Eye-tracking insights into cognitive strategies, learning styles, and academic outcomes of Turkish medicine students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individual differences in learning preferences and cognitive strategies play a crucial role in shaping academic outcomes, emphasizing the need to customize educational approaches to meet diverse learner needs. This study explores the relationship between gaze behavior, learning style and academic performance in 20 sophomore Turkish medical students.

Methods

Eye-tracking metrics, gaze duration, fixation count, fixation duration, and saccadic movements, were recorded using Tobii Pro Glasses 2 eye tracker during Trail Making, Visual Sustained Attention and the Stroop Tests and associated with the Felder-Soloman learning style and academic performance.

Results

Eye-tracking data revealed consistent patterns across tasks, with fixation percentages averaging 94% a

SUBMITTER: Argunsah H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11843750 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature