On 6/14/07, William Chops Westfield wrote: > > On Jun 13, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Herbert Graf wrote: > > >>> But is punishing a person so severely for a simple mistake like that > >>> on an exam, where the student is under immense pressure to perform > >>> REALLY a good idea? > >>> > It Depends. Arguably, getting a C is not not "severe punishment." > (need more details. "C" on a single question? C on an exam where > ALL the answers had the wrong units? C as a class grade for a student > who never used the right units? Or are you talking 25% off full credit > for each answer with the wrong units, later subject to per-class curves > and so on? 25% off for wrong units sounds about right, especially if > there is no work shown (relevant to the units. "It's not a careless > mistake: you guessed what the units would be, and you guessed wrong.") > And 25% off WOULD normally move you into C territory, right?) > Okay I did not expect this to generate such a debate. It was a final exam, an open book one. The students were asked to finish a design according to the specifications. That paticular students should get a B or B+ if not for the serious unit error (I forgot the exact detail but it was a serious one). So the student get a C instead of B+/B. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist