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learner

learner

1 6.1
A program that gets better by using data to make predictions
  • noun
  • /ˈlɜrnər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : modelo de aprendizaje
  • The machine learner can analyze vast amounts of data to make accurate predictions.
  • English learner
  • learner-centered
  • learner-centered education

Examples

  • To improve its accuracy, the learner adjusts its algorithms based on new data input.

  • In order to understand what a line of code does, the learner must see its effect.

    Blog text (10)
  • Case studies assist the learner in applying theory.

    Academic text (1996)
  • In a distance education environment, a distance learner interacts with multiple elements in an effort to learn.

    Academic text (2015)
  • As the learner improves, the degrees of difficulty or "level" may be adjusted.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The principal in a learner-centered high school has three primary responsibilities.

    Academic text (2000)
  • In the second procedure, the learner is instructed using a decreasing prompt hierarchy system.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Jones (2006) studied five university-aged English learner students as they blogged during a spring semester.

    Academic text (2012)
  • With the Bull's Eye Target, the learner prioritizes choices, placing the subjectively most favored choices in the "1" category.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Education activities can be "provider directed and paced," such as a workshop, or "learner directed and paced," such as a self-learning packet.

    Academic text (2003)

Antonyms

7.8

Being firmly held in place so it does not move or change

How Adaptive

learner
  • Specialized
1 6.1
pretraining
  • Specialized
4.4

Surface Forms

learner singular
learners plural

Morphology

learner = learn (transparent) = learn + er

Used metaphorically for a program that 'learns', but composition 'learn' + '-er' (agent) is straightforward.

Etymology

Learner in computing uses the same parts: learn 'to get knowledge' plus -er 'one who does', and it names a program or model that improves by studying data, like a person who learns from experience. That's why a computing learner is a system that gets better over time.