Eye-tracking the Effects of Representation on Students' Problem Solving Approaches
Abstract
This study used an eye-tracking method to explore students’ approaches to solving the
same task in different representations and the differences between students who answered
correctly and those who answered incorrectly when solving the problems. Thirty-one
upper secondary students took part in the study. According to the results of this study,
the representation has a slight effect on students’ problem solving processes. Students
with the incorrect answers paid more attention to the parts of the tasks with information
irrelevant to determining the solution to the task.
Main Authors
Format
Conferences
Conference paper
Published
2017
Series
Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
Finnish Mathematics and Science Education Research Association (FMSERA)
Original source
https://journal.fi/fmsera/article/view/60941/27043
The permanent address of the publication
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201711134230Use this for linking
Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2489-4583
Conference
Finnish Mathematics and Science Education Research Association annual symposium
Language
English
Published in
Proceedings of the FMSERA annual symposium
Is part of publication
Proceedings of the annual FMSERA symposium 2016
Citation
- Viiri, J., Kekule, M., Isoniemi, J., & Hautala, J. (2017). Eye-tracking the Effects of Representation on Students' Problem Solving Approaches. In Proceedings of the annual FMSERA symposium 2016 (pp. 88-98). Finnish Mathematics and Science Education Research Association (FMSERA). Proceedings of the FMSERA annual symposium. https://journal.fi/fmsera/article/view/60941/27043
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