DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

LABORATORY COURSE RUBRICS

Civil Engineering Laboratory 1 (VEB2082)

Group No. : __________________________ Semester: ______________________
Cluster : Civil Engineering Materials/Geotechnical Engineering/Light Structure

Taxonomy Level C1, C2 (Low) C3, C4 (Medium) C5, C6 (High)

Marks
Criteria Poor Acceptable Excellent
A. Appearance, formatting Limited Demonstrate usage Mastery of tools
and grammar/ Sections out of order, sloppy Sections in order, formatting is All sections in order, well-
Spelling formatting. Frequent grammar rough but readable. Occasional formatted, very readable. All
(5%) and/or spelling errors, writing grammar/spelling errors, grammar/spelling correct
style is rough and immature. generally readable with some and very well written.
rough spots in writing style.
(<2) (2 to < 3.25) (3.25 to 5)
No relevancy Some relevancy All relevant contents
No background information Some introductory information, Introduction complete and
B. Introduction and provided or information is but still missing some major well-written; provides all
objective incorrect. Objectives are not points. Objectives are not clearly necessary background
(15%) stated. stated. principles for the experiment.
Objectives are clearly stated.
(<6) (6 to < 9.75) (9.75 to 15)
Inadequate Sufficient Accomplished
Procedure is missing altogether, Procedure is mostly copied from Procedure is a summary of
or missing important steps. the lab description, with little each of the steps taken in
C. Procedure
attempt at brevity. completing the lab. It is NOT
(15%)
an exhaustive description
containing minute detail.
(<6) (6 to < 9.75) (9.75 to 15)
Unorganized Fairly organized Well organized
Figures, graphs, tables contain Most data, figures, graphs, tables All data, figures, graphs,
D. Results: data,
errors or are poorly constructed, are presented, some still missing tables are correctly drawn,
figures, graphs,
have missing titles, captions or important or required features. are numbered and contain
tables, etc.
numbers, units missing or titles/captions.
(25%)
incorrect, etc
(<10). (10 to < 16.25) (16.25 to 25)
Inadequate Sufficient Accomplished
Very incomplete or incorrect Some of the results have been All important trends and
interpretation of trends and correctly interpreted and data comparisons have been
E. Discussion comparison of data indicating a discussed; partial but incomplete interpreted correctly and
(30%) lack of understanding of results. understanding of results is still discussed; good
evident. understanding of results is
conveyed.
(<12) (12 to < 19.5) (19.5 to 30)
Inadequate Sufficient Accomplished
Conclusion is missing, or is in Conclusion is present, and does The conclusion succinctly
conflict with the student’s not conflict with the student’s describes what can be
experimental results. experimental findings, but fails to concluded from the
F. Conclusions
address the theoretical basis for experimental results. It is
(10%)
the lab. aligned with well-written
objectives at the beginning
of the lab.
(<4) (4 to < 6.5) (6.5 to 10)

/100

Course Learning Outcomes:

 CLO1: Able to perform laboratory experiment in the field of structure, geotechnical
engineering and construction materials
 CLO2: Able to analyse, interpret and relate experimental data with fundamental theory.
 CLO3: Able to produce laboratory report