Eye-Tracking and its Domain-Specific Interpretation : A Stimulated Recall Study on Eye Movements in Geometrical Tasks
Maike Schindler, Achim J. Lilienthal · KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) · 2017
Eye-tracking offers various possibilities for mathematics education. Yet, even in suitably visually presented tasks, interpretation of eye-tracking data is non-trivial. A key reason is that the interpretation of eye-tracking data is context-sensitive. To reduce ambiguity and uncertainty, we studied the interpretation of eye movements in a specific domain: geometrical mathematical creativity tasks. We present results from a qualitative empirical study in which we analyzed a Stimulated Recall Interview where a student watched the eye-tracking overlaid video of his work on a task. Our results hint at how eye movements can be interpreted and show limitations and opportunities of eye tracking in the domain of mathematical geometry tasks and beyond.