8.

Assesment (Rubric for laboratory performance)

Criteria

Beginner
1

Beginner
2

Beginner
3

I. Laboratory Skills
Manipulative
Skills

Members
do not
demonstrate
needed skills.

Members
Occasionally
demonstrate
needed skills.

Members always
demonstrate
needed skills.

Experimental Set
-up

Members
Are unable to
set-up the
materials.

Process skills

Members do
not
demonstrate
targeted
process skills.
Members do
not follow
safety
precautions.

Members are
able to set-up
the materials
with
supervision.
Members
occasionally
demonstrate
targeted process
skills.
Members follow
safety
precautions
most of the
time.

Members are
able to set-up
the materials
with minimum
supervision.
Members always
demonstrate
targeted process
skills.

Members finish
on time with
incomplete
data.

Members finish
ahead of time
with complete
data and time to
revise data.
Members are on
task and have
defined
responsibilities
at all times.
Group conflicts
are
cooperatively
managed at all
times.

Safety Precautions

II. Work Habits

Time Management
/Conduct
Experiment

Cooperative and
team work

Neatness and
orderliness

Ability to do
independent work

Members do
not finish on
time with
incomplete
data.
Members do
not know
their task and
have no
defined
responsibilitie
s.
Group
conflicts have
to be settled
by the
teacher.
Messy
workplace
during and
after the
experiment.
Members
require
supervision
by teacher.

Members have
defined
responsibilities
most of the
time. Group
conflicts are
cooperatively
managed most
the time.

Clean and
orderly
workplace with
occasional mess
during and after
the experiment.
Members
require
occasional
supervision by
the teacher.

Members follow
safety
precautions at
all times.

Clean and
orderly
workplace at all
times during
and after the
experiment.
Members do not
need to be
supervised by
the teacher.

Score

Other comments/observations:

Total Score
Rating =
(Total score /
24)
X50 + 50%