Alan B. Pearce wrote:
>> Forgetting the 'h' on kWh IS the kind of "writing down as the clock
>> is ticking" error, and if it's obvious the student knew what they
>> were doing it's completely unreasonable to give them a zero on the
>> question.
>>     
>
> Certainly having the wrong units is worth loosing a mark, but if the 
> underlying method is correct, then most of the marks should be awarded. But 
> if you cannot get the units correct at the end, you certainly shouldn't get 
> the full 100%.
>   
You wouldn't have liked the way my high school Physics teacher graded.
The answer was correct, numerically and units, or not! We spent
the first couple of weeks on units and significant digits, lessons well 
taught
and remembered! No calculators, slide rules (1973-4)

Jim
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