How do you use the red pen? As a student, especially in K-12, the red pen was the authority indicating error. There, I learned that you measured the quality of ...

Some teachers worry that using red ink to grade a paper seems harsh, that it might hurt a student’s feelings. Some teachers worry that using red ink to grade a paper seems harsh, that it might hurt a ...

Seeing red Red pens are making students feel blue, according to a US study that recommends teachers refrain from using the colour when marking. In a paper published in The Social Science Journal, ...

Hmmm…. I may need to rethink how I grade my college students’ writing and editing assignments. I like to mark the papers either with a red pen (on hard copies) or ...

Here's a brand new twist on the red-blue divide that has nothing to do with politics. California psychology professor Abraham Rutchick studied how people use red and blue pens to grade papers. He ...