Robot Social Skills: Influencing Children’s Performance and Robot Perception Through a Robot Math Tutor’s Scaffolding and Personalization

Simone M. de Droog; Mike E. U. Ligthart; Marianne Bossema; Mirjam de Haas; Matthijs H. J. Smakman; Lamia Elloumi; Koen V. Hindriks; Somaya Ben Allouch

doi:10.1007/s12369-025-01338-y

Robot Social Skills: Influencing Children’s Performance and Robot Perception Through a Robot Math Tutor’s Scaffolding and Personalization

Simone M. de Droog, Mike E. U. Ligthart, Marianne Bossema, Mirjam de Haas, Matthijs H. J. Smakman, Lamia Elloumi, Koen V. Hindriks, Somaya Ben Allouch

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Original language	English
Article number	10
Journal	International Journal of Social Robotics
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-025-01338-y
Publication status	Published - Jan 2026

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This work is part of the SOROCOVA project, funded by the Dutch Taskforce for Applied Research (SIA) under grant number SIA.COV.01.006. SIA was not involved in the research or writing of the manuscript.

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Dutch Taskforce for Applied Research
Stichting Innovatie Alliantie	SIA.COV.01.006

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de Droog, S. M., Ligthart, M. E. U., Bossema, M., de Haas, M., Smakman, M. H. J., Elloumi, L., Hindriks, K. V., & Allouch, S. B. (2026). Robot Social Skills: Influencing Children’s Performance and Robot Perception Through a Robot Math Tutor’s Scaffolding and Personalization. International Journal of Social Robotics, 18(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-025-01338-y

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