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Task-Evoked Pupillary Responses in Context of Exact Science Education

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In this chapter, we present the results of eyetracking research on monitoring and analysis of changes in pupil diameter size in groups of pupils, students and experts when solving graphic-test tasks in the field of physics and mathematics. The aim of the study was to verify whether there are significant differences in the physiological response of individuals in the groups selected for the study, resulting from a subjective assessment of the difficulty of the tasks being solved, the level of experience and motivation.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Pedagogical University of Krakow, Kraków, Poland

    Roman Rosiek

  2. Institute of Mathematics, Pedagogical University of Krakow, Kraków, Poland

    Miroslawa Sajka

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Rosiek, R., Sajka, M. (2021). Task-Evoked Pupillary Responses in Context of Exact Science Education. In: Devetak, I., Glažar, S.A. (eds) Applying Bio-Measurements Methodologies in Science Education Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71535-9_13

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