How students read mathematical representations: An eye tracking study

Chiara ANDRA'; ARZARELLO Ferdinando; FERRARA Francesca; K. Holmqvist; P. Lindstrom; ROBUTTI Ornella; SABENA Cristina

How students read mathematical representations: An eye tracking study

Chiara ANDRA', ARZARELLO Ferdinando, FERRARA Francesca, K. Holmqvist, P. Lindstrom, ROBUTTI Ornella, SABENA Cristina

Dipartimento per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile e la Transizione Ecologica

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Abstract

How do students, with different background knowledge in mathematics, read a mathematical text? How do they perform the transformations between the different representations (formulas, graphs and words) in order to grasp its meaning? We use eye tracking to highlight the ongoing process of making sense of mathematical representations during problem solving. Eye tracking is a method enabling a close examination of how attention is directed at a stimulus. Its use in educational settings is increasing because of its great potential in capturing various aspects of the learning processes. Our data indicate quantitative and qualitative differences between the novice and expert group. We discuss some implications for mathematics education in general, and the design of mathematics textbooks in particular.

Lingua originale	Inglese
Titolo della pubblicazione ospite	Proceedings of the 33th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 33)
Editore	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & University of Macedonia
Pagine	49-56
Numero di pagine	8
Volume	2
ISBN (stampa)	9789602436547
Stato di pubblicazione	Pubblicato - 1 gen 2009

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eye movement
mathematics
reading
representation

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ANDRA', C., Ferdinando, ARZARELLO., Francesca, FERRARA., Holmqvist, K., Lindstrom, P., Ornella, ROBUTTI., & Cristina, SABENA. (2009). How students read mathematical representations: An eye tracking study. In Proceedings of the 33th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 33) (Vol. 2, pagg. 49-56). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & University of Macedonia.

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