RUBRIC FOR FINAL LABORATORY REPORT

Excellent (A) Good (B) Fair (C) Poor (D)

Criteria / %wt
10 points 8.5 points 7 points 5 points
I. ABSTRACT Summarizes goal of Most information Insufficient Contains no
(SUMMARY) / 12% lab experiment of presented, but some summary of specific
exercise and its items may be what was information.
results concisely. missing. done. Few
Specific information specific results
provided. presented.
II. INTRODUCTION/12% Discusses why the Gives general Some information Provides little or
study/activity was description of the on the purpose of no information
done. Presents purpose of the activity is given on why the
background activity, but some but no activity was done.
information, with relevant background background or No background
references, relevant to information may be references information
the study/activity. missing. provided. given.
III. Concisely describes Methods generally Methods may be Most key pieces
METHODOLOGY materials & methods are well described insufficiently of information
(MATERIALS & or gives references to or referenced, but explained, or may are missing.
PROCEDURE) sources of methods items may be be described in References to
/ 12% used. Assumptions insufficiently too much detail. methods are not
well described. described or left Large gaps in provided.
out. information.
IV. DATA AND RESULTS Data are presented in Data tables are Insufficient data Raw data are
/ 12% one or more tables, presented, but some are presented, or missing. Reported
with accompanying calculations may be several errors in counts are
text to introduce the in error; some data calculations are calculated
tables. Figures are may be missing or present and incorrectly. No text
used to illustrate key figures may be distract from the to present the
comparisons or trends. insufficient. results. results. No figures
No errors in Text and/or or alternative
calculations. figures may be methods of data
missing. presentation.
V. ANALYSIS, Clearly discusses and Generally clear Limited discussion Reader can gain
INTERPRETATION interprets what discussion of results of results and very little
&CONCLUSION results mean and and conclusions, but conclusions. Little information about
/ 15% what conclusions may may miss some or no reference to why the lab
be drawn from them. points. Some use of published activity was done
Cites published references and standards or other and what the
standards or other published standards. reports. results may mean.
related articles. No reference to
other studies.
VI. REFERENCES Includes references to Appropriate Few references No references cited.
/ 12% methods, related references are are given. Style
studies, background generally present; is incorrect
sources within text; some may be and/or
list of complete incomplete or incomplete.
citations in incorrect style.
appropriate style at
the end.
VII. APPENDICES All Calculations are Computations are Calculations Computations
(detailed properly and presented well in presented have presented are not
calculations) / adequately general but some no appropriate in any way aligned
12% presented. may be incomplete connection with the correct
or have error in the with the way of calculating
results. needed results a specific value.
of the
experiment.

VIII. REPORTING Writing is free of Writing is generally Writing has some Errors are frequent
STYLE / 13% errors in grammar, error-free. Sentence errors but are not and distracting, so
punctuation, flow is generally too distracting. that it is hard to
Voice may
capitalization, and smooth and logical. understand
change
spelling. Flows Standard style is meaning. No
randomly. Flow is
smoothly. Logical generally followed. not consistently logical connection
connection of Minor errors may be smooth; appears of ideas or flow of
points. present. disjointed. sentences. Journal
paper style is not
followed.