Filippo La Paglia

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Filippo La Paglia is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of educational technology, metacognition, and mathematics instruction. His primary focus is on how robotics kits can serve as powerful tools for enhancing students' mathematical and metacognitive skills. In his most cited work, "Educational Robotics to Improve Mathematical and Metacognitive Skills" (2017, 16 citations), La Paglia presents compelling evidence that hands-on robotics activities can significantly boost students' ability to monitor and regulate their own learning processes while engaging with mathematical concepts. His earlier foundational study (2011, 13 citations) provided quantitative data from Italian secondary school students, demonstrating that the process of building and programming robots functions as an effective metacognitive scaffold for mathematics education. More recently, La Paglia has broadened his perspective with "The Gaming World of Educational Robotics. A Review Study" (2023, 4 citations), which synthesizes current research on the playful, game-like elements that make robotics such an engaging pedagogical approach. Through his work, La Paglia has contributed to a growing body of evidence that robotics is not merely a technical or recreational activity, but a legitimate and powerful metacognitive tool for transforming how students learn mathematics.