There are many claims that gamification (ie, using game elements outside games) impact
decreases over time (ie, the novelty effect). Most studies analyzing this effect focused on …

Personalization of gamification is an alternative to overcome the shortcomings of the one-
size-fits-all approach, but the few empirical studies analyzing its effects do not provide …

Programming is a complex, not trivial to learn and teach task, which gamification can
facilitate. However, how gamification affects learning and the influence of context-related …

Personalized gamification explores user models to tailor gamification designs to mitigate
cases wherein the one-size-fits-all approach ineffectively improves learning outcomes. The …

Students face several difficulties in introductory programming courses (CS1), often leading
to high dropout rates, student demotivation, and lack of interest. The literature has indicated …

Gamification studies in the educational domain usually focus on motivating students to
increase their learning performance by enhancing their motivation. Classifications of …

Personalized gamification aims to address shortcomings of the one-size-fits-all (OSFA)
approach in improving students' motivations throughout the learning process. However …

One of the main challenges we face in the educational domain nowadays is the lack of
student engagement in traditional teaching methods. One way to address this challenge is …

Treemaps are a powerful tool for representing hierarchical data in a space-efficient manner
and are used in various domains, including network security or software development …

Computing Education (CE) is associated with motivational issues, which might lead to poor
performance and dropouts. Whereas gamification might tackle motivational issues, it must …