The parable of the broken pencil or syntactic incidents and their consequences

Gilles Aldon (1)

1 EducTice

When using technology, the translation of a mathematical concept into a particular technology brings syntactic difficulties that may lead to problems that can either be an excuse to withdraw from knowledge construction or a starting point for a mathematical reflexion. The boundary between the two attitudes is directly linked to the situation and to the integration of technology within the classroom. In this paper, I'll present the notion of syntactic incident and show in a particular class situations how students react in front of the consequences of such an incident.

Mots clés: Technology; didactical incidents; formative assessment; theory of didactic situations

Domaines: Education; Histoire et perspectives sur les mathématiques [math.HO]

Gilles Aldon. The parable of the broken pencil or syntactic incidents and their consequences. CERME 9 - Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education; ERME, Feb 2015, Prague, Czech Republic. pp.2305-2310. ⟨hal-01289241⟩