Rate My Professor Douglas Kostewicz

Kostewicz's research centers on the effective use of teacher attention in classrooms, graphical construction in behavior analysis, and academic and behavioral interventions for students with disabilities, with emphases on precision teaching and applied behavior analysis. He has authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, including 'Secondary Teachers’ Remote Instructional Practices in Mathematics for Students With Disabilities' (Journal of Special Education Technology, 2023), 'Search and selection procedures of literature reviews in behavior analysis' (Perspectives on Behavior Science, 2020), 'Improving spelling for at-risk kindergartners through element skill frequency building' (Behavioral Interventions, 2019), 'Noncontingent reinforcement: Enriching the classroom environment to reduce problem behaviors' (TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2018), and 'Increasing positive and decreasing negative teacher responses to student behavior through training and feedback' (Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 2017). As Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator, he has secured over $4.9 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Projects, including the Urban Special Education Scholars program ($1,027,584, 2018-2023) and the Certified Orientation and Mobility/Behavior Specialists initiative ($1,112,509, 2018-2023). These efforts underscore his contributions to preparing urban special education scholars and advancing evidence-based practices.