Systematic Review on Educational Data Mining in Educational Gamification

To improve and facilitate the acquisition of learning outcomes, teachers often use innovative teaching methods such as gamification to keep students' attention and increase their motivation. In recent years, the use of educational data mining (EDM) methods to explore academic topics has increased. With the expansion of EDM, a gap in the literature and the need for a literature review to clarify the relationship between EDM and gamification was identified. Therefore, this study aims to examine the use of EDM methods in gamification research in two academic databases, Web of Science (WoS) and SpringerLink. A total of 32 articles were selected for this review, which identified the most frequent used EDM methods in gamification research, the purpose of their use, and the educational level at which they are most commonly used. The results of this review illuminate not only the underutilized potential of EDM approaches, but also the range of possibilities for the use of EDM methods in gamification studies and can serve as recommendations for researchers to direct their efforts in future studies.