Tom Scruggs is University Professor and Professor of Special Education, in the College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University. He served as a classroom teacher for students with special needs, including gifted students, from preschool to secondary levels in Massachusetts and Arizona. Prior to his present position, he served as Professor of Special Education at Purdue University, where he also had served as Director of the Purdue Achievement Center; and as a Research Assistant Professor at Utah State University. He earned his Ph.D. from Arizona State University. He has directed or co-directed externally funded research projects in peer tutoring, test-taking skills, mnemonic strategy instruction, and inclusive science and social studies education, at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels. From 1991 to 1997 he served as Co-Editor of Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, the journal of the Division for Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children. From 1992 to 2011 he served as Co-Editor of the research annual Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities (Emerald). Since 2009 he has served as Co-Editor of Exceptional Children. Among his publications (mostly in collaboration with Margo Mastropieri) are over 200 journal articles, 61 chapters in books, and 31 co-authored or co-edited books.

Both authors are the recipients of the 2006 “CEC Special Education Research Award,” as well as the 2011 “Distinguished Research Award” from the American Educational Research Association: Special Education Special Interest Group for their research efforts in working with and advocating on behalf of individuals with exceptionalities.

     1    Introduction to Inclusive Teaching 

     2    Collaboration: Partnerships and Procedures 

     3    Teaching Students with Higher-Incidence Disabilities 

     4    Teaching Students with Lower-Incidence Disabilities 

     5    Teaching Students with Other Special Learning Needs 

Part 2    Developing Effective Teaching Skills

     6    Effective Differentiated Instruction for All Students 

     7   Response to Intervention

     8    Improving Classroom Behavior and Social Skills 

     9    Promoting Inclusion with Classroom Peers 

   10   Enhancing Motivation and Affect 

   11    Improving Attention and Memory 

   12    Teaching Study Skills 

   13    Assessment 

Part 3    Teaching in the Content Areas

   14    Literacy 

   15    Mathematics 

   16    Science and Social Studies, and Transitions 

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