RUBRICFORASSESSINGLABREPORTS

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NOTE:itisassumedthatalllabreportswillbewordprocessed

1 2
Beginningorincomplete
Abstract/Summary Several major aspects of the Abstract misses one or more Abstract references most of the Abstractcontainsreferencetoall
experiment are missing, student
displaysalackofunderstanding
abouthowtowriteanabstact
Introduction Verylittlebackground
informationprovidedor
informationisincorrect
Experimental Missingseveralimportant
procedure experimentaldetailsornot
writteninparagraphformat
Results: Figures,graphs,tablescontain
data,figures, errorsorarepoorlyconstructed,
havemissingtitles,captionsor
graphs,tables,etc.
numbers,unitsmissingor
incorrect,etc.
Discussion Veryincompleteorincorrect
interpretationoftrendsand
comparisonofdataindicatinga
lackofunderstandingofresults
Conclusions Conclusionsmissingormissing
theimportantpoints
Spelling,grammar, Frequentgrammarand/or
sentencestructure spellingerrors,writingstyleis
roughandimmature
Appearanceand Sectionsoutoforder,toomuch
formatting handwrittencopy,sloppy
formatting
3 4
Developing Accomplished Exemplary Score
majoraspectsofcarryingoutthe majoraspectsoftheexperiment, majoraspectsofcarryingoutthe
experimentortheresults someminordetailsaremissing experimentandtheresults,well
written
Someintroductoryinformation, Introductionisnearlycomplete, Introductioncompleteandwell
butstillmissingsomemajor missingsomeminorpoints written;providesallnecessary
points backgroundprinciplesforthe
experiment
Writteninparagraphformat,still Writteninparagraphformat, Wellwritteninparagraphformat,
missingsomeimportant importantexperimentaldetails allexperimentaldetailsare
experimentaldetails arecovered,someminordetails covered
missing
Mostfigures,graphs,tablesOK, Allfigures,graphs,tablesare Allfigures,graphs,tablesare
somestillmissingsome correctlydrawn,butsomehave correctlydrawn,arenumbered
importantorrequiredfeatures minorproblemsorcouldstillbe andcontaintitles/captions.
improved
Someoftheresultshavebeen Almostalloftheresultshave Allimportanttrendsanddata
correctlyinterpretedand beencorrectlyinterpretedand comparisonshavebeen
discussed;partialbutincomplete discussed,onlyminor interpretedcorrectlyand
understandingofresultsisstill improvementsareneeded discussed,goodunderstandingof
evident resultsisconveyed
Conclusionsregardingmajor Allimportantconclusionshave Allimportantconclusionshave
pointsaredrawn,butmanyare beendrawn,couldbebetter beenclearlymade,studentshows
misstated,indicatingalackof stated goodunderstanding
understanding
Occasionalgrammar/spelling Lessthan3grammar/spelling Allgrammar/spellingcorrectand
errors,generallyreadablewith errors,mature,readablestyle verywellwritten
someroughspotsinwritingstyle
Sectionsinorder,containsthe Allsectionsinorder,formatting Allsectionsinorder,well
minimumallowableamountof generallygoodbutcouldstillbe formatted,veryreadable
handwrittencopy,formattingis improved
roughbutreadable
 LabReportRubric
AssessmentDataReportFormat

TitleofLab:________________________

Submitonespreadsheetforeachlabreport,andonesummaryspreadsheetcontainingthetotalsfortheentiresemester

Students
Itemfromrubric 1 2 3 etc. Average %ofstudentswith3or4
Abstract/Summary
Introduction
Experimentalprocedure
Results:data,figures,
graphs,tables,etc.
Discussion
Conclusions
Spelling,grammar,
sentencestructure
Appearanceand
formatting
TOTALforeach
student
 Exam/HomeworkProblemsforABETAssessment
DataReportFormat
SubmitonespreadsheetforeachABEToutcome

ABETOutcomebeingassessed:_____________________________________________________________________

Item Student1 Student2 Student3 etc. %ofstudentanswering

correctly
*Exam1,problem2 1** 0** 1**
*Exam2,problem4
etc.
*Homework1,problem2
*Homework2,problem4
etc.
%correctforeachstudent Overall%correcthere

*Includeabriefdescriptionofwhateachitemisintendedtotest,i.e.Structurepropertyrelationships,glasstransition.

**Assign1ifproblemisessentiallycorrect,assign0ifnotcorrect.