Guiding attention in the classroom: An eye-tracking study on the associations between preservice teachers' goals and noticing of student interactions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Teachers' goals play an important role in teaching quality and student outcomes. However, the processes through which this aspect of teacher motivation translates into specific teaching behaviours remain unclear.

Aims

This study investigates how goals directed at students and the classroom are associated with visual information processing of classroom events, aiming to link teacher motivation with professional vision.

Sample

The study involved 51 preservice teachers with an average of 36 days of practical teaching experience.

Methods

Participants' eye movements were recorded through eye tracking while they observed a video stimulus of an 11th-grade mathematics classroom. Through an interview, participants specified their goals for individual students

SUBMITTER: Daumiller M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12427153 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature