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Gamifying education: what is known, what is believed and what remains uncertain: a critical review
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Gamification of education is a developing approach for increasing learners’ motivation and engagement by incorporating game design elements in educational environments. With the growing popularity of gamification and yet mixed success of its application in educational contexts, the current review is aiming to shed a more realistic light on the research in this field by focusing on empirical evidence rather than on potentialities, beliefs or preferences. Accordingly, it critically examines the advancement in gamifying education. The discussion is structured around the used gamification mechanisms, the gamified subjects, the type of gamified learning activities, and the study goals, with an emphasis on the reliability and validity of the reported outcomes. To improve our understanding and offer a more realistic picture of the progress of gamification in education, consistent with the presented evidence, we examine both the outcomes reported in the papers and how they have been obtained. While the gamification in education is still a growing phenomenon, the review reveals that (i) insufficient evidence exists to support the long-term benefits of gamification in educational contexts; (ii) the practice of gamifying learning has outpaced researchers’ understanding of its mechanisms and methods; (iii) the knowledge of how to gamify an activity in accordance with the specifics of the educational context is still limited. The review highlights the need for systematically designed studies and rigorously tested approaches confirming the educational benefits of gamification, if gamified learning is to become a recognized instructional approach.
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This critical review of educational gamification (June 2014–December 2015) finds that empirical evidence is fragmented and mostly inconclusive, with insufficient high-quality evidence for long-term benefits. It concludes that the practice of gamifying learning has outpaced researchers’ understanding of its mechanisms and context-specific design.
Key findings
- From 41 ABC empirical studies, only 15 had conclusive evidence: 12 positive and 3 negative; the text reports 25 inconclusive outcomes, while Table 9 lists 26 (50%).
- Most gamification studies targeted university level (44 papers) versus K-12 (7 papers); CS/IT was the most gamified subject (20 papers, 39%), followed by Others (11, 21%), Multimedia/Communication (6, 12%), Math (5, 10%), Medicine/Biology/Psychology (5, 10%), and Languages (4, 8%).
- The most common game-element combination was points, badges, and leaderboards (PBL) in 14 papers (27%); badges only in 9 (18%), leaderboards only in 3 (6%), points only in 1 (2%), and other combinations in 24 (47%).
- The review concludes: (i) insufficient evidence exists to support the long-term benefits of gamification in educational contexts; (ii) the practice of gamifying learning has outpaced researchers’ understanding of its mechanisms and methods; (iii) knowledge of how to gamify an activity according to the specifics of the educational context is still limited.
Methods
- Critical literature review; searched Google Scholar, ACM Digital Library, IEEE Explore, and ScienceDirect using (gamification OR gamify OR gameful) AND (education OR learning OR training) AND (since 2014), yielding 4,998 results.
- Included peer-reviewed empirical papers reporting findings and theoretical papers; excluded full-fledged games and purely descriptive papers; restricted to June 30, 2014–December 31, 2015; final set was 63 papers (51 empirical, 11 theoretical).
- Extracted data on game elements, educational level, academic subject, learning activity, study sample, study duration, data collection, and outcome; assessed validity via sample size, number of groups, study length, data collection, variable control, statistical procedures, and support for conclusions, classifying ABC studies as positive, negative, or inconclusive.
Limitations
- The paper states that its judgment of inconclusiveness can be viewed as rather subjective, and Table 12 lists reasons for each inconclusive classification.
- The review is restricted to papers appearing in the searched databases between June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2015; only 51 empirical studies met the criteria.
- The paper notes that representing high-dimensional data in table format is challenging, implying a tradeoff between completeness and clarity (stated); many reviewed studies had small samples, short durations, no comparison groups, descriptive statistics, or confounding variables (stated as reasons for inconclusiveness).
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“Although gamifying the use of such simulations can help overcome the problems with insufficient motivation and engagement, there is a lack of studies evaluating the effects of gamified simulation-based learning.”
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“our review shows that the empirical studies on understanding what kind of game elements under what circumstances can drive desired behavior are not quite systematic.”
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“A sizable part of the papers (16) studied gamification of courses as a whole, which implies gamifying a range of learning activities.”
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“the knowledge of how to gamify an activity in accordance with the specifics of the educational context is still limited.”
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“we found the level of understanding of how to promote engagement and learning by incorporating game design elements to be questionable.”
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“The reviewed collection of empirical studies on gamifying education is very diverse with respect to the focus of the studies and the reported outcomes.”
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“the review reveals that (i) insufficient evidence exists to support the long-term benefits of gamification in educational contexts;”
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“The majority of gamification studies feature a subset of the following game elements: points, badges, levels, leaderboards and progress bars.”
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“In sharp contrast, gamification experiments targeting activities related to disciplines from humanity and social sciences are extremely limited, with only one example (Holman et al., 2015) touching this subject.”
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“The reviewed papers expand the scope of the empirical research on educational gamification, as compared to (Dicheva et al. 2015).”
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“For example, (Hakulinen et al., 2015) present convincing evidence that points, badges and leaderboard incorporated in online Java exercises increases the use of an open learning environment.”
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“For example, two papers (Hakulinen et al., 2015) and (Landers & Landers, 2015) report positive outcomes for using single game elements, but one is for badges and the other one for leaderboards.”
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“The collection of papers covers a wide range of academic subjects (32) organized in six categories (see Table 2).”
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“For comparison, the total number of papers included in the previous review covering the period January 2010 -June 2014 was 34.”
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“The end result was a list of 11 theoretical papers appearing in the searched databases between June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2015.”
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“A surprising fact is that the vast majority of the empirical works (25 studies) report inconclusive outcomes, which means that there is no basis for confidence in the reported results.”
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“In the reviewed collection, 11 papers report studies of the effect of a single game element, 8 papers study gamified systems using 2 game elements, 16 papers study gamified systems with 3 game elements, while the remaining 16 papers report results of gamifying systems by incorporating more than three elements (see Table 4).”
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“Considering the educational level, the bulk of gamification studies in the survey period were conducted at university level (44 papers), with less attention to K-12 education (7 papers).”
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“In those 15 papers, the findings related to the benefits of gamification are mixed: 12 studies present evidence for positive effects of gamification in educational settings, while 3 present evidence for negative effects.”
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“Although the majority of empirical works still examine the impact of the gamification on students ' engagement, performance, participation or retention, they are widening and deepening the focus of their studies.”
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“Although the connection between motivation and gamification design is demonstrated by a number of the reviewed studies, they do not add persuasive evidence confirming the effect of gamification as a motivational tool.”
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“The result was a list of 51 empirical research papers.”
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“Thus the final number of selected papers (empirical and theoretical) amounted to 63 in total.”
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“Another part of the papers addresses activities with indirect effect on learning, such as engaging students in more regular interactions with the learning environment (11).”
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“Although this presumes a higher concentration of studies on gamified online learning our findings indicate the opposite.”
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“It covers studies on different configurations of game elements, used to gamify different activities and resulting in different outcomes, without any identifiable pattern of distribution.”
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“However, we note that the gamification terminology is still unsettled and various variations of the introduced above terms exist.”
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“This search yielded a total of 4998 results depicted in Table 1.”
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“In parallel, a significant part of the empirical research was nonetheless reporting success stories and possibly contributing to the ' inflated expectations ' .”
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“The papers listed in the platform-centric category do not cover all gamified platforms proposed in the reviewed papers.”
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“Studies on how distinct categories of learners are affected by gamification, what to measure as an outcome, and how to add a gamified layer to a core activity are also emerging.”
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“While in our first review the question shared between most of the papers was ' Is gamification effective? ' , now it appears in a more extended version, in combination with the questions ' for what? ' or ' to whom? ' .”
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“The examination of the selected papers indicated that the empirical studies tended to use surveys and quasi-experimental designs, while the randomized controlled trials were less common.”
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“Table 12 Inconclusive studies with reasons for this categorization”
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“As a result, the educational benefits of gamification in terms of increasing student motivation or linking this motivation to learning outcomes are still not well understood.”
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“While the majority of the reviewed studies do analyze specific educational effects of gamification (on learning, attainment, participation), their focus is often aside from motivation.”
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“However, research remains inconclusive on these assumptions.”
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“The reported outcome often concludes that the gamification produced the pursued learning gains and that the users appreciated the added gamification features.”
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“Moreover, the majority of the studies target college students.”
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“A number of gamification approaches, driven by specific objectives, have been applied to support learning and related activities in a variety of educational contexts.”
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“There are several assumptions underlying the usefulness of gamification in educational context, such as gamification is motivating, gamification is engaging, gamification can improve attendance and participation.”
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“We maintain the view that gamification is not just a technology but also a methodology which some organizations adopt as way to increase motivation.”
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“Studies involving different demographic groups however are beneficial, as we cannot necessarily generalize the results of a study conducted with one demographic group to another demographic group.”
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“We also included the used game elements, mechanics and dynamics since they are inherently related to the success of a gamification application.”
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“The review was restricted to papers appearing in the searched databases between June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2015.”
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- Rests on an assumption: The selected databases and search terms capture the relevant empirical literature on educational gamification.
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“For example, (Pedro et al., 2015b) reported that the game mechanics implemented in a virtual learning environment did not have any effect on motivation and performance of the female students.”
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- Not matchedcites Pedro et al., 2015b
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“Online learning normally requires stronger motivation, which makes it a somewhat more promising field for applying gamification.”
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“Motivation as a psychological process that gives behavior purpose and direction is contextual.”
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In the paper
“Although most of the reviewed 34 papers have been reporting promising results, the review concluded that more substantial empirical research is needed to determine whether both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation of the learners can be actually influenced by gamification.”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Dicheva et al. 2015
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“More specifically, (Ryan et al., 2006) argue that the intrinsic appeal of games is due to their ability to satisfy the basic psychological needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness.”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Ryan et al., 2006 source
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“Not only are individuals motivated in multiple ways, but also their motivation varies according to the situation or context of the task.”
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“The results show that a gamified laboratory simulation can increase both learning outcomes and motivation levels when compared with traditional teaching.”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Bonde et al. (2014) source
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“In this aspect, gamification is not a purely marketing trend but a behavioral/affective design trend that can be applied to different areas, including education.”
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“While gamification strives at its core to increase motivation, yet motivation is not a unitary phenomenon - different people may have different types and amounts of motivation, which can be shaped by the activity they are undertaking (Gooch et al., 2016).”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Gooch et al., 2016 source
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“The results of the study found that women in the female-dominated leaderboard condition demonstrated stronger academic identification than those in the control and maledominated leaderboard conditions.”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Christy & Fox, 2014 source
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“Whilst 12 studies report encouraging outcomes, they cover a range of specific combinations of game elements, specific activities and outcomes and thus do not support practical generalization.”
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“In addition to appropriate measures, the verification of the validity of reported results requires availability of relevant statistical information about the studies.”
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“which points out that an emerging technology first climbs the ' peak of inflated expectations ' followed by a subsequent strong fall down into the ' trough of disillusionment ' , before reaching the ' slop of enlightenment ' , which marks the stage where its benefits and limitations are understood and demonstrated.”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Gartner, 2013
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“Improving our understanding of motivational aspects of gamification will enable us to predict its effect on the related concepts.”
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- Rests on an assumption: Motivation is associated with a number of learning related concepts such as engagement, effort, goals, focus of attention, self-efficacy, confidence, achievement, interest, etc.
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“This suggests a user-centered approach in the design of gamified systems, characterized by a focus on the needs and desires of learners.”
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“Increased communication, participation, punctuality”
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“Without a theoretical framework backing the design of the studies and the interpretation of their results, it is problematic to select an appropriate gamification structure or to differentiate which of the employed game mechanisms and principles were essential for arriving at successful outcomes.”
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“Increased motivation and learning”
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“In several cases our judgment simply conveys the paper ' s conclusion where the authors themselves acknowledge that the results of the study should be interpreted with caution.”
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“Increased intention to use the PLE”
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“This study reveals an interesting psychological perspective of gamification in educational environments: merely making an activity seem like a game impacts learners ' engagement.”
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“Most emerging technologies and the accompanying research go through an initial period of hype as described by the Gartner ' s Hype Cycle, before evolving for a second period of measured popularity, in which it attains maturity and meets the expectations (Naik, 2015).”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Naik, 2015
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“The theory of gamified learning proposed by (Landers et al., 2015) provides two specific causal pathways by which gamification can affect learning and a framework for testing these pathways.”
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- Not matchedcites Landers et al., 2015
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“Mixed acceptance of game elements”
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In the paper
“Increased knowledge retention, reduce attrition”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites (Nevin et al., 2014)
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“Positive effect on student collaboration”
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“reduced undesirable behaviors in VLE”
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“Improved retention period, and learning performance”
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In the paper
“Increased playfulness and engagement in learning”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites (Perry, 2015)
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In the paper
“The availability of successful gamified platforms will help widen the scope of gamified educational activities and create a ground for broadening experimental studies towards developing evidence based practices.”
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“Motivated continuous learning for module”
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“Relation between badge interaction and engagement”
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In the paper
“In the first one, this behavior moderates the relationship between instructional quality and learning. In the second, this behavior mediates the relationship between game elements and learning.”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Landers et al., 2015
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“Improved learning performance”
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In the paper
“Possible reasons for this are from one side the hype to publish on gamification and from another, the addressing of an overly broad research question based on limited supportive evidence.”
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In the paper
“However, the process of integrating game design principles within varying educational experiences appears challenging and there are currently no practical guidelines for how to do so in a coherent and efficient manner.”
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“Increased engagement, foster learning”
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In the paper
“For gamification to be effective, it must successfully alter an intermediary learner behavior or learner attitude.”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Landers et al., 2015
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“Improved participation and quality of online discussion”
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“Increased usage of the open learning environment”
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In the paper
“an emerging shared message particularly relevant to instructional designers recognizes that what one learner values, another may not, what one learner believes is achievable, another may not.”
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“Increased intrinsic motivation”
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In the paper
“Leaderboards create stereotype threat”
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- Not matchedcites (Christy & Fox, 2014)
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“For example, reported positive effects of gamification based on a two-week study could be attributed to the ' novelty effect ' of the used tool or approach rather than to the added gamification features.”
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“Increased competence need (negative) and performance (positive)”
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“The observed emphasis on points, badges, and leaderboards is too narrow to address the relevant motivational factors.”
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“While it seems apparent that gamification has the potential to create enhanced learning environments, there is still insufficient evidence that it (1) produces reliable, valid and long-lasting educational outcomes, or (2) does so better than traditional educational models.”
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“We note that our judgment in studying inconclusiveness can be viewed as rather subjective.”
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“Our decision on the validity of the gamification studies was guided by the following factors: the sample size, the number of study groups, the length of the study, how the data was collected, how the variables were controlled, how and by what statistical procedures the data was analyzed, how well the conclusions are supported by the data, and does the study give enough information to convince the”
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“The rise and fall of expectations for applying gamification in educational contexts is nothing out of the ordinary.”
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“Improved time on task”
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“Correlation between XPs, badges and learning - positive”
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- Not matchedcites (Paiva et al., 2015)
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- Not matched
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“Increased disposition to the experience flow”
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“Does not improve learning”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Long & Aleven, 2014 source
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“Relation between learner gamification typology and learner interactive”
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“The outcomes indicate that engagement and enjoyment increased significantly due to the psychological effects of framing the task as a game. Furthermore, no actual increased interest or enjoyment was measured by adding actual game mechanics to the task, when it was already framed as a game.”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Lieberoth (2015) source
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“Improved motivation”
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“The results show that although there is support for the importance of competition against peers (contrary to the current prevailing understanding), the challenge of overcoming the game ' s obstacles and mastering them is what matters the most to players, regardless of the type of the game.”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Tomaselli et al., 2015
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“Fostered learning activities”
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“Relation between gaming personality and game dynamics”
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The paper relies on this without support.
The selected databases and search terms capture the relevant empirical literature on educational gamification.
“we searched the following databases: Google Scholar, ACM Digital Library, IEEE Explore and ScienceDirect using the following search terms: (gamification OR gamify OR gameful) AND (education OR learning OR training) AND (since 2014).”
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The 51 empirical papers reviewed are representative of the empirical research on educational gamification in the survey period.
“The result was a list of 51 empirical research papers.”
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The reviewed studies' reported outcomes are sufficiently comparable to draw conclusions about the field.
“A literature survey typically employs a framework for structuring the evaluation of the works in the targeted area.”
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Video games are explicitly designed for entertainment and can produce states of desirable experience and motivate users to remain engaged in an activity with unparalleled intensity and duration.
“Since video games are explicitly designed for entertainment, they can produce states of desirable experience and motivate users to remain engaged in an activity with unparalleled intensity and duration.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Success in one educational context does not guarantee that the same mechanism will be motivationally successful in another educational context.
“Additionally, success in one educational context does not guarantee that the same mechanism will be motivationally successful in another educational context.”
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Performance is an indirect measure of motivation that is influenced by many non-motivational factors such as ability, prior knowledge, and quality of instruction.
“Performance is an indirect measure of motivation that is influenced by many non-motivational factors such as ability, prior knowledge, and quality of instruction, while motivation is the actual driving force which makes individuals want to do something and help them continue doing it.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Motivation is the actual driving force which makes individuals want to do something and helps them continue doing it.
“Performance is an indirect measure of motivation that is influenced by many non-motivational factors such as ability, prior knowledge, and quality of instruction, while motivation is the actual driving force which makes individuals want to do something and help them continue doing it.”
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Motivation is associated with a number of learning related concepts such as engagement, effort, goals, focus of attention, self-efficacy, confidence, achievement, interest, etc.
“Motivation is associated with a number of learning related concepts such as engagement, effort, goals, focus of attention, self-efficacy, confidence, achievement, interest, etc.”
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“Game-based learning can be an effective approach to foster collaboration among students, essential communication and teamwork skills, which are critical in developing computational thinking (CT) and preparing students for STEM fields [38].”
From Fostering computational thinking in young students through student generated challenges in tangible mobile augmented reality games (2025) · cites this paper as [38]
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“The large numbers of inconclusive studies in these reviews point toward a general problem: Gamification research lacks methodological rigor.”
From The gamification of learning: a meta-analysis (2020) · cites this paper as Dichev and Dicheva 2017
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In the citing paper
“Whereas the majority of studies found in reviews focusing on education were conducted in higher education settings, some of them were performed in primary and secondary school settings (see Dichev and Dicheva 2017).”
From The gamification of learning: a meta-analysis (2020) · cites this paper as Dichev and Dicheva 2017
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“Gamification has emerged as a promising pedagogical strategy, with the potential to capture students' attention, foster active learning, and enrich the overall learning experience, particularly in subjects where disengagement and low motivation are common (Dichev & Dicheva, 2017).”
From Gamification on Mathematics Engagement and Motivation in Secondary School and Higher Education: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2026) · cites this paper as Dichev & Dicheva, 2017
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§ How conclusive are the reported results? · p. 18
“A surprising fact is that the vast majority of the empirical works (25 studies) report inconclusive outcomes”
§ How conclusive are the reported results? · p. 19
“| Inconclusive | 26 (50%) |”
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§ Search strategy and sources · p. 5
“The review was restricted to papers appearing in the searched databases between June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2015.”
§ How conclusive are the reported results? · p. 20
“| B | (Holman et al., 2013) | Badges, leveling, autonomy, leaderboard, grade predictor”
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§ What combinations of game elements are studied? · p. 10
“| Leaderboards only | 3 (6%) | (Christy & Fox, 2014; Landers & Landers, 2015; Poole et al., 2014)”
§ What types of goals? · p. 15
“| (Poole et al., 2014) | Points, leaderboards”
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“The end result was a list of 11 theoretical papers appearing in the searched databases between June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2015. Thus the final number of selected papers (empirical and theoretical) amounted to 63 in total.”
Reported 63 · recomputed 62
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§ How conclusive are the reported results? · p. 18
“For example, (Hakulinen et al., 2015) present convincing evidence that points, badges and leaderboard incorporated in online Java exercises increases the use of an open learning environment.”
§ How conclusive are the reported results? · p. 20
“| A | (Hakulinen et al., 2015) | Badges | Homework exercises | Improves motivation |”
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In the paper
§ What combinations of game elements are studied? · p. 10
“| Badges only | 9 (18%) | (Boticki et al., 2015; Davis & Klein, 2015; Hakulinen et al., 2015; Leach et al., 2014; Long & Aleven, 2014; Pedro et al., 2015a; Perry, 2015; Tu et al., 2015; Tvarozek & Brza, 2014)”
§ What types of goals? · p. 15
“| (Perry, 2015) | Points, badges”
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“According to the Self Determination Theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000), humans seek out activities to satisfy intrinsic motivational needs, such as competence, autonomy, or relatedness.”
From game design elements to gamefulness: defining "gamification"
Deterding, S., Dixon, D., Khaled, R., & Nacke, L. (2011) · Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Envisioning Future Media Environments · doi:10.1145/2181037.2181040 · Cited by 8,402 · cited 4×
“What combinations of game elements are studied? According to (Deterding et al., 2011) gamification is the use of game design elements in non-game contexts.”
InfluentialDoes Gamification Work? -- A Literature Review of Empirical Studies on Gamification
Hamari, J., Koivisto, J., & Sarsa, H. (2014) · 2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences · doi:10.1109/hicss.2014.377 · Cited by 5,201 · cited 2×
“This findings are in line with the conclusions reported by (Koivisto & Hamari, 2014), who have shown in a more general context that women experience a greater effect when the gamification contains social aspects and men - when there is a sort of competition.”
The motivational pull of video games: a self-determination theory approach
Ryan, R. M., Rigby, C. S., & Przybylski, A. (2006) · Motivation and Emotion · doi:10.1007/s11031-006-9051-8 · Cited by 3,332 · cited 1×
“More specifically, (Ryan et al., 2006) argue that the intrinsic appeal of games is due to their ability to satisfy the basic psychological needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness.”
Reality is Broken Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
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“The motivational outcome category concerns concepts derived from motivational principles of games such as explicit goals, rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation (McGonigal, 2011).”
Gamification in theory and action: a survey
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“(Attali & Arieli-Attali, 2015; Hanus & Fox, 2015; Long & Aleven, 2014) Inconclusive 26 (50”
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Gamification to Engage Students
Brown-McBride, S., & Leong, P. (2022) · Advances in game-based learning book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-6684-4287-6.ch024 · Cited by 2
Gamifying the Refugee Classroom
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Work-in-progress-Gamifying the process of Learning Sign Language in VR
Economou, D., Mentzelopoulos, M., Ingram, J., et al. (2022) · International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) · doi:10.23919/ilrn55037.2022.9815988 · Cited by 2
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Student Response Systems in Online Nursing Education
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The DIAS project – development of an intelligent digital assistant in higher education
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Tsurkan, L., Dubìnka, M., Сергіївна, С. Н., Slipchyshyn, L., & Kalenyk, M. (2023) · Apuntes Universitarios · doi:10.17162/au.v13i3.1525 · Cited by 2
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The implementation of gamification to teach grammar in higher education
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Nurhayati, N., Bahtiar, B., & Hamka, H. (2023) · Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan IPA · doi:10.29303/jppipa.v9i9.4803 · Cited by 2
Innovative Learning Activities for Ethnically Diverse Students in Macedonian Science Education
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The Effects of Gamification on Learning Outcomes in a Web Programming Course
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“With So, it is expected participant educate will motivated for study since see appearance early media (Dwivedi et al., 2023; Urhahne & Wijnia, 2023; Dichev & Dicheva, 2017; Sivakumar et al., 2023).”
BackgroundFostering Information Literacy on the Web: Results of a Game-Based Learning Scenario
Mantei, V., Griesbaum, J., & Mandl, T. (2018) · International Journal of Information and Education Technology · doi:10.18178/ijiet.2018.8.12.1154 · Cited by 2
Training on Social Economy Entrepreneurship
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Using Electronic Active Student Responding for Students With EBD
Riden, B. S., Taylor, J., & Mantzoros, T. (2020) · Beyond Behavior · doi:10.1177/1074295620948426 · Cited by 2
Smiderle, R., Rigo, S. J., & Jaques, P. A. (2019) · Anais do ... Simpósio Brasileiro de Informática na Educação/Anais do Simpósio Brasileiro de Informática na Educação · doi:10.5753/cbie.sbie.2019.793 · Cited by 2
Gamification in the Space Sector
Galeone, A. B. (2022) · Advances in game-based learning book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-6684-4287-6.ch015 · Cited by 2
Xu, J., Lio, A., Dhaliwal, H., Andrei, S.-T., Balakrishnan, S., Nagani, U., & Samadder, S. (2021) · Research Square · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-607400/v1
“Dichev C & Dicheva D, 2017, Gamifying education: what is known, what is believed and what remains uncertain: a critical review [18] Not relevant to the research question Research on gamification is diverse; majority demographic for studies is college students; focus is on badges, points and leaderboards; not enough lo…”
BackgroundVold, T., Videnovik, M., Dimova, G., Kiønig, L. V., & Trajkovik, V. (2021) · doi:10.2196/preprints.32095 · Cited by 2
Adaptive Gamification: Application in Online Learning and Collaboration
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La gamification pour apprendre : perceptions des acteurs et pistes de développement
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“La pédagogie par les jeux n’est pas une démarche nouvelle (Chollet, 2019 ; Dichev et Dicheva, 2017) notamment en marketing et en commerce, où l’on veut voir les apprenants acquérir les « bons » gestes avant d’affronter la réalité (Bobot, 2009 ; Croson, 1999 ; Usunier, 2004).”
BackgroundGamification of University Subjects
Río, M. Á. M. D., Cornejo, V. M. R., Rodríguez, M. R., & Ortiz, J. S. (2021) · Journal of Information Technology Research · doi:10.4018/jitr.2021040101 · Cited by 1
Teste alfa de uma tecnologia gamificada para crianças e adolescentes em hemodiálise
Costa, F. D. N. A., Delage, P. E. G. A., de Santana, M. E., et al. (2021) · Escola Anna Nery · doi:10.1590/2177-9465-ean-2020-0514 · Cited by 1
Lekea, I. K., & Stamatelos, D. G. (2022) · Advances in business strategy and competitive advantage book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-9223-6.ch025 · Cited by 1
Kabul Arzusu Aracılığında Oyun Deneyiminin Örgütsel Öğrenme Kapasitesine Etkisi
Gündüz, E. (2022) · İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi · doi:10.15869/itobiad.956554 · Cited by 1
Student feedback on the use of gamification for teaching pathology postgraduates
Garg, N., Tanveer, N., & Dixit, S. (2022) · The National Medical Journal of India · doi:10.25259/nmji_105_21 · Cited by 1
Gamification of learning method in secondary school to enhance student performance
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Metadata
- Authors
- Dichev, C., & Dicheva, D.
- Affiliations
- Winston-Salem State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dicheva, Darina
- Venue
- International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education
- Published
- 2017-02-20
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 2365-9440 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2590009086
- Semantic Scholar
- 9eccfc54e7b125f3c3e044e0fca40c3e80dccbac
- Cited by
- 2,112
- References
- 88
- Citations by year
- 2026: 458 · 2025: 435 · 2024: 316 · 2023: 257 · 2022: 194 · 2021: 194 · 2020: 119 · 2019: 74 · 2018: 51 · 2017: 14
- FWCI
- 112.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Division of Human Resource Development (1623236)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Games and Gamification
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Games and Media
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Online Learning and Analytics
- Keywords
- gamification, game elements, student motivation, student engagement, research evidence base, higher education
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