Crime scene investigation in the classroom

Abstract

The strand unit of Representing and Interpreting Data (Primary School Mathematics Curriculum, 1999) sets out objectives which emphasise the need for children to experience genuine data investigations. Investigations may take the form of a project/problem to be addressed over a number of lessons. The investigation presented here (and used in Limerick City classes) uses the PPDAC cycle (see Intouch, March 2012) as an organising framework. The investigation requires pupils to explore the characteristics of a distribution (set) of data collected as part of an investigation.