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Giuseppe Chiazzese is a leading researcher in educational technology, with a primary focus on computational thinking, educational robotics, and their integration into primary and secondary school curricula. His major contributions center on empirically demonstrating how hands-on robotics laboratories and virtual programming environments can systematically foster students’ reasoning, problem-solving, and visual-spatial abilities. In his landmark 2019 study, Chiazzese showed that educational robotics significantly boosts computational thinking skills in primary school children, as measured by the Bebras Tasks—a work that has garnered 89 citations and become a cornerstone reference in the field. Building on this, his 2018 paper (32 citations) detailed a project-based learning robotics lab funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, providing a replicable model for classroom implementation. Earlier, his 2013 and 2012 pilot studies (23 and 14 citations, respectively) explored how combining robotic and virtual world programming stimulates cognitive development in lower secondary students. Chiazzese’s work is notable for its rigorous, evidence-based approach to bridging theory and practice, offering educators concrete tools to cultivate 21st-century skills. His research continues to shape how technology-enhanced learning can transform STEM education from the earliest grades.