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Ronald C. Martella
Professor Special EducationEducational Studies
– Profile
+ Education
- Ph.D. — Special Education and Rehabilitation, Utah State University (1991)
- M.B.A. — Business Administration, Utah State University (1991)
- M.S. — Behavior Analysis and Therapy, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (1987)
- B.A. — Psychology and Business Administration, For Lewis College (1985)
Distinguished Alumni Award, School of Education (1998)
+ Experience
- 2018 – present
Professor
Department of Educational Studies
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN - 2016 – 2018
Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
The University of Oklahoma, OK - 2016 – 2018
Program Coordinator
Behavior Analysis Certification Program
The University of Oklahoma, OK - 2010 – 2016
Professor
Department of Education
Eastern Washington University - 2010 – 2012
Graduate Program Co-Director of Special Education
Department of Education
Eastern Washington University
+ Honors
- A 1-Semester Within-Program Assessment Evaluation of Mastering Math Facts and Word Problems Made Easy in a Middle School Resource Room. Special education research project selected as winner of the Wes Becker Outstanding Research Award, Association for Direct Instruction, Eugene, OR. (2007)
- Assessing the Comparative Effects of the Reading Success Level B Program with Fifth-Grade Students at a Title I Elementary School School psychology thesis selected as winner of the Wes Becker Outstanding Research Award, Association for Direct Instruction, Eugene, OR. (2006)
- CenturyTel Foundation Faculty Achievement Award: College of Education and Human Development Outstanding Teacher Award. Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA. (1998)
+ Research and Publications
Dr. Martella’s research focuses on interventions and programs at each level of the Multi-tier System of Support (MTSS) model including effective instructional approaches and differentiation, functional behavior assessment, self-management, and positive behavior support. He approaches his research within a behavior analytic framework.
+ 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.
+ Courses Typically Taught
- EDPS 46100 — Practicum in Strategies for Teaching Individuals with Disabilities
- EDPS 46300 — Teaching Individuals with Severe Disabilities
- EDPS 61200 — Advanced Applied Behavior Analysis