RUBRICFORASSESSINGLABREPORTS

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Beginningorincomplete

2
Developing

3
Accomplished

4
Exemplary

Overall
Score

Abstract/Summary Several major aspects of the Abstract misses one or more Abstract references most of the Abstractcontainsreferencetoall 5

Introduction

experiment are missing, student

displaysalackofunderstanding
abouthowtowriteanabstact
Verylittlebackground
informationprovidedor
informationisincorrect

Experimental
procedure

Missingseveralimportant
experimentaldetailsornot
writteninparagraphformat

Results:
data,figures,
graphs,tables,etc.

Figures,graphs,tablescontain
errorsorarepoorlyconstructed,
havemissingtitles,captionsor
numbers,unitsmissingor
incorrect,etc.
Veryincompleteorincorrect
interpretationoftrendsand
comparisonofdataindicatinga
lackofunderstandingofresults

Discussion

Conclusions

Conclusionsmissingormissing
theimportantpoints

Spelling,grammar, Frequentgrammarand/or
sentencestructure spellingerrors,writingstyleis
Appearanceand
formatting

roughandimmature
Sectionsoutoforder,toomuch
handwrittencopy,sloppy
formatting

majoraspectsofcarryingoutthe majoraspectsoftheexperiment, majoraspectsofcarryingoutthe

experimentortheresults
someminordetailsaremissing
experimentandtheresults,well
written
Someintroductoryinformation, Introductionisnearlycomplete, Introductioncompleteandwell
10
butstillmissingsomemajor
missingsomeminorpoints
written;providesallnecessary
points
backgroundprinciplesforthe
experiment
Writteninparagraphformat,still Writteninparagraphformat,
Wellwritteninparagraphformat, 5
missingsomeimportant
importantexperimentaldetails
allexperimentaldetailsare
experimentaldetails
arecovered,someminordetails covered
missing
Mostfigures,graphs,tablesOK, Allfigures,graphs,tablesare
Allfigures,graphs,tablesare
25
somestillmissingsome
correctlydrawn,butsomehave
correctlydrawn,arenumbered
importantorrequiredfeatures
minorproblemsorcouldstillbe andcontaintitles/captions.
improved
Someoftheresultshavebeen
correctlyinterpretedand
discussed;partialbutincomplete
understandingofresultsisstill
evident
Conclusionsregardingmajor
pointsaredrawn,butmanyare
misstated,indicatingalackof
understanding
Occasionalgrammar/spelling
errors,generallyreadablewith
someroughspotsinwritingstyle
Sectionsinorder,containsthe
minimumallowableamountof
handwrittencopy,formattingis
roughbutreadable

Almostalloftheresultshave
beencorrectlyinterpretedand
discussed,onlyminor
improvementsareneeded
Allimportantconclusionshave
beendrawn,couldbebetter
stated

Allimportanttrendsanddata
25
comparisonshavebeen
interpretedcorrectlyand
discussed,goodunderstandingof
resultsisconveyed
Allimportantconclusionshave
10
beenclearlymade,studentshows
goodunderstanding

Lessthan3grammar/spelling
errors,mature,readablestyle

Allgrammar/spellingcorrectand 10
verywellwritten

Allsectionsinorder,formatting
generallygoodbutcouldstillbe
improved

Allsectionsinorder,well
formatted,veryreadable

10

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Abstract/Summary
Introduction
Experimentalprocedure
Results:data,figures,
graphs,tables,etc.
Discussion
Conclusions
Spelling,grammar,
sentencestructure
Appearanceand
formatting
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etc.