Enhancing learning and engagement through embodied interaction within a mixed reality simulation

R Lindgren, M Tscholl, S Wang, E Johnson - Computers & education, 2016 - Elsevier
Computer simulations have been shown to be effective instruments for teaching students
about difficult concepts, particularly in the STEM disciplines. Emerging interface …

Looking for creativity: Where do we look when we look for new ideas?

C Salvi, EM Bowden - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Recent work using the eye movement monitoring technique has demonstrated that when
people are engaged in thought they tend to disengage from the external world by blinking or …

Visual behavior, flow and achievement in game-based learning

MJ Tsai, LJ Huang, HT Hou, CY Hsu, GL Chiou - Computers & Education, 2016 - Elsevier
This study utilized eye-tracking technology to explore the differences between high-and low-
conceptual-comprehension players' visual behaviors and game flows in game-based …

Cognitive and psychological science insights to improve climate change data visualization

J Harold, I Lorenzoni, TF Shipley… - Nature Climate Change, 2016 - nature.com
Visualization of climate data plays an integral role in the communication of climate change
findings to both expert and non-expert audiences. The cognitive and psychological sciences …

Cognitive events in a problem-solving task: a qualitative method for investigating interactivity in the 17 Animals problem

SV Steffensen, F Vallée-Tourangeau… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Outside the cognitive psychologist's laboratory, problem-solving is an activity that takes
place in a rich web of interactions involving people and artefacts. This interactivity is …

Measuring fraction comparison strategies with eye-tracking

A Obersteiner, C Tumpek - Zdm, 2016 - Springer
Research suggests that people use a variety of strategies for comparing the numerical
values of two fractions. They use holistic strategies that rely on the fraction magnitudes …

Theoretical foundation and literature review of the study of concept maps using eye tracking methodology

C Rovira - Profesional de la Información, 2016 - revista.profesionaldelainformacion …
In this paper, we will be carrying out an in-depth analysis of a series of investigations
involving concept maps used in eye tracking methodology. First, the background to this kind …

Showing a model's eye movements in examples does not improve learning of problem-solving tasks

T van Marlen, M van Wermeskerken, H Jarodzka… - Computers in Human …, 2016 - Elsevier
Eye movement modeling examples (EMME) are demonstrations of a computer-based task
by a human model (eg, a teacher), with the model's eye movements superimposed on the …

Listen up, eye movements play a role in verbal memory retrieval

A Scholz, K Mehlhorn, JF Krems - Psychological research, 2016 - Springer
People fixate on blank spaces if visual stimuli previously occupied these regions of space.
This so-called “looking at nothing”(LAN) phenomenon is said to be a part of information …

Moving to learn: How guiding the hands can set the stage for learning

N Brooks, S Goldin‐Meadow - Cognitive Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Previous work has found that guiding problem‐solvers' movements can have an immediate
effect on their ability to solve a problem. Here we explore these processes in a learning …