Department of Engineering (DOEN)

LAB REPORT ASSESSMENT RUBRIC

Student Name : _____________________________

Items
Score

Unacceptable
0

Satisfactory
1

ID number : _____________________

Moderate
2

Good
3

Excellent
4

Safety
measure/
Precaution

No precaution are
listed.

Precaution are
irrelevant or are not
appropriate to the
experiment

Precaution miss at least one

important consideration; will
result in some risk to student
safety if not revised

All major precautions

are adequately
addressed; procedures
adopted are likely to
produce a safe
experiment

Precaution fully
addressed .

Timeliness

Report handed in
more than three
days late.

Report handed in
more
than two days late

Up to one day late

Up to one hour late

Report handed in time

Experimental
procedures

No procedures are
listed.

Procedures do not
accurately list the
steps of the
experiment

Procedures are listed, but

seem missing some
information,some steps are
not numbered and/or are in
incomplete sentences.

Procedures are listed,

important experimental
details are covered,
some minor details
missing

Procedured are listed in

clear steps; each step is
numbered and in a
complete sentence.

Result: data,
figures,
graphs,
tables, etc.

No figures,
graphs, tables are
provided.

Figures, graphs,
tables contain errors
or are poorly
constructed, have
missing titles, captions
or numbers, units
missing or incorrect,
etc.

Most figures, graphs, tables

OK, some still missing some
important or required
features

All figures, graphs,

tables are correctly
drawn, but some have
minor problems or could
still be improved

All figures, graphs,

tables are correctly
drawn, are numbered
and contain
titles/captions.

Discussion/
Observation

Incomplete or
incorrect
interpretation of
trends and
comparison of
data.

Very incomplete or
incorrect interpretation
of trends and
comparison of data
indicating a lack of
understanding of
results

Some of the results have

been correctly interpreted
and discussed; partial but
incomplete understanding of
results is still evident

Almost all of the results

have been correctly
interpreted and
discussed, only minor
improvements are
needed

All important trends and

data comparisons have
been interpreted
correctly and discussed,
good understanding of
results is conveyed

Conclusion

Incomplete or
incorrect
conclusion.

Conclusions missing
or missing the
important points

Conclusions regarding major

points are drawn, but many
are misstated, indicating a
lack of understanding

All important
conclusions have been
drawn, could be better
stated

All important
conclusions have been
clearly made, student
shows good
understanding

Appearance
and
formatting

Appearance and
formatting totally
inappropriate.

Sections out of order,

report is not
typed/written using the
appropriate format

Sections in order, formatting

is rough but readable

Lab report is mostly

typed/written using the
appropriate format, all
sections in order,
formatting generally
good but could still be
improved

Lab report is
typed/written
in well-formatted, very
readable.

Spelling,
grammar,
sentence
structure

Grammar/spelling
error,
writing style is
rough and
immature.

Frequent grammar
and/or spelling errors.

Occasional
grammar/spelling errors,
generally readable with
some rough spots in writing
style

Less than 3
grammar/spelling errors,
mature, readable style

All grammar/spelling
correct and very wellwritten

Total Mark
Final Score (%)

Name of Assessor: ______________________

= (Total Marks /32)*10

Signature: _______________________

Score