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I also like to use pink to correct, although I don �t think red might be a problem; I guess it has more to do with the way the teacher does than with the color. You can be nice using red and aggressive using any other color.
I must ask teachers in the local schools here in Switzerland...if they have problems with using a red pen. Personally, as a private teacher, I don �t use a red pen...any other colour will do.
Fiona.
Well, I ask my young students to use a pencil so, if they make mistakes, they can erase them! Errors are a mean for learning, they are not a failure or punishment. If they use a blue pen I underline the error with a black pen, they have to try to self correct, if they don �t succed I help them.
What an
interesting topic Nebal!! It is a very controversial issue..
I don�t like using
red to correct students� works, test...etc.. I often use green or violet
However, I do
agree with CYN and other posts here who
say that it�s not about the colour but HOW teachers correct. I find red an
aggressive, shocking colour to correct papers... but so are big capital letters
(failing marks) written right on the front page using green, blue etc.. that�s
very aggressive but then it all has to do with personalities, (I feel...) some
students don�t mind and would never feel discouraged while others do. I consider that as teachers, we are very good
at identifying student�s character and personalities so we can pay attention to
these things...
I
personally like to make some comments at the back of the paper if needed
instead of writing many things on top of students� words...
Hi my dear Nebal! Personally I LOVE red, but not for marking my students � work. Why? Maybe because when I was a student my teachers always marked our work with a red pen and too much red on paper meant failure. I really don �t know, but I usually correct the students work with a green, violet, orange pen. But I also agree with those who say that the way you correct is extremely important. I don �t agree with the use of capital letters, exclamation marks, whatever may sound that we are angry when we are correcting. Problems must be identified, but a solution must go with them or at least a suggestion for the student and the teacher - "WE" - to work on.
I use all kinds of colors, because I like them, too - my sts usually laugh if they see red and say I must have been unusually angry that day, but it �s sort of a joke we have, because we �ve discussed the theory of red hurting their eyes, and it �s not actually the colour they mind, as hysterical lines, crossed out text without explanation which some teachers are in habit of leaving. I find it more useful sometimes to just underline their mistakes and then discuss them with the st in question to see if they themselves realize why it �s wrong, and I find that it works a lot better, or I leave a comment on the side, on the margins, but my sts know that I comment on the good and the bad as well and they like to read the comments. They don �t really mind the colour, but I prefer purple, orange, green....
Fiona.
