**8. Future research**

The research study was limited because it only included one group of students in one grade level. Additional research is needed to examine and explore the effectiveness of using social robots as teacher assistants when completing STEM challenges in the classroom. Further, additional research is needed to test the new STEMoscope Model with students in differing grades and places. The current research had students reflect on the STEM challenges at the end. Future researchers might consider having students share reflections after the individual EbD loop phases. After exploring additional data per phase then possible subthemes might emerge. Quantitative research is needed to further explore the effectiveness of new educational models and methods.
