Helping children think: deliberately averting your gaze as a learning strategy

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How does gaze aversion develop in Year 1 pupils?

The study also investigated the spontaneous or natural use of gaze aversion in Year 1 pupils during their first year at school. The pupils were not introduced to gaze aversion or given any training in its use, the researchers were interested to see how gaze aversion changed naturally. The investigation found that pupils had a low level of gaze aversion use at the start of Year 1, but that this increased naturally during the year and was significantly higher at the end of the year.

The substantial acquisition of gaze aversion and sophistication in using it by pupils during their first year of school has been linked to both pupils' cognitive development and exposure to teaching and learning in school.

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Research Home Themes \| Find digests \| About the digests resources glossary researchers contact TRIPS Introduction How does gaze aversion influence pupils’ problem solving? How does gaze aversion develop in Year 1 pupils? What is ‘gaze aversion’? How was the study carried out? What are the implications? Where can I find out more? Send us your feedback Collated digests To find out more about collated digests click here Get Word Reader Helping children think: deliberately averting your gaze as a learning strategy This digest found in Thinking skills Send to a friend Word doc 50KB Printer friendly Collate for later How does gaze aversion develop in Year 1 pupils? The study also investigated the spontaneous or natural use of gaze aversion in Year 1 pupils during their first year at school. The pupils were not introduced to gaze aversion or given any training in its use, the researchers were interested to see how gaze aversion changed naturally. The investigation found that pupils had a low level of gaze aversion use at the start of Year 1, but that this increased naturally during the year and was significantly higher at the end of the year. The substantial acquisition of gaze aversion and sophistication in using it by pupils during their first year of school has been linked to both pupils' cognitive development and exposure to teaching and learning in school.