Education is the most common application domain for assessed serious games, with 53 of the reviewed games (52%) in formal education¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? More than 50% of evaluated games (53) fall in the educational domain; health & wellness (20) and professional learning & training (18) follow. → Calderón 2015

Evidence¶

Calderón 2015¶

Calderón, A., & Ruiz, M. (2015). A systematic literature review on serious games evaluation: An application to software project management. Computers & Education, 87, 396-422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2015.07.011

q3 · i? · review · r3

Classification of application domains across more than ninety evaluated games in the primary studies. The review reports "more than 50% of the games (53 games) are in the educational application domain," with health & wellness and professional learning & training next.

"It can be observed that more than 50% of the games (53 games) are in the educational application domain. Health & wellness (20 games) and Professional learning & training (18 games) are the following categories, both representing about 20% of contributions of these domains."

Discussion¶

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