learning strategies, learning from text, eye-tracker

The poster presents the initial results of research focused on learning from the text of 2nd grade elementary school students. The aim of the research was to identify the reading strategies that 8th graders use when working with text. Pupils' reading was observed using the TX-300 eye-tracker. This statistical binocular device contains a special camera that captures the respondent while reading. The relevant text is exposed on the monitor and sensors are built into the frame of the monitor, which allow to detect the eye movements of the respondent - the so-called gaze patterns. The eye-tracking method respects physiological knowledge about the human eye. The eye-tracker records what the eye sees and how it moves as it reads the text. During the research, the respondents, ten 8th graders, were monitored for eye trajectories, the number of fixations - ie the temporary concentration of eye attention at a particular point, the number and composition of saccades - ie the shortest path of eye movement from one fixation to another. heat maps, which is a graphical representation of a text or image reading process. In connection with the exposed text, students were then asked specific questions related to it. The experimenter also recorded the correctness of the answers and measured the skin conductivity. Important parameters were the parameters of the text. Respondents were deliberately presented with a challenging textbook, which posed some difficulties for students. At the same time, it was an unexposed, new topic for students to overcome difficulties. It was observed what strategies students use when reading and answering the experimenter's questions and whether these techniques change in connection with the individual components of the text. The purpose of the research was to map the typologies of the strategies used and possibly capture their variability depending on the properties of the text.