Fatima Kaloti-Hallak
Papers
3
Total Citations
82
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3
About
Fatima Kaloti-Hallak is a leading researcher in STEM education, with a focus on how robotics activities shape middle-school students’ learning, attitudes, and motivation. Her most influential work, “Students' Attitudes and Motivation During Robotics Activities” (2015, 56 citations), examines how participation in the FIRST® LEGO® League competition influences 13–15-year-olds’ engagement with science and technology. She further explores how robotics fosters meaningful understanding of the engineering design process (2019, 21 citations), showing that hands-on, competition-based learning can deepen conceptual knowledge. Her earlier research (2014, 5 citations) connects robotics participation to improved attitudes toward STEM and computer science. Across her studies, Kaloti-Hallak consistently demonstrates that structured robotics programs not only boost motivation but also support authentic learning of engineering practices. Her work is essential reading for educators and researchers designing interventions to attract and retain young learners in STEM fields, particularly through collaborative, project-based robotics challenges.
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Top Papers
- 1Students' Attitudes and Motivation During Robotics Activities56 citations · 2015
- 2The Effect of Robotics Activities on Learning the Engineering Design Process21 citations · 2019
- 3The effect of robotics activities on students' learning and attitudes5 citations · 2014