Facing the Fear of Failure: Risk and Attempt in Mathematics Education

Luigi Bernardi

doi:10.37618/PARADIGMA.1011-2251.2025.e2025042.id1674

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Luigi Bernardi l.bernardi@liceo-orazio.edu.it
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7135-9398

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10.37618/PARADIGMA.1011-2251.2025.e2025042.id1674

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Mathematics Education, risk, attempt, mental calculation, theory of didactical situation, theory of objectification

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Building on Brousseau’s Theory of Didactic Situations and Radford’s Theory of Objectification, we explore the role of risk within a mathematical community of practice and examine how risk aversion affects the learning process. We then introduce the idea of “attempt” as a particular type of risk undertaken in the mathematics classroom.

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