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About
Araceli Ortiz is an education researcher whose work sits at the intersection of STEM education, robotics integration, and mathematics learning. Her scholarship focuses primarily on how hands-on, technology-driven experiences — particularly LEGO robotics — can deepen students' conceptual understanding of mathematical concepts and strengthen teacher preparation. Ortiz's most influential contributions examine the ways integrated robotics programs support elementary students' grasp of ratio and proportion, with her 2015 studies earning a combined 83 citations and establishing her as a notable voice in STEM pedagogy research. A thread running consistently through her career is the question of how engineering contexts can make abstract mathematical reasoning more accessible and meaningful for young learners, a line of inquiry she pursued from her foundational dissertation work in 2010 through subsequent publications. Her research on teacher preparation programs further extends this focus, exploring how educational robotics can be leveraged as a powerful integrated STEM experience for future educators. For students and researchers interested in K-12 STEM integration, makerspaces, or math cognition, Ortiz's body of work offers both empirical insight and practical frameworks for classroom application.
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