AI in the Math Classroom
AI in the Math Classroom
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Shaylee Ryan, Landstown High
Keith Harrison, Tallwood High
May 2024
Why does artificial intelligence(AI) matter to me?
Why does artificial intelligence(AI) matter to me?
In the landscape of modern education, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into math instruction stands as a transformative force. With its ability to personalize learning experiences, offer instant feedback, and adapt to individual student needs, AI holds the potential to revolutionize the way we teach and learn mathematics.
AI can also save teachers time and provide resources to support content connections and investigation.
Utilizing Technology and Artifical Intelligence in the Mathematics Classroom
Utilizing Technology and Artifical Intelligence in the Mathematics Classroom
There are numerous existing technologies that can support mathematics learning.
Number Sense Routines: AI and gamification tools can be used to strengthen number sense.
Nerdle.com is a game similar to Wordle, but with numbers and an order of operation. Depending on your students' levels, you can choose from multiple options, from Nerdle minis to Bi-Nerdles.
Sudoku.com provides free sudoku puzzles
Desmos: Desmos may not be anything new, but the company constantly adds new features and capabilities.
Teacher.desmos.com is a great place to explore new activities on a range of topics. These activities are generally discovery-based and require students to reflect on their learning.
Sliders can be used for more than exploring new functions. They can be used to create animations. Animations are a great way to introduce translations and dilations in geometry or have students generate their own animations.
Geometry has its own version of Desmos where students can explore lines, rays, polygons, and angles and apply transformations.
3-D graphing is new this year and allows students to create functions with a saddle point, explore conic sections, and see the relationship between planes, planes and lines, and planes and points.
CODAP: The new 2023 VDOE Mathematics Standards of Learning place an emphasis on implementing the data cycle. CODAP is a powerful, free data analysis program that can be used.
Simple drag-and-drop interface to explore visualizations of univariate and bivariate data sets.
CODAP has sample data sets and integrated Census Bureau and NOAA weather data.
Built-in teacher resources and sample lessons.
ChatGPT: You have probably already heard about this powerful AI tool. Explore how it can be used to help save time and produce ideas for student-centered lessons.
ChatGPT is great at creating very narrow problem sets; *TIP* Be sure to be very specific when asking it to create mathematics problems (e.g., 10 inequality problems with integer answers and no coefficients or constants greater than 9).
You can also provide an example problem and then ask ChatGPT to create similar problems, but I’d still recommend placing constraints to keep answers as integers and coefficients to a reasonable size.
Real-world connections: ChatGPT can tell you how topics are used in the real world providing problems with a given real-world context, making it much easier to keep students engaged.
While ChatGPT is not very good at creating an entire project, it is a powerful tool for creating project ideas. It also does a pretty decent job of helping to come up with critical thinking and reflection questions.
Khanmigo is an AI-powered personal tutor and teaching assistant created by the nonprofit Khan Academy that uses a protected version of ChatGPT. It serves as one example of how AI is penetrating the educational space of mathematics. Khanmigo has created AI-powered student and teacher platforms to support mathematics teaching and learning.
Differentiation: AI can be a powerful tool to help us support our students' varied needs.
Diffit: Web-based AI program that can help you differentiate worksheets and text to account for different student needs.
Brisk is a web-based AI program that specifically focuses on differentiating texts by Lexile level or grade-level reading levels. It is a great tool for lengthy texts that accompany real-world contextual examples.
Want to learn more or prefer to listen???
Want to learn more or prefer to listen???
Don't miss our May "Going off on a Tangent" Podcast Episode on AI in the math classroom!
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