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Evaluating Eye Tracking Technology for Assessment of Students with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties

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dc.creator Gill, Rajvir
dc.creator Younie, Sarah
dc.date 2021-09-15T08:22:31Z
dc.date 2021-09-15T08:22:31Z
dc.date 2021-08-31
dc.date 2021-07-22
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-22T17:04:39Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-22T17:04:39Z
dc.identifier Gill, R.and Younie, S. (2021) Evaluating Eye Tracking Technology for Assessment of Students with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties. Pixel-Bit.Revista de Medios y Educación, 62, pp.269-308.
dc.identifier 1133-8482
dc.identifier https://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/21263
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.12795/pixelbit.88106
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/254443
dc.description open access article
dc.description Eye-Gaze Tracking Technology (EGTT) is used most commonly as a communication tool for learners with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD). This research investigates the use of EGTT as an assessment tool to provide additional evidence to confirm teacher assessment. The paper contributes to how teachers can address the barriers faced upon assessing students with PMLD through the use EGTT. Data was obtained from a sample of four students with PMLD and physical disabilities located within a special needs school. The qualitative methodology ensured a triangulation of data collection, which included analysis of learners’ heat maps, parent questionnaires and observations of teaching via video capture. It was found that the eye-tracking data provided information on individual learner’s engagement with the learning objectives, which otherwise could not have been communicated. The innovative technology provided an independent data source to inform the teacher’s assessment of the learner’s cognitive abilities. Overall EGTT enabled a more accurate method of teacher assessment of PMLD students’ abilities, giving teachers more confidence with their judgements by providing robust evidence to underpin their professional practice. Where schools want to invest in tools which deliver, this research can guide SEN leaders/schools in deciding potential investment in EGTT equipment and how to use it as an assessment tool.
dc.format application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
dc.language en
dc.publisher Universidad de Sevilla
dc.subject Eye Gaze Tracking Technology
dc.subject assessment
dc.subject technology
dc.subject special education
dc.subject digital competence
dc.title Evaluating Eye Tracking Technology for Assessment of Students with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties
dc.title Evaluación de la tecnología de seguimiento ocular para la evaluación de estudiantes con dificultades de aprendizajemúltiples y profundas
dc.type Article


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