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Beth Calhoon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Special Education
Phone: 404-413-8340
Email: mailto:mbcalhoon@gsu.edu

 

Department of Educational Psychology & Special Education
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta, GA 30302-3979

 

Education:

1999 Ph.D. in Education and Human Development Special Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
1992 Masters Degree in Education, Major in Learning Disabilities, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1984 Bachelors of Arts in Theatre, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.

Major Areas of Interest:

  • Mild disabilities
  • Middle and high school students
  • Peer-tutoring
  • Remedial reading and mathematics curriculum development and instruction

Courses Taught:

EXC  7460 Mathematics Instruction in Special Education
EXC 7130 Assessment for Instruction
EDMT 7400 Mathematics Concepts for Special Learners

 

Publications

Greenberg, D., Pae, H., Morris, R., Calhoon, M.B., Nanda, A. (in press). Measuring Adult Literacy Students’ Reading Skills Using the Gray Oral Reading Test. Annals of Dyslexia.

Tobin, K. G., & Calhoon, M. B. (in press). An Evaluation of Two Reading Programs for Teaching Reading in First Grade. Journal of Direct Instruction.

Calhoon, M. B. (2008). Curriculum-Based Measurement for Mathematics at the secondary level: What we know, what we need to know. Assessment in Educational Instruction.

Haager, D. Linan-Thompson, S., & Calhoon, M.B. (2007). Focus on use of Response to Intervention model with ELL/LD students: Early reading intervention with ELLs. Co-Editor, Special Issue. Journal of Learning Disability, 30 (3), p151-152.

Calhoon, M. B., Al Otaiba, S., Cihak, D., King, A., & Avalos, A., (2007). Effects of a peer-mediated program on reading skill acquisition for two-way bilingual first grade classrooms. Journal of Learning Disability, 30 (3), p.169–184.

Heller, K.W., Rupert, J., Coleman-Martin, M.B., Mezei, P., & Calhoon, M. B., (2007). Fluency instruction with students with physical disabilities. Physical  Disabilities: Education and Related Service, 25, 13-32

Calhoon, M. B., Wall, R. S., Flores, M., & Houchins, D. (2007). Computational fluency profile of high school students with mathematics disabilities. Remedial and Special Education, 28(5), 322-328.

Calhoon, M. B., (2006). Rethinking adolescent literacy instruction. IDA Perspectives. Publication of the International Dyslexia Association. Vol. 32, No. 3, Summer,

Calhoon, M. B., Al Otaiba, S., Greenberg, D., King, A., & Avalos, A.  (2006). Improving reading skills in predominately Hispanic title 1 first grade classrooms: The promise of peer-assisted learning strategies. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 21(4), 261-272.

Shippen, M. E., Houchins, D. E., Calhoon, M. B., Furlow, C., & Sartor, D. L., (2006). The effect of comprehensive school reform models in reading for urban middle school students with disabilities.  Remedial and Special Education, 27(6), 322-328.

Calhoon, M. B., (2005). Effects of a peer-mediated phonological skill and reading comprehension program on reading skill acquisition of middle school students with reading disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 38(5), pp. 424-433.

Calhoon, M. B., & Fuchs, L. S. (2003). The effects of peer-assisted learning strategies on the mathematics performance of secondary students with disabilities. Remedial and Special Education, 24, pp. 235-245.

Calhoon, M. B., Fuchs, L. S., & Hamlett, C. L. (2000). Effect of computer-based test accommodations on mathematics performance assessment scores for secondary students with learning disabilities. Learning Disabilities Quarterly, 23, pp. 271- 282.

Fuchs, L. S., Fuchs, D., Kazdan, S., Karns, K., Calhoon, M. B., Hamlett, C. L., & Hewlett, S., (1999). The effects of workgroup structure and size on student productivity during collaborative work on complex tasks. Elementary School Journal, 100(3), pp. 183-212.

In Review:

Calhoon, M. B., Sandow, A., Johnson, J., & Klein, M., Hunter, V. (2009). Re-organizing the instructional reading components: Could there be a better way to design remedial reading programs to maximize middle school students with reading disabilities’ response to treatment? Manuscript submitted for publication.

Flores, M. M., Patterson, D., Ern, G. S., Calhoon, M. B., (2009). A summary of special education and general education teachers’ knowledge and perceived teaching competence in mathematics. Manuscript submitted for publication.