Eye Tracking for the Chemistry Education Researcher

by VandenPlas, Jessica R.; Hansen, Sarah J. R.; Cullipher, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780841233423
• ISBN10: 084123342X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2019-07-19
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Author Biography

Jessica R. VandenPlas is Associate Professor of Chemistry at Grand Valley State University. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Chemistry Education from the Catholic University of America. Her research focuses on problem solving and visualization use in general chemistry.

Sarah J. R. Hansen is Lecturer in Chemistry at Columbia University and holds a Ph.D. in Science Education with a focus on Chemistry Education. She has served as a Chemistry faculty member since 2002. Her research includes curriculum design and assessment as well as visual problem solving strategies.

Steven Cullipher is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, MA. He received his Ph.D. in Green Chemistry, with a focus on Chemistry Education, from the University of Massachusetts Boston in 2015. His research interests include student reasoning about real-world environmental problems and classroom use of social media technologies.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Eye Tracking as a Research Tool: An Introduction
2. Eye Tracking in Chemistry Education Research: Study Logistics
3. What They See Impacts the Data You Get: Selection and Design of Visual Stimuli
4. Using Fixations To Measure Attention
5. Sequence Analysis: Use of Scanpath Patterns for Analysis of Students' Problem-Solving Strategies
6. Advanced Methods for Processing and Analyzing Eye-Tracking Data Using R
7. Using Multiple Psychophysiological Techniques To Triangulate the Results of Eye-Tracking Data
8. Beyond Gaze Data: Pupillometry as an Additional Data Source in Eye Tracking
9. Coupling Eye Tracking with Verbal Articulation in the Evaluation of Assessment Materials Containing Visual Representations
10. Studying the Language of Organic Chemistry: Visual Processing and Practical Considerations for Eye-Tracking Research in Structural Notation

Editors' Biographies
Author Index
Subject Index