State of the Art and Approach to the Concept of Gamification in Learning in Early Childhood

This paper inspects research documents on gamification that have been reviewed by peers or scientific committees. A process is created to examine the effects of applying gamification according to motivational parameters. Review of literature covers results, dependent variables (learning, childhood, motivation, behavior), contexts of gamification and types of studies carried out in different areas. The paper seeks to present the state of the current research on gamification of childhoods in the Spanish language context; likewise, it points out gaps in existing and analyzed literature. The review identified that this provides positive effects and behavioral changes and motivational of the subjects that are dependent on the context in which it is applied. However, there are no specific studies for early childhood that can give an account of the success of this methodology in this population.