2015 Summer Assessment Institute, Rubrics DRAFT Rubric for Biodiversity and Evolution Lab Reports Criteria Exemplary Proficient Developing Not Addressed 3 2 1 0 POINTS Title, authorship Title is concise and Title Title is same as lab No title clearly conveys the manual exercise purpose of the research Authors name No name on provided Introduction Background Background is Background Information provided No provided that clearly relevant, but not was related to project, background explains the clearly described or but not relevant OR provided importance of definition not clear definition with errors research and defines the central concept Purpose Clear description of Purpose had to be Purpose misunderstood No attempt to purpose; student inferred, not clearly define purpose clearly understood stated why we did the experiment Hypothesis A hypothesis is Hypothesis Hypothesis had to be No hypothesis clearly stated and provided but not inferred testable with the clear or not testable data collected in this lab Predictions Predictions are Predictions alluded Predictions not clearly No predictions clearly stated, to but not clearly following from measurable by stated hypothesis or not study, and testable appropriate for testing hypothesis Materials and Methods Materials All materials are Important Materials used are No attempt to listed accurately materials are left mentioned, but poorly provide list of out identified or list far from materials complete Setting Date, persons One-two important Setting inaccurate or No setting for involved, location items missing poorly described research are provided Procedure Sufficiently clear Procedure missing Minimal effort at No description and precise that some elements OR describing procedure of procedure another person could overly wordy; can’t replicate your work tell what is most important
2015 Summer Assessment Institute, Rubrics DRAFT Rubric for Biodiversity and Evolution Lab Reports Criteria Exemplary Proficient Developing Not Addressed POINTS 3 2 1 0 Title, authorship Title is concise and clearly conveys the purpose of the research Title Title is same as lab manual exercise No title Authors name provided No name on Introduction Background Background is provided that clearly explains the importance of research and defines the central concept Background relevant, but not clearly described or definition not clear Information provided was related to project, but not relevant OR definition with errors No background provided Purpose Clear description of purpose; student clearly understood why we did the experiment Purpose had to be inferred, not clearly stated Purpose misunderstood No attempt to define purpose Hypothesis A hypothesis is clearly stated and testable with the data collected Hypothesis provided but not clear or not testable in this lab Hypothesis had to be inferred No hypothesis Predictions Predictions are clearly stated, measurable by study, and appropriate for testing hypothesis Predictions alluded to but not clearly stated Predictions not clearly following from hypothesis or not testable No predictions Materials and Methods Materials All materials are listed accurately Important materials are left out Materials used are mentioned, but poorly identified or list far from complete No attempt to provide list of materials Setting Date, persons involved, location are provided One-two important items missing Setting inaccurate or poorly described No setting for research Procedure Sufficiently clear and precise that another person could replicate your work Procedure missing some elements OR overly wordy; can’t tell what is most important Minimal effort at describing procedure No description of procedure
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