Gamified robotics studies favor project-based learning while GBL studies favor constructivist pedagogy¶

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q3 i? PBL was more frequently used in gamified than in GBL studies (71.43% vs. 45.90%), a statistically significant association. → Syed Tanzim Mubarrat 2026

Evidence¶

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

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

2×2 comparison of PBL proportion across approaches among the 95 studies, reported in Results §4.1.2 with "𝜒 2(1)= 6.76, 𝑝=. 009, Cramer’s V = 0.25".

"PBL was more frequently used in gamified than in GBL studies (GBL: 45.90%, 95% CI [34.01%, 58.28%]; gamified: 71.43%, 95% CI [56.88%, 85.40%]). This association was statistically significant, with 𝜒 2(1)= 6.76, 𝑝=. 009, Cramer’s V = 0.25, OR = 3.27 (95% CI [1.31, 8.16])"

Discussion¶

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