Helping children think: deliberately averting your gaze as a learning strategy
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Where can I find out more?
Practitioners may be interested in other TRIPS digests about pupils' learning and the strategies that can be used to enhance it. The following digests might interest you:
Effects of a cognitive acceleration programme on Year 1 pupils. Available at: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/themes/thinkingskills/6553/ [Accessed: 28/03/07]
This study looks into the way in which teachers can positively influence children’s development early in their education and have a lasting impact.
A classroom investigation of the growth of metacognitive awareness in kindergarten children through the writing process. Available at: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/themes/early_years/metacognitive/ [Accessed: 28/03/07]
This small-scale study investigates the growth of metacognitive awareness (knowing about knowing and thinking about thinking) in literacy development for Year 1 pupils.
Resources linked to the study
Further information about gaze aversion and an explanation of the research undertaken by Stirling University can be found at: http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/lcalderwood/GazeAversionResearch.htm
[Accessed: 28/03/07]
An American study by Morency et al. investigates the use of gaze aversion in conversation.
Morency, L-P.; Christoudias, C. M. & Darrell, T. (2006). Recognising Gaze Aversion Gestures in Embodied Conversational Discourse. ICMI’06 November 2-4. This study is available at: http://people.csail.mit.edu/lmorency/Papers/Morency_icmi06.pdf [Accessed: 28/03/07]
