Seeing RED may lower kids' confidence

[Sharon]

An increasingly popular grading theory insists red ink is stressful and demoralizes students, while purple, the preferred color, has a more calming effect.

"I never use red to grade papers because it stands out like, 'Oh, here's what you did wrong.' "

Paper Mate stepped up production of purple pens by 10 percent this year in response to focus groups that alerted the company to the many teachers switching to purple.

"This is a kinder, more gentler education system," Paper Mate spokesman Michael Finn said. "And the connotation of red is that it is not as constructive as purple."

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20041004-9999-1m4pens.html

"Teachers may start out using purple, a color that they seem to think has less negative connotations, but in time, after kids have gone through 12 years of purple check marks, they're going to think purple is an awful color,"

 

[2ndAmendment]

Another duh moment in education. The color of the mark does not matter. Kids, for the most part, are not held responsible for their actions in academics or society in general. When are these social and educational dullards going to wake up that they are destroying our kids and society instead of helping it.

 

[SmallTown]

Maybe if the kids weren't stupid they wouldn't see so much red? :shrug:

 

[2ndAmendment]

Maybe if the kids weren't stupid they wouldn't see so much red? :shrug:

Good point.

 

[sleuth]

When I was in school... I don't recall having one single teacher that used red pens to mark only wrong answers or bad grades.

Good or bad, all my marks were in the same color.

 

[czygvtwkr]

Even if that was true, it will just condition them to fear purple.

It was probably a scheme by Bic to sell some pens or something.

 

[2ndAmendment]

Even if that was true, it will just condition them to fear purple.

It was probably a scheme by Bic to sell some pens or something.

Nope. Saw this earlier. It is a proposal by one of the educator unions or something like that. Aren't they smart?

 

[Llwynog]

When I was in school... I don't recall having one single teacher that used red pens to mark only wrong answers or bad grades.

Good or bad, all my marks were in the same color.

I remember grades in red and I really like red. I spent most of a year looking for the perfect red couch.

 

[willie]

The more red karma urbanpancake gets, the worse he gets.

 

[ylexot]

The color red is not the problem. The incorrect answers are the problem. Like czygvtwkr said, if purple is used, children will just be "stessed and demoralized" by purple.

Why can't teachers come up with good plans on how to fix education instead of crap like this?

 

[donbarzini]

An increasingly popular grading theory insists red ink is stressful and demoralizes students, while purple, the preferred color, has a more calming effect.

"I never use red to grade papers because it stands out like, 'Oh, here's what you did wrong.' "

Paper Mate stepped up production of purple pens by 10 percent this year in response to focus groups that alerted the company to the many teachers switching to purple.

"This is a kinder, more gentler education system," Paper Mate spokesman Michael Finn said. "And the connotation of red is that it is not as constructive as purple."

Jesus H. Christ!!!!

Why give them marks at ALL!!! Lord knows we shouldn't be able to IDENTIFY the stupid ones should we?!