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How teachers respond to children's eye gaze

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Assessment for Learning
Thinking skills

Where can I find more?

Practitioners may be interested in other TRIPS digests about pupils' learning and the strategies that can be used to enhance it. The following digests might interest you:

How classroom talk supports reading comprehension.
Available at: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/themes/speakandlisten/classroomtalk/
[Accessed 2/10/07]

Teachers' and students' roles in formative assessment
Available at: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/themes/assessment_for_learning/MonSep151522482003/
[Accessed 2/10/07]

Resources linked to the study
Helping children think: deliberately averting your gaze as a learning strategy. Available at:
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/themes/thinkingskills/Helpingstrategy/ [Accessed 2/10/07]
The researchers in this study investigated the impact of using gaze aversion (i.e. looking away) with children to see how it would affect their problem-solving abilities.
Further information about gaze aversion and an explanation of the research undertaken by Stirling University can be found at: http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/lcalderwood/GazeAversionResearch.htm
[Accessed: 2/10/07]. 
You can also find out more about this project by contacting  Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon at Stirling University: gwyneth.doherty-sneddon@stir.ac.uk