Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

The National Engineering University
Alangilan Campus
Golden Country Homes, Alangilan Batangas City, Batangas, Philippines 4200
Tel Nos.: (+63 43) 425-0139 local 2121 / 2221
E-mail Address: [email protected] | Website Address: http://www.batstate-u.edu.ph

College of Engineering – Department of Chemical Engineering

According to Heidi Goodrich a rubric is “a scoring tool that lists the criteria for a piece of work or
‘what counts.” Rubrics can be used to evaluate any type of student work, including oral presentations,
written reports, and web pages. Carl Wenning of Illinois State University expands the definition of rubrics
by explaining, “Rubric grading is criterion based. That is, the rubric contains criteria for acceptable
performance that are meaningful, clear, concise, unambiguous, and credible -- thus ensuring interrater (sic)
reliability.”
The rubrics documented here show a wide variety of criteria to evaluate student work. Laboratory
Reports are expected to give detail not only on the report structure, but also the report’s content.

Rubrics for Laboratory Reports

Category Excellent (25 pts) Good (20 pts) Fair (15 pts) Poor (10 pts) Fail (0 pt) Score Grade

Clear background Background Very little or no

Contains
information based on a information is not background
background No
Introduction & thorough literature search. complete and lacks information. No “in
information but is submission/
Objectives Uses proper “in text” proper “in text” text” citations.
not complete. The No effort
(15%) citations. Includes a rationale citations. The Unrelated or
hypothesis is exhibited
for the study along with a hypothesis is not plagiarized
partially stated.
hypothesis. clearly stated. introduction.
Contains a complete list of One or more
the experimental procedures. relevant pieces of Misses several
Steps taken during the lab information are components of the
are easy to follow in a missing. The section experimental Procedural steps are No
Materials and paragraph form. The section is not very well- procedures. There is a incorrect, illogical, submission/
Methods (20%) is organized in a way that the organized Use of lack of organization unrelated or No effort
reader understands the first person or and there is not proper plagiarized. exhibited
logical flow of the lab. improper use of verb use of grammar
Proper use of third person tense appears in part standards.
and past tense. of the text.
Key results are presented in
Misses several key
an orderly and logical
results. Figures lack Major results are not
sequence using both text and One or more key
proper identification in included. Figures and
illustrative materials (Tables results are missing. No
Data Analysis & the Y and X axis. tables are poorly
and Figures). All the Figures and tables submission/
Discussion Tables have missing constructed or not
relevant information are present but No effort
(25%) titles. The text doesn’t present. There is
obtained in the experiment is contain minor exhibited
follow the sequence of evidence of
included. All calculations are errors.
the tables and/or plagiarism.
provided in a logical manner
figures.
using proper units
Proper interpretation of
results. Summarizes data Interpretation of
used to draw conclusion results is presented.
Misses the Very poor
Discusses applications or However, there is a
interpretation of key interpretation of the No
real life situations Addresses disconnection
Conclusion results. There is little results. No connection submission/
hypothesis and cites sources between the
(25%) connection between between discussion No effort
of errors Connects the discussion and the
the discussion and the and introduction. exhibited
conclusion with the testable hypothesis
introduction. Evidence of plagiarism
introduction by way of the identified in the
stated hypothesis and introduction.
literature cited.
Provides a complete list of
Most but not all “in
the “in text” references Misses several No
text” references are Most references are
Literature Cited provide in the test of the references or doesn’t submission/
provided. Some not included and/or the
(5%) paper. Uses the correct stile adhere to the correct No effort
inconsistency on the stile used is incorrect.
(i.e. APA, MLA) for stile exhibited
stile used is evident.
citations
Lab report submitted as
No
Report format directed, and on time. Minor errors in
Directions were not Directions were not submission/
and quality Directions were followed, format or procedures
explicitly followed. followed. No effort
(10%) questions were answered were encountered.
exhibited
correctly.

Total

Leading Innovations, Transforming Lives, Building the Nation