Characteristics of visual attention for the assessment of conceptual change: an eye-tracking study
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Laipeng Jin, Dongchuan YuAuthors Info & Claims
Laipeng Jin, Dongchuan YuAuthors Info & ClaimsPages 158 - 162
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Conceptual change is one of the core goals in science education, meanwhile an effective assessment to it is indispensable. However, the assessment is in difficulties on account of the heavy workload of traditional methods for teachers and long feedback time for students. An online assessment system with a function to track students' visual attention was proposed to solve this dilemma. This study investigated the characteristics of visual attention of 'conceptual change group' (CCG) and 'non-conceptual change group' (NCCG) when solving a task involving misconceptions, which laid a foundation for realizing this ideal. A mixed design with two-factor repeated-measures analysis of variance and heatmap analyses were used to study the static characteristics of visual attention distributions. Lag sequential analyses were performed to explore the dynamic characteristics of visual attention transactions among areas of interest (AOIs). The results showed that visual attention is located more on the areas relevant to scientific conception in the CCG, while visual attention was located more on areas relevant to the misconception in the NCCG. When students faced information differing from their own conceptions, visual attention transactions between the information and the out-of-AOI area were two-way. When students faced information that was consistent with their own conceptions, visual attention transactions between the information and the out-of-AOI area were one-way. These differences in characteristics of visual attention between the CCG and the NCCG arise from the differences in conceptual change between them, so combining the static and dynamic visual attention characteristics can provide us with the basis on eye movement for online assessment of conceptual change.
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