Poster #1 - Learning From Teachers' Eyes: Expertise and Eye Movements

• In Event: 35.081 - MTCC Poster Session Eight
  In Poster Session: 35.081-1 - Section 8 Poster Session 2

Abstract

How teachers' eye movements can be used to understand and improve education is the central focus of the present paper. An empirical study was carried out to understand the nature of teachers' eye movements in natural settings and how they might be used to promote learning. The study explored the relationship between teacher expertise and eye movement in the course of teaching. Results show that there are considerable differences between expert and novice teachers' eye movement in a real teaching situation, replicating similar patterns revealed by past studies on expertise and gaze behavior in athletics and other fields. The implications of the results regarding teacher education and instruction are also discussed.

Authors

• Yizhen Huang, University of Potsdam

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

• Kai S. Cortina, University of Michigan