Scott J. Peters, Ph.D.

Faculty Name
Title Assistant Professor
Office Winther Hall 6052
Phone (262) 472-5407
Email peterss@uww.edu

aBOUT

Scott J. Peters is an Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater where he teaches courses related to measurement and assessment, research methodology, and gifted education. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University specializing in gifted and talented education with secondary areas in applied research methodology and English education. His research interests include educational research methodology with particular focus on assessment and identification as well as nontraditional giftedness and secondary student programming outcomes. He has published in Teaching for High Potential, Gifted Child Quarterly, the Journal of Advanced Academics, Gifted and Talented International, Gifted Children, the Journal of Career and Technical Education Research, Ed Leadership, and Pedagogies. He is the past recipient of the Fedlhusen Doctoral Fellowship in Gifted Education, the NAGC Research an Evaluation Network Dissertation Award, the NAGC Doctoral Student of the Year Award, and the UW-Whitewater College of Education Innovation Award. For the last three years he has served as the Assistant Program Chair and Program Chair of the AERA Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent SIG and as the National Association for Gifted Children Research and Evaluation Secretary.

Education

  • Ph.D. Purdue University, 2009: Educational Psychology
    Specialization: Gifted and Talented Education
    Secondary Area: Measurement and Research Methodology
    Secondary Area: Language Arts

Courses

Selected Publications

  • Peters, S. J. (in press). Underachievers: From whose perspective?: A commentary on “Differentiating low
    performance of the gifted learner: Achieving, underachieving and selective consuming students”. Journal of Advanced Academics.
  • Peters, S. J. (in press). The importance of multi-group validity evidence in the identification of exceptionalities.
    Gifted and Talented International.
  • Peters, S. J., & Gentry, M. (in press). Group-specific norms and teacher rating scales: Implications for
    underrepresentation. Journal of Advanced Academics.
  • Pereira, N., Peters, S. J., & Gentry, M. (2010). The My Class Activities instrument as used in Saturday enrichment
    program evaluation. Journal of Advanced Academics, 21, 568-593.
  • Peters, S. J., & Gentry, M. (2010). Multi-group construct validity evidence of the HOPE Scale:
    Instrumentation to identify low-income elementary students for gifted programs. Gifted Child Quarterly, 54, 298-313.
  • Peters, S. J., & Gates, J. C. (2010). The Teacher Observation Form: Revisions and Updates. Gifted Child
    Quarterly, 54, 179-188.
  • Peters, S. J., & Mann, R. L. (2009). Getting ahead: Current secondary and post-secondary acceleration options
    for high ability students in Indiana. Journal of Advanced Academics, 20, 630-657.
  • Gentry, M., & Peters, S. J. (2009). Effect sizes in gifted education research. Gifted Child Quarterly, 53, 219-222.

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