Aleksander Kocaj

External LIFE Fellow from 2013 to 2016, Institute for Educational Quality Improvement (IQB), Berlin

Dr. phil.

Dissertation completed in March 2018

Zusammenhänge zwischen der Beschulungsart und den schulischen Kompetenzen sowie der schulischen Motivation von Kindern mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf [Relationships between school type and academic competencies and achievement motivation of children with special educational needs]

(Advisors: Poldi Kuhl, Petra Stanat, & Hans Anand Pant)

Selected Publications

Kocaj, A. (2025). Relationships between the inclusion of students with special educational needs and their classmates’ school outcomes: A replication study. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 83, Article 102426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2025.102426

Kocaj, A., Kuhl, P., Jansen, M., Pant, H. A., & Stanat, P. (2018). Educational placement and achievement motivation of students with special educational needs. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 55, 63–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2018.09.004

Kocaj, A., Kuhl, P., Kroth, A. J., Pant, H. A., & Stanat, P. (2014). Wo lernen Kinder mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf besser? Ein Vergleich schulischer Kompetenzen zwischen Regel- und Förderschulen in der Primarstufe [Where do children with special educational needs learn better? A comparison between regular primary schools and special schools]. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 66, 165–191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-014-0253-x