GBL approaches are more prevalent in informal settings while gamification dominates formal classrooms in robotics education¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2031: baselines and conditions change

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q3 i? Across 95 reviewed studies, instructional approach was significantly associated with learning context: gamification was overwhelmingly tied to formal contexts (85.29%) while GBL was more evenly distributed (45.90% formal, 54.10% informal). → 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

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Cross-tabulation of approach × context across the 95 included studies in this systematic review, analyzed with Pearson's χ² tests. The review reports gamification at "85.29%" in formal contexts versus GBL at 45.90% formal and 54.10% informal.

"Gamification was overwhelmingly tied to formal contexts (85.29%; 95% CI [69.87%, 93.55%]; see Figure 4) and only rarely in informal environments (14.71%; 95% CI [6.45%, 30.12%]"

Syed Tanzim Mubarrat 2026 (2)¶

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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Inferential test of the approach × context association reported in Results §4.1.1: "𝜒 2(1)= 14.16, 𝑝< 0.001, Cramer’s V = 0.37, OR = 6.84 (95% CI [2.33, 20.02])".

"This overall association between approach and context was statistically significant. with 𝜒 2(1)= 14.16, 𝑝< 0.001, Cramer’s V = 0.37, OR = 6.84 (95% CI [2.33, 20.02]), and RR = 1.86 (95% CI [1.37, 2.52])."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• GBL and gamified approaches show comparable rates of quantifiable learning gains and affective outcomes in robotics education — related
• Gamified robotics studies favor project-based learning while GBL studies favor constructivist pedagogy — related
• Gamified robotics studies skew toward higher programming/software development skill tiers than GBL studies — related
• Formal learning context is a significant positive predictor of whether a robotics study reports quantifiable learning gains — related