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Pascual D. Diago is an education researcher whose work sits at the intersection of computational thinking, educational robotics, and early childhood mathematics learning. His scholarship focuses on how young learners — from kindergarten through primary school — develop problem-solving skills, mental rotation abilities, and programming competencies through hands-on engagement with floor robots such as Bee-bot. Diago's contributions have been particularly significant in establishing how robotics-based STEAM environments can serve as meaningful contexts for introducing computational and mathematical concepts to very young children. Among his most influential work, his 2021 study on mental rotation and computational skills garnered 29 citations, while his exploration of computational thinking acquisition through mentoring (2020) has attracted 20 citations, together reflecting his growing prominence in the field. His earlier Spanish-language publications from 2018 helped lay foundational groundwork for understanding problem-solving elements in early educational robotics contexts. His most recent research (2024) extends this agenda by investigating metacognitive control during programming tasks in 5- to 6-year-olds, signaling a deepening theoretical sophistication in his approach. Diago's body of work collectively advances both research and classroom practice around technology-integrated early education.