Mathematics 5 curriculum guide 2015 I table of contents acknowledgements

Suggested Resources
• Resource Link: https://www 
k12pl.nl.ca/curr/k-6 
math/grade-5/links/unit4
- enrichment activities
- shutterfold foldable
•
Navigating through Data 
Analysis 
and Probability in Grades 3-5 - 
Chapin et al., p.11.
student book.

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MATHEMATICS 5 CURRICULUM GUIDE 2015
Specific Outcomes
DATA RELATIONSHIPS
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning
Students will be expected to:
Statistics and Probability
5SP1.2 Formulate a question 
that can best be answered using 
first-hand data, and explain why.
First-Hand Data
• 
data collected by the researcher (in school, this is the student)
• 
gathered by observations, surveys, experiments
• 
students consult the primary source (the people questioned, 
observed or interviewed)
• 
questions created should help give precise answers
Second-Hand Data
• 
data collected by others and used for secondary analysis
• 
found in news, Internet, statistics
• 
student is not part of data collection or questioning
• 
questions can be created to interpret data presented
The process of data analysis begins with the formulation of questions 
concerning an issue or topic of interest. Students should be encouraged 
to formulate questions that address issues in their lives at school, home or 
within their communities.
Brainstorm questions that could be answered using first-hand data. Some 
examples are:
• What is the favourite sports team of Grade 5s in our school?
• What is the favourite type of music of students in our class?
As students prepare to collect first-hand data, it is important that they 
understand what constitutes a good question.
(i) Questions should be clear and direct. There should be no doubt about 
what is being asked.
(ii) Questions should be manageable in the amount of information they 
provide. For example, asking Grade 5 students “What is your favourite 
pop song?” is much more clear, direct and manageable than asking “What 
music do you like?” The first question is much more precise in asking for 
a particular song of a particular style (pop) whereas the second has a wide 
range of interpretation. It could be interpreted as asking what genre of 
music you like: classical, pop, rap, etc. or instrumental make-up: choral, 
strings, electric, etc. or even music by a particular artist.
(iii) Questions should ask only one thing. “Which of the tablets you tried 
boots up fastest?” will result in better data than asking “Which tablet is the 
fastest, lightest, and most reliable?”