The teacher’s eye gaze in university classrooms: Evidence from a field study

• DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2021.1951808
• Publication Date: 2021-07-12T19:20:11Z
• Authors: Jiumin Yang; Caixia Liu; Yi Zhang; Qiuchen Yu; Zhongling Pi
• Keywords: 4. Education; 05 social sciences; 0503 education

We conducted a field study using Tobii Glasses 2.0 eye-tracker to assess 11 experienced university teachers' eye gaze patterns in classrooms, and the impact of these on 293 students' engagement, motivation satisfaction. Independent-samples t tests showed that compared teachers who gazed primarily at students, balance towards students teaching content had were more engaged, motivated satisfied. Furthermore, mediation analyses indicated there significant mediating roles engagement association between pattern Our results have practical implications for educational practice: are encouraged allocate their attention both enhance learning experience.