RUBRIC FOR LABORATORY REPORT

Course: Section: ______________ Date: ____________________

Exp. No. ____ Title: Group No.: _________

Attribute 1-Not Acceptable 2- Below Expectation 3- Meets Expectation 4-Above Expectation 5-Beyond Expectation Score
LABORATORY REPORT
No introduction is Background is vague Background Background Background information
presented. or brief, hypothesis is information is vague information is is researched and cited.
vague, or background or brief. Hypothesis is researched and cited. Hypothesis is stated in
Abstract and or hypothesis is stated but not Hypothesis is stated “If…then…” format and
Introduction missing. explained and not in but not explained and explained.
“If…then…” format not in “If…then…”
format

No materials or Doesn’t provide Materials are Materials are Materials and

methods described. enough information to mentioned but without mentioned but without amounts are
Methods and represent an amounts. Steps are amounts. Steps are identified. Steps are
Material experimental vague but in easy to follow and in easy to follow and in
procedure. paragraph form. paragraph form. paragraph form.

No data reported. Data is brief and Two components of One component of Data is complete and
missing significant data incomplete or data incomplete: relevant. Tables are
pieces of information. one missing: ___Tables easy to read and units
___Tables ___Graphs are provided. Graphs
Results and
___Graphs ___Questions are labeled and show
Discussion
___Questions trends. Questions are
answered completely
and correctly.

No conclusion present. Conclusion is brief and Two components of One component of Conclusion summarizes
is missing significant conclusion missing: conclusion missing: experiment, cites data,
pieces of information. ___Summary ___Summary addresses hypothesis,
Conclusion ___Data ___Data and cites sources of
___Hypothesis ___Hypothesis error.
___Errors ___Errors

No attention to detail Report contains many Report is somewhat Report is well Report is well organized
evident. errors. organized with some organized and and cohesive and
spelling or cohesive but contains contains no mechanical
Report Quality
grammatical errors. some spelling or errors. Presentation
grammatical errors seems polished.