Review Article

Teaching Method for Software Measurement Process Based on Gamification or Serious Games: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Table 3

Exclusion criteria.

Exclusion criteria

EC-01: papers/articles that are not freely available for consultation or download (in full version) to students at the Federal University of ParĂ¡;
EC-02: papers/articles that were not found by using the search strings in research databases;
EC-03: papers/articles not included in the listed research databases;
EC-04: papers/articles that violate the principles of some research databases;
EC-05: only the first appearance of a paper/article will be included if the same one is repeated in more than one research database;
EC-06: only the latest or most complete version of a duplicate paper/article will be considered, except in cases where there is supplementary information;
EC-07: works classified as abstracts, keynote speeches, courses, tutorials, and posters;
EC-08: papers/articles that are not included in the teaching syllabus or application of software process improvement programs or measurement programs through the use of gamification or serious game;
EC-09: papers/articles that are not in English or Portuguese;
EC-10: papers/articles that have no relevance to the raised research questions.