I had a similar experience in high school, a million years ago, in the early 60s. Back then, it was slide rules. Bill Schmidt (RIP), my chemistry teacher, gave 95% credit for setting up the problem correctly, 5% for working out the answer. He wanted us to think through the logic. He believed any monkey could work the slide rule. The result (not unrelatd, IMHO) was that chemistry was far and away my best grade on the New York State regents exam.
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I had a similar experience in high school, a million years ago, in the early 60s. Back then, it was slide rules. Bill Schmidt (RIP), my chemistry teacher, gave 95% credit for setting up the problem correctly, 5% for working out the answer. He wanted us to think through the logic. He believed any monkey could work the slide rule. The result (not unrelatd, IMHO) was that chemistry was far and away my best grade on the New York State regents exam.