Teacher Perception of Student Misbehavior: An Eye-Tracking Study of Expert and Novice Teachers

• In Event: 66.058 - Experience and Interaction in Classroom Management

Abstract

In the current study, teachers’ experience status was explored to determine whether experienced teachers were more successful in noticing misbehavior in the classroom and to address it than expert teachers. We performed a secondary analysis of video footage recorded in ten classrooms. All classes were taught by a student teacher and an experienced teacher. We used data from stationary cameras and teachers’ mobile eye-tracking glasses to code students’ misbehaviors, teachers’ sight of misbehaviors, and teachers’ reactions to those misbehaviors. Our results indicate that misbehavior is more frequent in novice teachers’ lessons and that novice teachers react less frequently to misbehaviors. The eye-tracking data revealed that novice teachers also notice a smaller percentage of misbehaviors than expert teachers.

Authors

• Nicole Haag, Humboldt University - Berlin

• Kai S. Cortina, University of Michigan

• Kevin F. Miller, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor