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Date: 5/19/2007 9:55:00 AM
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Author:
Tygre
(tygremarie28@hotmail.com)
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Subject:Grading with Red Ink
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Hi! I am currently a student teacher and will be graduating in a couple of months. I am writing a research paper concerning grading with red ink and I would really like to get some anecdotal views and evidence on this topic. If you could give me some personal stories pertaining to grading with red ink, for example how you feel about it, if your school now has policies about grading with red ink, if you've ever had a parent or student complain about the use of red ink, and/or which color of ink you prefer to see or use, I would greatly appreciate it!
Thank you so much in advance. You can also email me at tygremarie28@hotmail.com.
Thank you!
Tygre
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Date: 6/21/2007 4:18:00 PM
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Author:
Ann
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Subject:Grading with Red Ink
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My mother would check all of my school essays with red ink before I was allowed to turn them in. (Most of my teachers would grade in red or green pen.) Because my writing was checked for grammar before going to the teacher, papers usually came back fairly clean. Once I went into high school those red-pen rules were old hat, and I no longer needed mom's edits to produce a clean paper on my own. Grading/editing in an alternate, bright color made spotting the mistakes easier and I could zip along and make corrections on the final draft. When teachers graded, there was no going back to correct any missed errors, so I didn't care what color they graded in-- just as long as the grade was high!
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Date: 6/22/2007 8:23:00 AM
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Author:
annaz
(luvdanedogs@yahoo.com)
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Subject:grading with red ink
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I think that the fact that this is even a topic in schools is completely ridiculous. I grew up with "red ink". I had no issues with it.
It's not about "feelings". It's about learning, correcting mistakes and graduating from school knowing something. Obviously all these ridiculous changes in school...including "red ink" are not producing very high academic results. Maybe teachers aren't grading anymore?
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Date: 6/22/2007 10:43:00 AM
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Author:
Marilyn Morgan
(sclp@epix.net)
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Subject:Grading with Red Ink
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Hi,
I currently work with adults, who for one reason or another did not complete high school. In the first tutor training course I took, we were told to avoid red ink at all costs. The memories of failure are connected to the dreaded red ink. I grade my GED class papers in what ever color other than red I have available. Pink works just fine. You need something that stands out from the pencil or blue or black ink.
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Date: 6/23/2007 11:55:00 AM
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Author:
pat
(pthomp215@yahoo.com)
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Subject:red ink
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red ink can kill any desire to improve a student might have had before getting back that marked-up red ink paper. it screams "stupid", "dummy", "block head", "why did i even try?". at least, that's what i think it says.
because the school colors were purple and white, i used a purple pen. yes, purple is close in color to red, but it doesn't smack you in the face. besides, the kids were used to seeing purple. i suggest a teacher use any color except red! black or blue is perfect. if the paper is in blue ink, correct in black or vice versa.
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Date: 6/22/2007 8:53:00 AM
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Author:
Celina
(celina001@post.com)
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Subject:Red Ink
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We have a very demanding boss in our office who uses green ink when he sends messages to employees about concerns. So now around our office you'll hear: "Green Ink Alert!" to let us know when a message has been received.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that ink color doesn't matter, as much as the WAY the corrections are made.
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Date: 6/22/2007 9:03:00 AM
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Author:
paula glass
(glassfoundations@sbcglobal.net)
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Subject:red ink
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I use red ink to provide a guideline of corrctions for my students. I emphasize at the beginning of each year that I am not 'bleeding' on their papers, I am simply giving them a visual cue to 'stop' and assess a better word choice, grammatical structure, spelling, math fact, handwriting, etc. I use green ink on the same papers for praise and positive atrributes. This provides a visual cue of 'you're good to go' for my students and allows them to see that taking time to self-check and correct pays off. I feel this encourages the kids to take pride in what they turn in.
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Date: 6/22/2007 9:12:00 AM
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Author:
Cindy
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Subject:Grading With Red Ink
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I have definite feelings about this discussion. I have been teaching 30 years in grades K-2. In that time I have taught multi-age k-2 students in one room; 1st grade high at risk students; 1st grade gifted, and 2nd grade gifted students.
My firt year I followed the flock of seasoned teachers and used red ink for my high at risk population of first graders. Along with that I worked on building a sense of community and respect with my students. Wow...what a conflict..."I love you, I'm here to TEACH you and now lets look at all these marks I've made on your paper." Something just didn't seem to be working very well. That's when I really thought about my purpose in grading. It is to help the student know where WE need to work (yes, I ultimately was responsible for the child learning the material).
Red is an agressive color...ever heard of the term "power tie?" Well people wear red when they need to feel in charge of things. The red on the paper was giving the paper the power not myself and the student. The paper was destroying the community I was trying to build of life long learners.
Once I realized my purpose in the classroom and switched to various colors of ink things went better. I truly began teaching, the sense of community was established, the students achieved to their highest levels possible. The students and I were happier without the daily blood bath on papers. We grew together as bright cheery colors accented my students growth in learning. :-)
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Date: 6/22/2007 10:53:00 AM
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Author:
Tina Meyers
(dmeyers05@comcast.net)
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Subject:Grading with red ink
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I agree that red ink does pose an impression on a child of completion and accurracy engraved in their life. I remember as a child myself when I was teacher's pet and graded the other student's papers. I would normally get good grades and I felt a sense of importance and prominance as well when I received my own paper that didn't have a great grade on it I felt dismay and it was written in red. My ego was tore down and I still can remember the feelings that I had. So yes I believe the feelings are a great part of learning. If someone keeps downing a child, that child starts to feel as if they can't do anything right or that they are not smart enough or as smart as their peers. It could make them work harder if they had a teacher that mentored children as well as taught or it could make them feel like nothing they do they will ever be good at if they didn't have a mentoring teacher. But that is the luck of the draw now a days with all that teachers have to put up with now in the classroom with behaviors and demands of society.
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Date: 6/22/2007 12:06:00 PM
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Author:
MOMKERR
(mrstracykerr@aol.com)
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Subject:red ink
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I think you should grade in orange or purple ink - they are positive happy colors. I also think you should focus on the number of right answers and not the wrong ones!
New Teacher
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Date: 6/22/2007 4:38:00 PM
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Author:
Linda
(leberhart@yahoo.com)
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Subject:Grading with red ink
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I teach at a local community college and when I taught on campus (now I teach online) I never used red ink because of an experience I had when I was at college working on my Bachelor's degree. I had an instructor who on the first day of class stated "Each time you get your papers back it will look like they have been bled all over because you are not as smart as I am and you never will be therefore your papers will show you are not smart due to all the red marks". Since that time I have hated red as a grading ink. I like purple. It's a calming, gentle color. Good luck.
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Date: 6/23/2007 7:43:00 AM
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Author:
Tiffany Kidd
(voicelm@msn.com)
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Subject:Red Ink
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Grading in red ink stands out on paper and the kids know what needs to be corrected. I don't see this as a problem, teachers have been grading in red ink since I can remember. We need to be more focused on teaching kids and making sure that they understand the concepts of whatever subject you are teaching instead of worrying about what color ink to grade in. Believe me children are not concerned with this, it's the parents who are bringing this to the children's attention and making them feel like they're being picked on or made to feel different because they have the wrong answer, kids don't care. We don't push our kids hard enough in school as it is, don't make it worse worrying about a red grading pen. We all learn by making mistakes, how else will they know? (BA Psychology)
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Date: 6/23/2007 9:54:00 AM
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Author:
Alicia
(advoegerl@yahoo.com)
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Subject:red ink
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Last year I taught second grade and as a team (five second grade teachers), we decided not to use red ink. Our reasoning for this was that our behavior system was based on colors, red being the worst. We did not want the children to associate red grading marks with bad behavior, so we used any and every other color and it seemed just fine. Just make sure your marks can be easily detected from the students' marks.
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Date: 6/24/2007 8:42:00 AM
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Author:
Amy
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Subject:Grading with Red Ink
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I believe it is more important to discuss how teachers are grading/correcting papers rather than what color ink they are using. Some of us can remember times when a paper was returned covered in red ink (how embarrassing/humiliating), however no further assistance was provided. If a teacher finds themself marking a paper so much that the original print is disappearing behind colored ink, I think it is time to stop and spend some quality teaching time with this student.
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Date: 6/24/2007 2:47:00 PM
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Author:
mrs ronica
(bobby_ronica@yahoo.com)
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Subject:grading.
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As a teacher of 3,4, and 6 year olds through homeschool this past school year the flexibility of having a lot of one on one with students who need more attention to help "get it" is very important. I didn't grade 3's and 4's with ink rather I would point out the correction needed and they would just say oh...ok and knew right away where their mistake was. I did not teach any 5 year olds this past school year. But with the 6 year olds I did notice how red ink changed their outlook of themselves. Up until this time they are over acheivers expecting to be perfect on every paper. X's were too much for them and they didn't understand them, so they would actually cry and feel they did so bad that they were going to get in trouble at home with it. (They also felt this way on a tests that didn't score a 100) So I chose to circle the problem in red marker that need to be corrected. This did change their outlook to something more gentle. I had to teach them that they are going to make mistakes, and slowing down and paying attention were more important than speeding through their paper to be the "first one" completed. After that if there are a lot of red marks I would actually stop grading that child's paper and erase their answers with no more markings from me and sit down with them and think of every possible way that could help them "get it". These children need to be taught to understand and not just expected to "get it" and making corrections on practice work for a 100 and only taking test scores as permanent marks shows you how much they actually learned. Some are naturally talented students, but the ones who "extra attention" are the ones who actually fall through the cracks of our public school system and I am glad I took the time for the ones that needed "extra attention".
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Date: 7/2/2007 1:02:00 PM
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Author:
Janelle Billy-Taitt
(janelle0426@yahoo.com)
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Subject:OPENING A DAYCARE AND PRESCHOOL
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Hello I live in Trinidad in the Caribbean. I would like to open a daycare in my area. I am studying for my certificate in Early Childhood Education. I live in POalo Seco which is a rural area. However there is a large number of young people with children.
Can anyone give me some ideas?
There is a building right next to my house that i would like to use.
I would also like some information on the curriculum for infants and toddlers.
Thanks in advance
Janelle
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