Objective Observations of Read Aloud and Problem Solving Activities with Eyes' Movements

Abstract

Teachers observe the activities of pupils, and know the types and features of them. However, the observations must be subjective. It is difficult to generalize the knowledge of a teacher. This paper proposes a method to make subjective and quantative observations of pupils about their reading aloud and problem solving activities, the implementation of the method, and the observation results of the implemented reading activity observation system. About read aloud activities and the question answering activities, the implementation observes the timing of key operations and the process of gazing positions. To measure the reading ability, the text read and the questions to measure the level of understanding are prepared. The prepared text and questions are targeted to the third year of Japanese primary school. In the third year of a primary school, reading difficulties are manifested. The implementation generates many kinds of easy-to understand reports. The knowledge acquired from the observations are easy to generalize. This paper shows the method, the implementation, and the observation results.