Dr. Brian K. Martens

Professor
Director of Training for the School Psychology Program

Education

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Ph. D.

Research Interest

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Dr. Martens' research focuses on applied behavior analysis in school settings and training teachers and parents to respond to children's learning and adjustment problems. His most recent studies are concerned with arranging reinforcement to build fluency in children's basic academic skills.

Representative Publications

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Martens, B.K., Eckert, T.L., Begeny, J.C., Lewandowski, L.J., DiGennaro, F., Montarello, S., Arbolino, L., Reed, D.D., & Fiese, B.H. (2007). Effects of a fluency-building program on the reading performance of low-achieving second and third grade students. Journal of Behavioral Education, 16, 39-54.

Begeny, J.C., & Martens, B.K. (2006). Assessing pre-service teachers' training in empirically-validated behavioral instruction practices. School Psychology Quarterly, 21, 262-285.

Reed, D.D., Critchfield, T.S., & Martens, B.K. (2006). The generalized matching law in elite sport competition: Football play calling as operant choice. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 39, 281-297.

Martens, B.K., & Witt, J.C. (2004). Competence, persistence, and success: The positive psychology of behavioral skill instruction. Psychology in the Schools; 41, 19-30.

Lannie, A.L., & Martens, B.K. (2004). Effects of task difficulty and type of contingency on students' allocation of responding to math worksheets. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis; 37, 53-65.

Chafouleas, S.M., Martens, B.K., Dobson, R.J., Weinstein, K.S., & Gardner, K.B. (2004). Fluent reading as the development of stimulus control: Additive effects of performance-based interventions to repeated reading on students' reading and error rates. Journal of Behavioral Education; 13, 67-81.