Psych and education

the authors suggested that individuals avert their eyes when questioned

to reduce distraction while thinking

Gaze aversion…

can be taught to 5 yrs old

wait times of >3 seconds are associated with

all of the above

zone of proximal development

knowledge we can grasps. Gaze aversion shows in middle hard question. if its out for our zone of proximal development we won’t have it

questions for gaze aversion

experiment 1: can GA be taught? can it improve performance?

experiment 2: can it be developed to 5yrs in one year?

Gaze Aversion experiment 1 method

random assignment, treatment vs control. treatment were told to look away

• measured via test with a 2×2 question. half arithmetic and verbal half easy and hard

in which condition did they see more gaze aversion

same

gaze aversion experiment 1 result

treatment group had more gaze aversion (can be taught) and more accuracy

wait time 1

teacher pausing after asking a question

wait time 2

accumulation of pauses between student utterances before the teacher speaks again

questions for wait time

what happens to students and teachers when increased wait time

method for wait time

a class with no wait time and a class with wait time

results for wait time

more logical answers, more participation increases, confidence increase, length in response increase for students

teachers need to change question and often become advance, and student becomes visible