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ERIC Number: EJ1338072
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 24
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ISSN: EISSN-2295-3159
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Students in Sight: Using Mobile Eye-Tracking to Investigate Mathematics Teachers' Gaze Behaviour during Task Instruction-Giving
Maatta, Olli; McIntyre, Nora; Palomäki, Jussi; Hannula, Markku S.; Scheinin, Patrik; Ihantola, Petri
Frontline Learning Research, v9 n4 p92-115 2021
Mobile eye-tracking research has provided evidence both on teachers' visual attention in relation to their intentions and on teachers' student-centred gaze patterns. However, the importance of a teacher's eye-movements when giving instructions is unexplored. In this study we used mobile eye-tracking to investigate six teachers' gaze patterns when they are giving task instructions for a geometry problem in four different phases of a mathematical problem-solving lesson. We analysed the teachers' eye-tracking data, their verbal data, and classroom video recordings. Our paper brings forth a novel interpretative lens for teacher's pedagogical intentions communicated by gaze during teacher-led moments such as when introducing new tasks, reorganizing the social structures of students for collaboration, and lesson wrap-ups. A change in the students' task changes teachers' gaze patterns, which may indicate a change in teacher's pedagogical intention. We found that teachers gazed at students throughout the lesson, whereas teachers' focus was at task-related targets during collaborative instruction-giving more than during the introductory and reflective task instructions. Hence, we suggest two previously not detected gaze types: contextualizing gaze for task readiness and collaborative gaze for task focus to contribute to the present discussion on teacher gaze.
European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction. Peterseliegang 1, Box 1, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. e-mail: info@frontlinelearningresearch.org; Web site: http://journals.sfu.ca/flr/index.php/journal/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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