Scientific Report Rubric

Total
Criteria Excellent Good Satisfactory Needs Improvement Unsatisfactory
Points
Background information is Background information is
Provides comprehensive Provides sufficient Introduction is
Introduction minimal; research lacking; research
background; clearly states background; research missing or
and Objectives question/hypothesis and question/hypothesis and
research question/hypothesis question/hypothesis and completely
(15%) objectives are somewhat objectives are unclear or
and objectives. objectives are mostly clear. inadequate.
unclear. missing.
Methods are detailed and
Methods are mostly detailed Methods are described but Methods are vague or Methods section is
appropriate for the research
and appropriate; some lack detail or clarity; inappropriate; materials and missing or
Methods (15%) question; materials and
aspects of materials and materials and procedures are procedures are inadequately completely
procedures are clearly
procedures could be clearer. not fully explained. described. inadequate.
described.
Results are presented clearly Results presentation is
Results are mostly clear with Results are poorly presented; Results section is
with well-labelled tables, somewhat unclear; tables,
good tables, figures, and tables, figures, or graphs are missing or
Results (20%) figures, and graphs; data figures, or graphs are not
graphs; data analysis is unclear or missing; data completely
analysis is thorough and fully labelled or data analysis
mostly accurate. analysis is flawed. inadequate.
accurate. is incomplete.
Interpretation of results is
Results interpretation is Results interpretation is
Results are interpreted clearly; unclear or incomplete; Discussion section
mostly clear; significance is lacking; significance is not
Discussion significance is well-discussed; significance is minimally is missing or
discussed; limitations and discussed; limitations and
(20%) limitations and future work are discussed; limitations and completely
future work are somewhat future work are not
addressed. future work are inadequately inadequate.
addressed. addressed.
addressed.
Conclusion is
Conclusion summarizes Conclusion summarizes most Conclusion is somewhat Conclusion is vague or
Conclusion missing or
findings effectively; implications findings; implications are unclear; implications are not incomplete; implications are
(10%) completely
are clearly discussed. mostly clear. fully discussed. not discussed.
inadequate.
Some sources are cited References are
Most sources are correctly Many sources are cited
References All sources are correctly and correctly; several missing or
cited; minor inconsistencies in incorrectly; citation style is
(5%) consistently cited. inconsistencies in citation completely
citation style. largely inconsistent.
style. inadequate.
Writing Quality Report is well-organized, clear, Report is somewhat
Report is mostly organized Report is poorly organized; Report is missing or
and and concise; free of disorganized; some
and clear; few grammatical frequent grammatical errors; completely unclear
Presentation grammatical errors and grammatical errors; style
errors and appropriate style. inappropriate style. and disorganized.
(15%) appropriately styled. needs improvement.