Dive Brief:
- A new study from the University of Padova finds that students scored higher on an exam measuring verbal recall and the transfer of knowledge after watching a video of expert eye tracking.
- Students in the study were shown a video of a graduate student reading a text with eye-tracking technology, allowing them to see and learn how "expert" readers absorb information.
- Typically, eye-tracking technology, which is costly, has been used on students to gain insight into how they read. This study flips the notion on its head, instead allowing students to learn from seeing others.
Dive Insight:
Instead of setting each child up with eye tracking technology and then having to take the time to analyze what they are focusing on, this method allows students to learn from a pro. The eye-tracking technology allows students to see what the graduate student was looking at (diagram, text, image, etc) and for how long, giving them an idea of what "good" reading looks like. It's sometimes hard to teach students how to properly read a text book, and these videos sound pretty invaluable.