Eye-Tracking: Regularities of Educational Information Searching

Abstract

 

This work describes the results of research concerning patterns of students’ visual attention while searching answers using an educational source for a limited period of time. The eye-tracking technology was used to perform the experiment. The following aspects were found out: which part of an informational source attracts attention the most; the blind spots of the source; the differences in searching the information between humanity students and natural science students; the impact of using graphical material on execution of a task to solve. These findings may be used for creating the educational information source.

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