To investigate the growth history of galaxies, we measure the rest-frame radio, ultraviolet (UV), and optical sizes of 98 radio-selected, star-forming galaxies (SFGs) distributed over 0.3<=z<=3 with a median stellar mass of log(M_/M{sun})~10.4. We compare the size of galaxy stellar disks, traced by rest-frame optical emission, relative to the overall extent of star formation activity that is traced by radio continuum emission. Galaxies in our sample are identified in three Hubble Frontier Fields: MACS J0416.1-2403, MACSJ0717.5+3745, and MACS J1149.5+2223. Radio continuum sizes are derived from 3 and 6GHz radio images (10, we find that the radio/UV/optical emission tends to be more compact in galaxies with high star formation rates (>=100M{sun}/yr), suggesting that a central, compact starburst (and/or an active galactic nucleus) resides in the most luminous galaxies of our sample. We also find that the physical radio/UV/optical size of radio-selected SFGs with log(M/M{sun}_)>10 increases by a factor of 1.5-2 from z~3 to z~0.3, yet the radio emission remains two to three times more compact than that from the UV/optical. These findings indicate that these massive, radio-selected SFGs at 0.3<=z<=3 tend to harbor centrally enhanced star formation activity relative to their outer disks.

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