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Clara Pereira Coutinho is a leading researcher in Educational Robotics (ER), whose work has fundamentally shaped how technology is integrated into elementary education. Her research focuses on using robotics as a pedagogical tool to enhance student motivation, problem-solving skills, and academic performance, particularly in mathematics. Coutinho’s most influential study (8 citations) demonstrated how ER can serve as a novel pedagogical tool in elementary schools, while her subsequent work on robotics in child storytelling (7 citations) showed its power to foster creativity and engagement. She is perhaps best known for her groundbreaking research on using robotics to increase motivation levels in problematic students (5 citations), offering a transformative approach to reaching disengaged learners. Her 2011 study on ER as a tool for approaching problem-solving skills in mathematics (6 citations) remains a cornerstone reference in the field. Coutinho also contributed to the development of RoboWiki, a collaborative resource platform for ER practitioners. Her work has been instrumental in establishing educational robotics as a legitimate, evidence-based pedagogical approach, demonstrating that even low-cost robotics can dramatically improve student outcomes across diverse learning contexts.