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Meryem Meral is an emerging scholar whose research centers on the transformative potential of educational robotics and STEM-based coding, particularly for primary and middle school students. Her work investigates how these technologies can cultivate critical cognitive skills in young learners. In a key 2024 study (3 citations), she demonstrated the effectiveness of STEM-based robotic coding education in enhancing primary school students’ decision-making abilities, using a robust mixed-method design that combined pretest-posttest control group experiments with case studies. Meral has also mapped the broader landscape of her field through a comprehensive content analysis of 100 recent articles on educational robotics (2 citations), identifying prevailing methodological and sampling trends. Her most recent 2025 work (1 citation) breaks new ground by exploring how educational robotics, when integrated with collaborative learning and entrepreneurship education, can foster innovative thinking in middle school students. By focusing on the intersection of hands-on technology, skill development, and pedagogical innovation, Meral is contributing valuable empirical evidence to the growing movement that positions robotics not merely as a technical subject, but as a powerful tool for nurturing problem-solving, creativity, and decision-making in the next generation.