Department of Engineering (DOEN)

LAB REPORT ASSESSMENT RUBRIC

Student Name : _____________________________

ID number : _____________________

Items

Unacceptable

Satisfactory

Moderate

Good

Excellent

Score

Introduction/
Background

No introduction/
background
stated

Introduction/
background are
irrelevent or are not
appropriate to the
experiment

Introduction/ background
miss at least one important
consideration.

introduction /background
are listed, important
experimental details are
covered, some minor
details missing

introduction /background
fully addressed .

Material &
Methodology

No material &
procedures are
listed.

Material & procedures

do not accurately list
the steps of the
experiment

Material & procedures are

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

Material & procedures

are listed, important
experimental details are
covered, some minor
details missing

Material & procedures

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.

Total Mark
Final Score (%)

Name of Assessor: ______________________

= (Total Marks /24)*10

Signature: _______________________

Score