Exploring gaze data for determining user learning with an interactive simulation

  • Authors:
  • Samad Kardan;Cristina Conati

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Venue:
  • UMAP'12 Proceedings of the 20th international conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

This paper explores the value of eye-tracking data to assess user learning with interactive simulations (IS). Our long-term goal is to use this data in user models that can generate adaptive support for students who do not learn well with these types of unstructured learning environments. We collected gaze data from users interacting with the CSP applet, an IS for constraint satisfaction problems. Two classifiers built upon this data achieved good accuracy in discriminating between students who learn well from the CSP applet and students who do not, providing evidence that gaze data can be a valuable source of information for building user modes for IS.