Charoula Angeli
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Total Citations
1,140
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About
Charoula Angeli is a prominent educational technology researcher whose work sits at the intersection of computational thinking, educational robotics, and teacher preparation. Her scholarship has made significant contributions to understanding how young learners — from preschool through elementary grades — develop computational thinking skills, with a particular focus on the role of scaffolding strategies and gender dynamics in shaping learning outcomes. Angeli's most influential contributions include her highly cited investigations into how educational robotics tools, such as Bee-Bots and Blue-Bots, can foster algorithmic and computational thinking in early childhood contexts. Her 2019 work on gender and scaffolding interactions has accumulated over 383 citations, reflecting its substantial impact on the field. Alongside this, her conceptual piece on the issues and challenges facing computational thinking education has garnered 330 citations, establishing her as a leading voice in framing the discipline's critical debates. Beyond young learners, Angeli has meaningfully shaped pre-service teacher education, examining how future teachers build self-efficacy and pedagogical readiness to teach computational thinking. With over 1,100 citations across her top works, her research continues to guide curriculum designers, policymakers, and educators committed to making computational thinking an equitable and foundational skill for all students.
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