Senju NOGUCHI’s scientific contributions

We used subjective assessments from learners as well as eye trackers for gaze analysis to investigate and analyze differences between two cases: when learners were presented with a writing process, such as on a chalkboard, and when only the final results of writing were presented. The results indicate a relation between subjective learner assessment and gaze. More specifically, there were differences in gaze between learners who reported that watching the writing process was beneficial to learning and those who reported otherwise. We discuss the influences on understanding that result from showing the writing process and propose new ideas for presentation named "information push" and "information pull".

We used an eye tracker to record and analyze the gaze of learners watching text and drawings being written, as in the case of a teacher writing on a blackboard. Many teachers and learners understand the benefit of using blackboards, but there remains insufficient scientific evaluation of their use. Course content presentation that includes in-process writing of text is highly characterized by the sequential presentation of the writing processes. We believe that this presents a visualization of the thought process, and is thus far richer in educational information than simple presentation of completed forms. We focus on gaze during the presentation of graphs and equations as fundamental research to elucidate the benefit of presenting the writing process.