Using eye-movements to explain processing triple level of chemical information : systematic review

Slapničar, Miha (author), Ribič, Luka (author), Devetak, Iztok (author)

The focus of this systematic literature review was to examine eye-tracking studies in the chemistry classroom and to evaluate the usefulness of eye-tracking in studying students’ learning of complex chemical concepts. The reviewed studies primarily used small samples of students, with undergraduate students being the most studied population, and measured variables such as eye movements, fixation time, pupil dilation, and others. The results show that higher performing students have shorter fixation time and learn better with models, with prior knowledge being an important factor. However, both students rely mainly on the symbolic level of presentations with better performing students being more successful at giving explanations. Problems with the complexity of data analysis were reported in the studies.

• Language: English
• Keywords: chemical education, eye-tracking, cognitive processes, visualisation, triple nature of chemical concepts
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 1–14
• Numbering: Vol. 72, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-167977
• UDC: 37.091.3:5
• ISSN on article: 1580-3155
• DOI: 10.17344/acsi.2024.9049
• COBISS.SI-ID: 229856003
• Publication date in RUL: 21.03.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Acta chimica slovenica
• Shortened title: Acta chim. slov.
• Publisher: Slovensko kemijsko društvo, = Slovenian Chemical Society
• ISSN: 1580-3155
• COBISS.SI-ID: 21870085

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: očesno sledenje, kemijski pojmi, kognitivni procesi, vizualizacija, kemija

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: J5-50155
• Name: Dopolnjena resničnost za doseganje boljšega razumevanja trojne narave kemijskih pojmov