Lab Report Rubric

Description

Criteria

Objectives / Introduction /
Theory

Good coverage of the theories on the subject and

demonstrate the ability to relate its significance to
the experiment.
0 5: Theories are copied from the lab manual/no theories
6 10: Small amount of research is completed
11-15: Comprehensive research relevant to the topic is done

Weightage

10

The ability to report the procedures / methods in

completing the experiment.
Methodology / Procedures

Results / calculations

0-5: Procedures are copied from lab manual

6-8: Limited elaboration of the procedures of the experiment
9-10: Complete description of the procedures with figures or
other form of illustrations

Results to be presented professionally and relevant

calculations are shown. Graphs are drawn
professionally where necessary.
0- 5: Minimum presentation of results
6 -10: Basic results are shown with necessary calculations.
11-15:Further analyses of the results using graphs, tables, etc.

Demonstrate the ability of analysing the results in

an independent and critical way. In-depth
discussion is presented on the variance of the results
with theory, or the effect of the changing of any
parameters to the results. Further discussion is
presented on the improvements of the accuracy if
there is any discrepancy.

Discussions

15

15

30

0- 5: Reiteration of the results

6 -10: Discuss the analyses of the results
11-15: Discuss the graphs and tables, etc.
16-20: Provide constructive suggestions for improvement
21-25: Error analyses of the results
26-30: Comments based on the existing research literature

The ability of presenting the neat and tidy report in

the format stated.
Format / Presentation

0-5: lack of standard format, structure and incomprehensible.

6-8:basic structure and format is presented
9-10:professional report with standard format and complete
structure and presentation

10

The ability to cite the referenced authors work.

References / Citations

0: no citation, no reference.
1-2: no citation, only references
3:minimum citations and references
4-5: citations and references with correct format

The ability to draw conclusions

0-5: Provide summary of key results.
6-8: Highlight the key indication of the results
9-11: Provide suggestion for further analyses
12-15: Relevancy of the experiment to the real-life engineering
problems.

Conclusions

TOTAL

15

100

Marks
awarded