The UPS Strategy for Math: Understand, Plan, Solve

Hello Colleagues, Take a look at this quick video of teacher TeRaze Mickle implementing the UPS (Understand, Plan, Solve) formative assessment strategy for teaching math. I like the questions posed about this strategy:

  • How does Ms. Mickle assess learning through each part of the U-P-S strategy?
  • How can students use this strategy to assess their own understanding? [Self assessment is such an essential aspect of formative assessment. I know I personally want to include students more in assessing themselves!]
  • How could the data gathered from this strategy be used to inform instruction? [Formative assessment is all about guiding our next teaching moves!]

How might this technique work in your context?

Cheers, Susan Finn Miller

Moderator, Assessment CoP