Visualizing Students’ Eye Movement Data to Understand Their Math Problem-Solving Processes

Eye tracking technology on children's mathematical education: systematic review

“…Often, they do not recognize them, and sometimes they don't even notice them themselves. In their work, Wei et al (2020) developed a visualization approach aimed at assisting researchers in comprehending the distribution of students' attention. This approach is grounded in Slavin, 1996) and computer-based settings (for a review see Lou and MacGregor, 2001).…”

“…The fixation duration of word problem items is thought to reflect the depth of their processing and their importance in building a representation and providing a solution. According to Wei et al (2020) study presented an analysis of eye movement data, developed, and presented to educational researchers a visualization system combining eye movement and activity data.…”

“…As eye tracking technology is still emerging in mathematical science, not much data has been collected to base further research on. For this reason, researchers suggest expanding the study sample (Papavlasopoulou et al, 2019;Wei et al, 2020) and age. Dröse et al (2021) indicate the importance of conducting future eye tracking studies with larger participant samples and extending them to other age levels.…”

“…Researchers see the use of eye tracking methodology in studying the links between metacognition, motivation, and emotions of elementary school students and their impact on students in real situations (Kang et al, 2023), its application in visualizing students' problem solving strategies using eye movement and activity data (Wei et al, 2020) and highlight the effectiveness of a visual format in presenting findings for teacher training and professional development (Bolden et al, 2015). Attention is also drawn to student support, using eye tracking technology to identify developmental differences in primary school students and highlighting the need for tailored support (Olsen et al, 2014) and promoting collaborative learning, both human-to-human and human-to-computer (Belenky et al, 2014).…”