University lecturers told DON'T USE CAPS as it frightens students
Unbelievable. Anyone frightened by all caps should be dismissed from society.
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University lecturers told DON'T USE CAPS as it frightens students
UNIVERSITY lecturers have been told not to use words in capital letters when setting assignments because it might frighten students into failure.
Staff at Leeds Trinity's school of journalism have also been told to "write in a helpful, warm tone, avoiding officious language and negative instructions". Some blasted the move as "more academic mollycoddling" of the snowflake generation. An "enhancing student understanding, engagement and achievement" memo lists dos and don'ts - with "do" and "don't" among words frowned upon.
Course leaders say capitalising a word could emphasise "the difficulty or high-stakes nature of the task".
The memo says: "Despite our best attempts to explain assessment tasks, any lack of clarity can generate anxiety and even discourage students from attempting the assessment at all.
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