Talking with objects

International audienceBoth language and objects seem to play an important role in mathematics learning. In our research, we focus on their interplay: How do language and objects support students' development of mathematical ideas? In order to develop a framework of 'talking with objects', we draw on three approaches. First, we adopt the idea from Bauersfeld that learning is a domain specific process. It is always bound to a very specific situation and context. Second, Aukerman's approach of re-contextualization supports our insight in the link between language and context. Third, Latour's Actor-Network-Theory helps us to better understand, how concrete objects take part in the process of constructing social reality in mathematics lessons