O uso da gamificação como estratégia para o ensino de programação orientada a objetos: uma revisão sistemática da literatura

Abstract

Gamificationconsistsofincorporatinggameelementsintonon-playfulcontexts. Whenexploring its applications in education, the challenging task faced by many students when trying to understand the object-oriented paradigm during the study of computer programming stands out, thus motivating this research. This work seeks to analyze object-oriented programming (OOP) teaching strategies that incorporate gamification, in order to identify the fundamental elements andtoolsused. Thisresearchtakestheformofasystematicliteraturereview,identifyingrelevant publications on the subject, gamification mechanisms and tools associated with teaching objectoriented programming. This data was obtained using a carefully designed and applied research protocol. TheresultsindicatethattheuseofgamificationelementsinteachingOOPisatanearly stage of development, suggesting that this practice is still in the early stages of research. Despite this, notable progress is evident in the integration of games as teaching resources. These games cover a variety of formats, from role-playing games (RPG) and board games to electronic games, reflecting a diversity of approaches to enhancing the learning process in OOP. Thus, although the adoption of gamification in the context of OOP is at an early stage, there has been significant progress in the inclusion of games as teaching tools, covering a wide range of formats to enrich the learning process in this programming paradigm.