Analysis of Elementary Students’ Eye Movement on Climates ChangeVisual Materials according to Academic Achievement

This study is the analysis of eye movements in climate change visual materials according to elementary school students' academic achievement. Since Climate change education is based on various visual materials, the results of eye movement analysis of elementary school students by eye movement tracker can provide a basis for selecting and developing visual materials for climate change education. In this study, eye movements were measured by collecting and analyzing the visual data used in various climate change education programs including the 2015 revision curriculum and developing the task for measurement of eye movement. 29 elementary school students in Seoul participated in voluntary measurement of eye movements, and during the course of the task, their eye movements were measured by SMI's i View X RED. The results of the study are as follows. First, low achievers were highly dependent on information only in writing materials. Second, when placing multiple pieces of picture visuals within the same function and category, the highest attention occurred in the pictures placed on the left. Third, in the data area of the graph, both groups were highly cautious. Fourth, little attention has been paid to visual illustrations and characters attached to the title. The results of the analysis in terms of fixation, saccade count & velocity, binning chart and scan path provide implications for selecting and developing suitable visual materials for elementary school students.