Sophia Rapti
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About
Sophia Rapti is an emerging educational technology researcher whose work sits at the intersection of early childhood education and robotics, with a focused specialization in the development of 21st-century skills among kindergarten-aged learners. Her research consistently examines how educational robotics can cultivate the "4Cs" — communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity — in young children, a body of work that has garnered over 88 citations since 2023 and established her as a notable voice in this rapidly growing field. Through rigorous methodological approaches including scoping reviews, meta-analyses, bibliometric analyses, and pilot studies, Rapti has systematically mapped the evidence base linking robotics integration to foundational skill development in early education. Her 2023 scoping review, her most cited work with 48 citations, provided a landmark synthesis of a decade of research, while her 2024 meta-analysis offered quantitative confirmation of robotics' measurable effects on young learners. More recently, Rapti has extended her inquiry into storytelling-integrated robotics and tangible programming languages, exploring their unique potential to foster even motor creativity in preschool settings — demonstrating both the breadth and the practical classroom relevance of her scholarship.
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