Thomas Scruggs

Ph.D., Arizona State University
Professor
Director, Ph.D. in Education Program Office

Contact Information

Send email to tscruggs@gmu.edu

Phone: (703) 993-4138
Fax: (703)993-2063

George Mason University, Fairfax Campus
West Building 2202
4400 University Dr.
MS 1D5
Fairfax, VA 22030

Profile

Dr. Scruggs is University Professor and Director of the Ph.D. in Education program, in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University. Dr. Scruggs completed his PhD. in 1982 from Arizona State University in Tempe. His major areas of study were special education and educational psychology.

From 1992-1997, Dr. Scruggs served as Co-Editor for the Council for Exceptional Children journal, Learning Disabilities Research and Practice. Since 1992 he has been Co-Editor of the research annual, Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, published by Elsevier.

Overall, his publication activity includes over 170 journal articles, 35 chapters in books, and 25 co-authored or co-edited books. His most recent book is The Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Effective Instruction (vol. 3), co-authored with Margo Mastropieri, and published by Prentice Hall. In 2006, he was presented with the Outstanding Special Education Research Award by the Council for Exceptional Children. In 2007, he was named University Professor at George Mason University.

Dr. Scruggs has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the Pennsylvania State University, and a Masters of Education degree in Special Education from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has had teaching experiences in a variety of settings in Massachusetts and Arizona, particularly with students with special needs.

Research Interests

  • Learning and memory
  • Cognitive strategies
  • Science education
  • Quantitative and qualitative research synthesis
  • Inclusive educationLearning and behavioral disorders

Recent Publications

  • Mastropieri, M.A., & Scruggs, T.E. (2007). The inclusive classroom: Strategies for effective instruction (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Scruggs, T.E., Mastropieri, M.A., & McDuffie, K.A. (2007). Co-teaching in inclusive classrooms: A meta-synthesis of qualitative research. Exceptional Children, 73, 392-416.
  • Scruggs, T.E., & Mastropieri, M.A. (2007). Science learning in special education: the case for constructed versus instructed learning. Exceptionality, 15, 57-74.
  • Scruggs, T.E., & Mastropieri, M.A. (Eds.) (2007). International perspectives: Advances in learning and behavioral disabilities (Vol. 20). Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
  • Mastropieri, M.A., Scruggs, T. E., et al. (2006). Differentiated curriculum enhancement in inclusive middle school science: Effects on classroom and high-stakes tests. Journal of Special Education, 40, 130-137.
  • Scruggs, T.E., & Mastropieri, M.A. (2006). Statistical analysis for single subject research designs. In T.E. Scruggs & M.A. Mastropieri (Eds.), Applications of research methodology: Vol. 19. Advances in learning and behavioral disabilities (pp. 33-54).
  • Mastropieri, M.A., & Scruggs, T.E. (2005). Feasibility and consequences of response to intervention: Examination of the issues and scientific evidence as a model for the identification of individuals with learning disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 38, 525-531.
  • Nougaret, A.A., Scruggs, T.E., & Mastropieri, M.A. (2005). Does teacher education produce better special education teachers? Exceptional Children, 71, 217-229.
  • Scruggs, T.E., & Mastropieri, M.A. (2004). Science and schooling for learning disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 37, 270-276.
  • Scruggs, T.E., & Mastropieri, M.A. (2003). Science and social studies. In H.L. Swanson, K.R. Harris, & S. Graham (Eds.), Handbook of learning disabilities (pp. 364-379). New York: Guilford Press.
  • Scruggs, T.E., & Mastropieri, M.A. (2002). On babies and bathwater: Addressing the problems of identification of learning disabilities. Learning Disability Quarterly, 25, 155-168.

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