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Charles A. MacArthur

Charles A. MacArthur

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
59
Citations
14695
World Ranking
1555
National Ranking
745

Charles A. MacArthur publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 122 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Charles A. MacArthur D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Charles A. MacArthur sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 59 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Charles A. MacArthur is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences, arts and humanities, and psychology, including developmental and educational psychology, language and linguistics, literature and literary theory, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The primary focus of MacArthur's work is on writing and handwriting education, with significant contributions to areas such as EFL/ESL teaching and learning, innovative teaching and learning methods, discourse analysis in language studies, student assessment and feedback, reflective practices in education, and reading and literacy development.

MacArthur's list of recent publications includes:

  • Elementary teachers' perceptions of automated feedback and automated scoring: Transforming the teaching and learning of writing using automated writing evaluation, 2021, published in Computers & Education
  • Automated Feedback and Automated Scoring in the Elementary Grades: Usage, Attitudes, and Associations with Writing Outcomes in a Districtwide Implementation of MI Write, 2021, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Writing motivation: A validation study of self-judgment and performance, 2021, Assessing Writing
  • Examination of Genre-based Strategy Instruction in Middle School English Language Arts and Science, 2021, The Clearing House A Journal of Educational Strategies Issues and Ideas
  • The challenges of writing from sources in college developmental courses: Self-regulated strategy instruction, 2023, Journal of Educational Psychology

Frequent co-authors in MacArthur's research include:

  • Zoi A. Traga Philippakos
  • Cynthia S. Puranik
  • Daphne Greenberg
  • Joshua Wilson
  • Gaysha Beard

MacArthur's research has been published mainly in venues such as:

  • Journal of Educational Psychology
  • ADULT LITERACY EDUCATION THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LITERACY LANGUAGE AND NUMERACY
  • Computers & Education
  • International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Assessing Writing

The scholar has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association since 2020.

Best Publications

  • Handbook of Writing Research

    Charles A. MacArthur;Steven Graham;Jill Fitzgerald

  • Student revision with peer and expert reviewing

    Kwangsu Cho;Kwangsu Cho;Charles MacArthur

  • Learning Disabled Students' Composing Under Three Methods of Text Production: Handwriting, Word Processing, and Dictation

    Charles A. MacArthur;Stephen Graham

  • Writing and Writing Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: Review of a Research Program:

    Steve Graham;Karen R. Harris;Charles A. MacArthur;Shirley Schwartz

  • Best practices in writing instruction

    Steven Graham;Charles A. MacArthur;Jill Fitzgerald

  • Knowledge of Writing and the Composing Process, Attitude Toward Writing, and Self-Efficacy for Students With and Without Learning Disabilities

    Steve Graham;Shirley S. Schwartz;Charles A. MacArthur

  • Technology Applications for Students with Literacy Problems: A Critical Review

    Charles A. MacArthur;Ralph P. Ferretti;Cynthia M. Okolo;Albert R. Cavalier

  • Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers: A Practice Guide. NCEE 2012-4058.

    Steve Graham;Alisha Bollinger;Carol Booth Olson;Catherine D'Aoust

  • Learning by reviewing.

    Kwangsu Cho;Charles MacArthur

  • Using Technology to Enhance the Writing Processes of Students with Learning Disabilities

    Charles A. MacArthur

  • Teacher Efficacy in Writing: A Construct Validation With Primary Grade Teachers

    Steve Graham;Karen R. Harris;Barbara Fink;Charles A. MacArthur

  • Effects of goal setting and procedural facilitation on the revising behavior and writing performance of students with writing and learning problems.

    Steve Graham;Charles MacArthur;Shirley Schwartz

  • The effects of an elaborated goal on the persuasive writing of students with learning disabilities and their normally achieving peers.

    Ralph P. Ferretti;Charles A. MacArthur;Nancy S. Dowdy

  • Effects of a reciprocal peer revision strategy in special education classrooms.

    Charles A. MacArthur

  • Improving Learning Disabled Students' Skills at revising Essays Produced on a Word Processor Self-Instructional Strategy Training

    Stephen Graham;Charles MacArthur

  • Primary Grade Teachers' Instructional Adaptations for Struggling Writers: A National Survey.

    Steve Graham;Karen R. Harris;Barbara Fink-Chorzempa;Charles MacArthur

  • Improving the Compositions of Students with Learning Disabilities Using a Strategy Involving Product and Process Goal Setting

    Steve Graham;Charles Macarthur;Shirley Schwartz;Victoria Page-Voth

  • Reflections on Research on Writing and Technology for Struggling Writers.

    Charles A. MacArthur

  • The effects of content and audience awareness goals for revision on the persuasive essays of fifth-and eighth-grade students.

    Ekaterina Midgette;Priti Haria;Charles MacArthur

  • Spelling Checkers and Students with Learning Disabilities: Performance Comparisons and Impact on Spelling

    Charles A. MacArthur;Steve Graham;Jacqueline B. Haynes;Susan DeLaPaz

  • Evaluation of a Writing Instruction Model that Integrated a Process Approach, Strategy Instruction, and Word Processing

    Charles A. MacArthur;Steve Graham;Shirley S. Schwartz;William D. Schafer

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve Graham
Steve Graham Arizona State University
Karen R. Harris
Karen R. Harris Arizona State University
Jill Fitzgerald
Jill Fitzgerald University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Susan De La Paz
Susan De La Paz University of Maryland, College Park
Ben Shneiderman
Ben Shneiderman University of Maryland, College Park
Timothy R. Konold
Timothy R. Konold University of Virginia
Joseph J. Glutting
Joseph J. Glutting University of Delaware
Carol L. Hamlett
Carol L. Hamlett Vanderbilt University
Douglas Fuchs
Douglas Fuchs Vanderbilt University
Lynn S. Fuchs
Lynn S. Fuchs Vanderbilt University

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