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Appendix

Appendix

Publication

Grade Level

Research Method

Sample Size

Aivelo & Uitto (2016).

Primary School Teachers

Qualitative

14

Atwood-Blaine & Huffman (2017).

5th to 8th graders

Quantitative

121

Ayer, S. K., Messner, J. I., & Anumba, C. J. (2016).

College Students

Mixed method

196

Barma et al., (2015).

College Students

Design-based research

150

Burton, E. P., Frazier, W., Annetta, L., Lamb, R., Cheng, R., & Chmiel, M. (2011).

Primary and Secondary Teachers

Qualitative

44

Bressler & Bodzin (2013).

Middle School

Mixed method

68

Bursztyn et al., (2017).

College

Quantitative

874

Cai et al., (2019).

Middle School

Quantitative

101

Cai et al., (2014).

Middle School

Mixed method

29

Cen, L., Ruta, D., Al Qassem, L. M. M. S., & Ng, J. (2020).

11th grade

Quantitative

45

Chen (2020).

Primary School

Quantitative

100

Chen, C. H., Ho, C., & Lin, J. (2015).

College

Mixed method

10

Cheng et al., (2019).

6th Grade

Quantitative

24

Conley, Q., Atkinson, R. K., Nguyen, F., & Nelson, B. C. (2020).

College

Quantitative

252

Costa, M. C., Manso, A., & Patrício, J. (2020).

Primary School students

Design-based research

102

Crandall, P. G., Engler, R. K., Beck, D. E., Killian, S. A., O’bryan, C. A., Jarvis, N., & Clausen, E. (2015).

College

Qualitative

48

Demitriadou et al., (2019).

3rd to 6th graders

Quantitative

30

Estudante & Dietrich (2020).

High school/college

Survey

70

Fidan & Tuncel (2019).

7th graders

Mixed method

91

Georgiou, Y., & Kyza, E. A. (2018).

10th grade

Quantitative

135

Huang et al., (2016).

Middle School

Mixed method

21

Hwang et al., (2016)

5th graders

Quantitative

57

Ibáñez, M. B., Serio, Á D., Villarán, D., & Kloos, C. D. (2014).

High School

Quantitative

64

Kamaraine, A., Metcalf, S., Grotzer, T., Browne, A., Mazzuca, D., Tutwiler, M. S., & Dede, C. (2013).

6th graders

Quantitative

71

Laine, T. H., Nygren, E., Dirin, A., & Suk, H. (2016).

5th-grade Korean elementary students

Mixed method

61

Lam, M., Tee, H., Nizam, S. S. M., Hashim, N. C., Suwadi, N. A., Tan, S. Y., Majid, N. A., Arshad, H., & Liew, S. Y. (2020).

College

Survey

30

Leitao, R., Rodrigues, J. M. F., Marcos, A. F. (2014).

8-10-year-olds

Design-based research

57

Lin, C., Chai, H., Wang, J., Chen, C., Liu, Y., Chen, C., Lin, C., & Huang, Y. (2016).

6-12-year-olds

Quantitative

21

Lozada-Yánez et al., (2019).

Primary

Quantitative

29

Lu & Liu (2014).

Primary

Quantitative

51

Ma, M., Fallavollita, P., Seelbach, I., Heide, A. M., Euler, E., Waschke, J., & Navab, N. (2015).

College students and technicians

Quantitative

79

Martin-Gonzalez et al., (2015).

College students and lecturers

Quantitative

20

Noreikis et al., (2019).

All

Mixed method

204

Oh et al., (2018).

K-12

Mixed Method

10

Pérez-López et al., (2016).

6-12-year-olds

Quantitative

22

Pombo, L., & Marques, M. M. (2019).

2nd and 3rd graders

Quantitative

244

Rossano et al., (2020).

Third grade

Mixed Method

96

Schez-Sobrino, S., Vallejo, D., Glez-Morcillo, C., Redondo, M. A., Castro-Scez, J. J. (2020)

8-15-year-olds

Quantitative

12

Stotz (2018).

Kindergarten

Quantitative

56

Tarng et al., (2015).

4th grade

Quantitative

60

Tscholl & Lindgren (2013).

Middle School

Qualitative

2

Videnovik, M., Trajkovik, V., Kiønig, L. V., & Vold, T. (2020).

Primary school

Design-based

40

Yang, S., Wang, Y., Lai, A., Lin, Y., Chiou, G., Chen, M.,. . Hsiung, C. (2020).

3rd grade

Mixed method

87

Yilmaz (2016).

5-6-year-olds and teachers

Mixed method

63

Yoon, S., Anderson, E., Lin, J., & Elinich, Karen. (2017).

6th to 8th graders

Mixed method

58

Zhu et al., (2017).

4-7-year-olds

Design-based research

5

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Yu, J., Denham, A.R. & Searight, E. A systematic review of augmented reality game-based Learning in STEM education. Education Tech Research Dev 70, 1169–1194 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-022-10122-y

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