How teachers respond to children's eye gaze

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How was the study carried out?

The researchers conducted two sub-studies.

For study 1:
The researchers video recorded 12 teachers’ interactions with 3 different pupils in individual situations (a total of 36 children aged 7-12 years in 8 schools) and looked at whether the teachers a) detected the children’s gaze cues and b) made a response related to their patterns of gaze and GA. The researchers analysed the interactions in relation to:

whether or not teachers interrupted the child during thinking time when answering questions; and
each child’s pattern of gaze behaviour for the thinking stage of each question and answer episode.

Afterwards, the teachers were shown the videos of themselves and asked to comment on their interactions in terms of the children’s non-verbal behaviours and their interpretation and response to those behaviours.

For study 2:
The researchers used a questionnaire to examine whether primary teachers detect children’s gaze behaviour and how they interpret the behaviours in their own teaching situations. This study involved a different sample of 52 teachers.

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Research Home Themes \| Find digests \| About the digests resources glossary researchers contact TRIPS Introduction What do we know about eye gaze? How did teachers respond to pupil's gaze aversion (GA) in observed pupil-teacher interactions? How aware were teachers of pupils' eye gaze behaviour and how did they interpret it? How was the study carried out? What are the implications? Where can I find more? Send us your feedback Collated digests To view/remove/add notes and save your collated digests click here Get Word Reader How teachers respond to children's eye gaze This digest found in Assessment for Learning Thinking skills Send to a friend Word doc 50KB Printer friendly Collate for later How was the study carried out? The researchers conducted two sub-studies. For study 1: The researchers video recorded 12 teachers’ interactions with 3 different pupils in individual situations (a total of 36 children aged 7-12 years in 8 schools) and looked at whether the teachers a) detected the children’s gaze cues and b) made a response related to their patterns of gaze and GA. The researchers analysed the interactions in relation to: whether or not teachers interrupted the child during thinking time when answering questions; and each child’s pattern of gaze behaviour for the thinking stage of each question and answer episode. Afterwards, the teachers were shown the videos of themselves and asked to comment on their interactions in terms of the children’s non-verbal behaviours and their interpretation and response to those behaviours. For study 2: The researchers used a questionnaire to examine whether primary teachers detect children’s gaze behaviour and how they interpret the behaviours in their own teaching situations. This study involved a different sample of 52 teachers.