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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 77 Citations 42,363 191 World Ranking 939 National Ranking 590

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

1994 - Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award, American Educational Research Association

1979 - Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, American Educational Research Association

1974 - Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, American Educational Research Association

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Mathematics education
  • Social psychology
  • Pedagogy

Reading comprehension, Reading, Comprehension, Cognitive psychology and Schema are his primary areas of study. His studies deal with areas such as Word knowledge, Test bias, Higher education, Cultural diversity and Cognitive science as well as Reading comprehension. His Reading research incorporates themes from Television viewing and Primary education.

His research integrates issues of Sentence, Context, Verbal learning and Interpretation in his study of Cognitive psychology. His Context study combines topics in areas such as Knowledge level and Vocabulary. Richard C. Anderson usually deals with Schema and limits it to topics linked to Recall and Narrative.

His most cited work include:

  • A schema-theoretic view of basic processes in reading comprehension (963 citations)
  • How Many Words are There in Printed School English (884 citations)
  • Learning Words from Context. (873 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Richard C. Anderson mainly investigates Reading, Mathematics education, Reading comprehension, Cognitive psychology and Pedagogy. His Reading research includes elements of Literacy, Context, Chinese characters and Primary education. Richard C. Anderson is interested in Teaching method, which is a branch of Mathematics education.

Richard C. Anderson interconnects Schema, Higher education, Vocabulary and Comprehension in the investigation of issues within Reading comprehension. Richard C. Anderson combines subjects such as Test and Social psychology with his study of Cognitive psychology. His study explores the link between Pedagogy and topics such as Argumentation theory that cross with problems in Argument.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Reading (27.34%)
  • Mathematics education (20.70%)
  • Reading comprehension (19.14%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2011-2018)?

  • Reading (27.34%)
  • Pedagogy (16.02%)
  • Reading comprehension (19.14%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Richard C. Anderson mainly focuses on Reading, Pedagogy, Reading comprehension, Mathematics education and Cooperative learning. His work in the fields of Reading, such as Learning to read, overlaps with other areas such as Research career. His Pedagogy research incorporates elements of Language development, Vocabulary and Storytelling.

His Reading comprehension study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Cognitive psychology. His Cooperative learning study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Control, Group discussion and Social psychology. His work carried out in the field of Teaching method brings together such families of science as Schema, Cognitive science and Comprehension.

Between 2011 and 2018, his most popular works were:

  • Role of the Reader's Schema in Comprehension, Learning, and Memory (324 citations)
  • The Notion of Schemata and the Educational Enterprise: General Discussion of the Conference (165 citations)
  • Learning to See the Patterns in Chinese Characters (50 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social psychology
  • Pedagogy
  • Mathematics education

His primary areas of investigation include Teaching method, Cooperative learning, Social psychology, Developmental psychology and Reading comprehension. His Teaching method research is classified as research in Mathematics education. The Social psychology study combines topics in areas such as Control, Spatial ability and Context effect.

His study on Developmental psychology also encompasses disciplines like

  • Social relation together with Social network, Social status, Dialogic and Friendship,
  • Cognitive psychology, Logical reasoning, Analogical reasoning, Child development and Interpersonal relationship most often made with reference to Social influence. His Reading comprehension research includes themes of Schema, Cognitive science, Narrative and Comprehension. In his research, Student engagement is intimately related to Context, which falls under the overarching field of Pedagogy.

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Best Publications

A schema-theoretic view of basic processes in reading comprehension

Richard C. Anderson;P. David Pearson.
(1988)

3740 Citations

Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report of the Commission on Reading

Richard C. Anderson.
(1985)

3589 Citations

Learning Words from Context.

William E. Nagy;Patricia A. Herman;Richard C. Anderson.
Reading Research Quarterly (1985)

2312 Citations

Growth in Reading and How Children Spend Their Time Outside of School

Richard C. Anderson;Paul T. Wilson;Linda G. Fielding.
Reading Research Quarterly (1988)

2148 Citations

Recall of previously unrecallable information following a shift in perspective

Richard Chase Anderson;James W. Pichert.
Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior (1978)

1699 Citations

How Many Words are There in Printed School English

William E. Nagy;Richard C. Anderson.
Reading Research Quarterly (1984)

1682 Citations

Frameworks for Comprehending Discourse

Richard C. Anderson;Ralph E. Reynolds;Diane L. Schallert;Ernest T. Goetz.
American Educational Research Journal (1977)

1436 Citations

Learning Word Meanings From Context During Normal Reading

William E. Nagy;Richard C. Anderson;Patricia A. Herman.
American Educational Research Journal (1987)

1391 Citations

Role of the Reader's Schema in Comprehension, Learning, and Memory

Richard C. Anderson.
(2018)

1191 Citations

The Notion of Schemata and the Educational Enterprise: General Discussion of the Conference

Richard C. Anderson.
(2017)

1147 Citations

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