Formal learning context is a significant positive predictor of whether a robotics study reports quantifiable learning gains¶

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q2 i? In an exploratory logistic regression, formal (vs. informal) context significantly predicted reporting of quantifiable learning gains (OR = 3.17, p = .049); immersion showed a suggestive positive association (p = .094) and programming skill tier a negative non-significant one (p = .051). → Syed Tanzim Mubarrat 2026

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Syed Tanzim Mubarrat 2026¶

Syed Tanzim Mubarrat, Byung-Cheol Min, Tianyu Shao, E. Cho Smith, Bedrich Benes, Alejandra J. Magana, Christos Mousas, and Dominic Kao. (2026). Game-Based and Gamified Robotics Education: A Comparative Systematic Review and Design Guidelines. Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26). https://doi.org/10.1145/3772318.3791338

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Exploratory logistic regression (McFadden's pseudo-R² = 0.091, AIC = 118.32) predicting quantifiable learning gains across the 95 studies, reported in Results §4.2. The model is explicitly labeled exploratory.

"learning context (formal vs. informal) was a significant positive predictor (OR = 3.17, 95% CI [1.00, 10.08], 𝑝=. 049). Immersion (any vs. none) showed a suggestive positive association (OR = 3.00, 95% CI [0.83, 10.86], 𝑝=. 094)."

Discussion¶

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