-168). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Marchand-Martella, N. E., & Martella, R. C. (2009). Explicit instruction. In W. L. Heward, Exceptional children: An introduction to special education (9th ed.) (pp. 196-198). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice-Hall.
Marchand-Martella, N. E., & Martella, R. C. (2006). Explicit instruction. In W. L. Heward, Exceptional children: An introduction to special education (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice-Hall.
Nelson, J. R., Gonzalez, J., Martella, R. C., & Marchand-Martella, N. E. (2005). Effective school-wide discipline. In M. Epstein, K. Kutash, & A. Duchnowski (Eds.), Outcomes for children and youth with behavioral and emotional disorders and their families: Programs and evaluation of best practices. Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
Nelson, J. R., Crabtree, M., Marchand-Martella, N. E., & Martella, R. C. (1999). Teaching good behavior in the whole school. In F. Schultz (Ed.), Annual editions: Education 99/00, (26th ed., pp. 116-121). Sluice Dock, Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill. (Reprinted from Teaching Exceptional Children, 30(4), 4-9).

Refereed Journal Articles

Flaum-Horvath, S., Marchand-Martella, N. E., Martella R. C., & Kauppi, C. (2017). Examining the effects of SRA FLEX Literacy on measures of Lexile® and oral reading fluency with at-risk middle school readers. Journal of At-Risk Issues, 20(1), 1-9.
Benner, G., Marchand-Martella, N.E., Martella, R. C., & Cleanthous, C. (2015). Improving middle school reading comprehension. The WERA Educational Journal, 7(2), 57-59.
Flaum-Horvath, S., Marchand-Martella, N. E., Martella, R. C., & Cleanthous, C. (2015). An evaluation of the SRA FLEX Literacy program: A pre-publication version shows promise. The WERA Educational Journal, 7(2), 50-56.
Martella, R. C., & Marchand-Martella, N. E. (2015). Improving classroom behavior through effective instruction: An illustrative program example using SRA FLEX Literacy. Education & Treatment of Children, 38, 241-272.
Marchand-Martella, N.E., Martella, R. C., Martella, A. M., & Cleanthous, C. (2015). What does the research say about teaching students to think like scientists and historians: Developing content-area literacy skills aligned to the common core. The WERA Educational Journal, 7(2), 42-49.