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Location:
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SS Ballroom DE |
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Date:
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Wednesday, Aug.3 |
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Time:
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9:30 AM -9:40 AM
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Author:
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David Rosengrant, Kennesaw State University
678 797 2482, drosengr@kennesaw.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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Doug Hearrington
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Abstract:
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This study investigates the gaze patterns of undergraduate college students attending a lecture-based physics class to better understand the relationships between gaze and focus patterns and student attention during class. The investigators used a new eye-tracking product, Tobii Glasses with infrared markers, which eliminate the need for subjects to focus on a computer screen or carry around a backpack-sized recording device, thus enabling a broader range of research questions to be investigated. This investigation includes when, for how long, and what students focus on in the classroom (i.e. demonstrations, instructor, notes, board work, and presentations) during a normal lecture. After the lectures, most subjects attended an interview at which they were shown part of their video of their gaze patterns and were asked to reflect on their thinking and attention. We report on the subjects as a whole and then in subgroups based upon grades and specific courses.
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Footnotes:
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None
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