서해안권 국가지질공원 안내판에 대한 고등학생들의 시각적 주의 분석

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to investigate the visual attention of vocational high school students on the national geopark information boards, and to find the reformation for the descriptive contents and layout of the geopark information boards.
 Methods For this, we collected and analyzed data on fixation duration, gaze plot, and transition of fixation while vocational high school students (N=13) read three types of geopark information boards using a eye tracker (Tobii Pro Glass 2 model).
 Results The results were as follows. First, high school students tried to understand the geological structure by focusing on texts rather than images while reading the geopark information boards. Second, high school students' eyes generally scanned from left to right, top to bottom on the geopark information boards but their visual attention were influenced by the importance of the object. Third, high school students actively transfered their visual attention to the image area, focusing on the text area explaining the geological structure on the geopark information boards.
 Conclusions Therefore, according to the visual attention of high school students, the text area should be placed in the middle of the information boards, the area that actively transfered to the text area should be disposed close to the text area. And the learning contents should be arranged in the order that matches the gaze plot on the geopark information boards. The results of this study can substantially help to produce a geopark information boards in the future and improve the environment of earth science education in the national geopark.