Systematic review identifies 102 primary studies on serious games evaluation from 1199 papers found by automatic database searches¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The SLR screened 1199 papers and selected 102 primary studies on serious games evaluation. → 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 · r2

Systematic literature review following Kitchenham guidelines, reporting search and selection outcomes across five digital databases. The review states "1199 papers were found by the automatic searches in the digital databases and 102 papers were selected as primary studies."

"1199 papers were found by the automatic searches in the digital databases and 102 papers were selected as primary studies."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Only two studies assess serious games for software project management, covering software measurement and Earned Value Management — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
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