Visualizing and Revealing the Difference of Learner's Thought Process and Question Solving Method

The objective of this study is to clarify the difference of each learner's question solving method and thought process as well as confirm the possibility of their visualization. In this study, we conducted an experiment with 13 participants. They were asked to categorize figures that varied in color, pattern, shape, and size into two groups. During the experiment, Participants' eye movements were recorded and their manipulation of figures were logged. The results showed that the participants could be divided into two groups according to the different question solving methods. Differences were observed between the two groups regarding the fixation time. However, no significant differences were observed between the two groups regarding the manipulation logs of figures. These results may suggest the possibility of visualizing the different thought process, as well as question solving method for each learner.