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Session:
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Physics Education Research Posters
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Paper Type:
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Poster
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Title:
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Effect of Visual Cueing on Students' Eye Movements and Reasoning*
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Meeting:
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2014 Winter Meeting: Orlando, Florida |
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Location:
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Date:
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Time:
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8:45AM
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Author:
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Amy S. Rouinfar**, Kansas State University
3522175907, amy.rouinfar@gmail.com
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Co-Author(s):
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Elise Agra, Jeffrey Murray, Lester C Loschky, N. Sanjay Rebello
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Abstract:
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Visual cues overlaid on diagrams and animations can help students attend to the relevant areas and facilitate problem solving. In this study we investigate the effect of visual cues on students' eye movements as they solve conceptual physics problems. Students (N=90) enrolled in an introductory physics course were individually interviewed. During each interview students worked through four sets of problems containing a diagram while their eye movements were recorded. The diagrams contained features relevant to solving the problem correctly and separate areas related to common incorrect responses documented in the literature. Each problem set contained an initial problem, six isomorphic training problems, and a transfer problem. Those in the cued condition saw visual cues overlaid on the training problems. Students provided their responses verbally. We discuss the influence of visual cueing on students' attention and reasoning.
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Footnotes:
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*This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under grants 1138697 and 0841414.
**Sponsored by N. Sanjay Rebello.
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