Apparently, red ink is too stressful for students and there is a movement to stop using the color.
-Trevor
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Rubbish.
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
I use whatever pen is closest to me at that moment. I have also been known to grade with a crayon if I couldn't find a pen.
Comments and grades are the same regardless of the color ink.
edit: I once had a prof who graded all papers in black ink. That made it very difficult to distinguish his comments from my writing on handwritten exams.
[ April 03, 2005, 07:46 PM: Message edited by: Coccinelle ]
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Exactly. Green could become the new traditional color, and eventually "studies" would show that green was too "stressful" for students. It's not the color of the ink that's really bothering them, it's the fact that they're being criticized. If they want to stop having critical marks all over their papers, they should study more effectively. Posted by Audeo (Member # 5130) on :
My math professor subscribes to this theory, but I don't find it any less stressful for the big 'X' crossing out my work and the inch and half tall 'NO!!!!' written through my laborious proof to be written in green rather than red.
Posted by mimsies (Member # 7418) on :
I always preferred my grading to be done in blue or green. Red is very difficult to read, and I hated having to struggle to tell what they were saying.
Also, I found it stressful when my paper looked like it was bleeding. If I were Vulcan, I probably wouldn't like green.
Posted by Jaiden (Member # 2099) on :
I hate hate hate it when teachers mark in pencil.
It smudges, is sometimes hard to read, and some students erase "wrongs" and tells the prof they didn't add correctly Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
I use green. It stands out well...and it is more original. Red is just boring.
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
Use white.
That'll give 'em something to think about.
--j_k
Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
quote: “My generation was brought up on right or wrong with no in between, and red was always in your face,” Kazmark said. “It’s abrasive to me. Purple is just a little bit more gentle. Part of my job is to be attuned to what kids respond to, and red is not one of those colors.”
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Awww, and all this time I thought the sudden prevalence of purple pens at the store was just cause they liked me!!!!
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
I like scary red, because it inspires me to try harder on the next one...
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