Integrating Machine Learning in Mathematics Classrooms

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Joshua Jones Asia Pacific International School, Seoul, South Korea

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Volume 114: Issue 8
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624–628
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2021.0001
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Grade(s) or Audience, Grades 9-12, Math Topic, Probability/Data Analysis and Statistics, Probability, Conditional Probability & the Rules of Probability, Professional Development / Teacher Training

Explore a lesson in which students used conditional probability to conjecture a predictive text algorithm, which, if translated into a coding language, could teach a computer to predict what a user wants to type, given the previous words in a message.

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© 2021 by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc.
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6
Article Category:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Aug 2021
Online Publication Date:
Aug 2021
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