Minecraft Systematic Review Dataset

  1. García-Álvarez, Javier 1
  2. Acevedo Borrega, Jesús 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Extremadura
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    Universidad de Extremadura

    Badajoz, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0174shg90

    Geographic location of the organization Universidad de Extremadura

Editor: Zenodo

Year of publication: 2025

Type: Dataset

Version: 2

CC BY 4.0

Dataset versions:
Version Created DOI
2 23-01-2025 10.5281/zenodo.14724748
1 17-06-2024 10.5281/zenodo.11927728

Abstract

The document is a structured spreadsheet containing data from a systematic literature review on the use of Minecraft in education. It includes various sheets detailing study metadata, such as author information, publication year, journal impact, research methodologies, educational contexts (formal, non-formal), learning theories applied, and in-game mechanics used (e.g., building, exploration, programming). The syntax sheet outlines search strategies in academic databases like Web of Science and Scopus, while fields explains variable terms.