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Marlene Scardamalia

Marlene Scardamalia

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
61
Citations
35370
World Ranking
1309
National Ranking
72

Marlene Scardamalia publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marlene Scardamalia sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 170 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marlene Scardamalia 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 Marlene Scardamalia sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% 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 Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Marlene Scardamalia is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and specializes primarily in the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences. Within these fields, their work focuses heavily on Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education, with additional involvement in Computer Science Applications, Information Systems, and Safety Research.

The main topics covered in Scardamalia's research include:

  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Education and Critical Thinking Development
  • E-Learning and Knowledge Management
  • Online and Blended Learning
  • Education and Technology Integration
  • Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
  • Online Learning and Analytics

Among the scientist's recent publications are:

  • "Knowledge building: aligning education with needs for knowledge creation in the digital age," 2021, Educational Technology Research and Development
  • "Knowledge Building in Online Mode: Insights and Reflections," 2021, Education Sciences
  • "Knowledge building: idea-centered drawing and writing to advance community knowledge," 2021, Educational Technology Research and Development
  • "Metadiscourse, knowledge advancement, and emotions in primary school students' knowledge building," 2023, Instructional Science
  • "Will knowledge building remain uniquely human?", 2020, Qwerty

Scardamalia frequently collaborates with coauthors including Carl Bereiter, Leanne Ma, Dina Soliman, Gaoxia Zhu, and Raadiyah Nazeem. This collaborative work has appeared primarily in venues such as:

  • Computer-supported collaborative learning/The "Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference"
  • Educational Technology Research and Development
  • Education Sciences
  • Instructional Science
  • Qwerty

In addition to journal publications, Scardamalia has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Aeres Hogeschool eBooks in 2023 called "In gesprek met Frank."

Recognition of Scardamalia's academic contributions includes fellowships awarded by prominent organizations:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2020, Academy of Social Sciences
  • Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, 2008

Best Publications

  • The psychology of written composition

    Carl Bereiter;Marlene Scardamalia

  • Computer Support for Knowledge-Building Communities

    Marlene Scardamalia;Carl Bereiter

  • Knowledge Building: Theory, Pedagogy, and Technology

    Marlene Scardamalia;Carl Bereiter

  • Surpassing Ourselves: An Inquiry into the Nature and Implications of Expertise

    Carl Bereiter;Marlene Scardamalia

  • Intentional Learning as a Goal of Instruction

    Carl Bereiter;Marlene Scardamalia

  • Higher Levels of Agency for Children in Knowledge Building: A Challenge for the Design of New Knowledge Media

    Marlene Scardamalia;Carl Bereiter

  • Research on written composition

    M. Scardamalia

  • Computer-Supported Intentional Learning Environments

    Marlene Scardamalia;Carl Bereiter;Robert S. McLean;Jonathan Swallow

  • Knowledge telling and knowledge transforming in written composition

    M. Scardamalia

  • The CSILE project: Trying to bring the classroom into World 3.

    Marlene Scardamalia;Carl Bereiter;Mary Lamon

  • Dos modelos explicativos de los procesos de composición escrita

    Marlene Scardamalia;Carl Bereiter

  • Teachability of reflective processes in written composition

    Marlene Scardamalia;Carl Bereiter;Rosanne Steinbach

  • One-to-one technology-enhanced learning: An opportunity for global research collaboration

    Tak-Wai Chan;Jeremy Roschelle;Sherry Hsi;Kinshuk Kinshuk

  • Designs for Collective Cognitive Responsibility in Knowledge-Building Communities

    Jianwei Zhang;Marlene Scardamalia;Richard Reeve;Richard Messina

  • Socio-cognitive dynamics of knowledge building in the work of 9- and 10-year-olds

    Jianwei Zhang;Marlene Scardamalia;Mary Lamon;Richard Messina

  • Technologies for knowledge-building discourse

    Marlene Scardamalia;Carl Bereiter

  • Design Principles for Distributed Knowledge Building Processes

    Jim Hewitt;Marlene Scardamalia

  • Text-Based and Knowledge Based Questioning by Children

    Marlene Scardamalia;Carl Bereiter

  • Sustaining knowledge building as a principle-based innovation at an elementary school

    Jianwei Zhang;Huang-Yao Hong;Marlene Scardamalia;Chew Lee Teo

  • Collective cognitive responsibility for the advancement of knowledge

    M. Scardamalia

  • Computer support for knowledge-building communities

    M. Scardamalia

  • Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environments

    M. Scardamalia

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl Bereiter
Carl Bereiter University of Toronto
Kai Hakkarainen
Kai Hakkarainen University of Helsinki
Susan R. Goldman
Susan R. Goldman University of Illinois at Chicago
Janet L. Kolodner
Janet L. Kolodner Boston College
Ching Sing Chai
Ching Sing Chai Chinese University of Hong Kong
R. Keith Sawyer
R. Keith Sawyer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Allan Collins
Allan Collins Northwestern University
Jeremy Roschelle
Jeremy Roschelle Digital Promise
Ulrike Cress
Ulrike Cress Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Charles E. Cunningham
Charles E. Cunningham McMaster University

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