Rubric for Independent Project Lab
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Abstract |
Clearly and concisely written, includes a title that reflects content, includes the objective of study, hypothesis, methods, results & conclusion |
20 pts |
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Includes all the elements listed above but is not concisely written (that is too long) |
15 pts |
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Is missing one or two of the above elements, but is concisely and well written. |
10 pts |
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Does not follow the abstract format, but contains some of the information. Writing needs some improvement. |
5 pts |
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No abstract present, or does not follow format and is poorly written |
0 pts |
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Introduction |
Provides excellent background information; quotes sources, states the objective and expands on the value of study; states the question and hypothesis. Is well written. |
20 pts |
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Provides good background information; quotes sources, states the objective but does not expand on the value of study, states the question and hypothesis. Is well written. |
15 pts |
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Provides weak background information; sources are not quoted properly, does not expand on value of study; objective, question and hypothesis are present, but writing is weak. |
10 pts |
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Missing two or more of the elements of an Introduction; writing is weak . |
5 pts |
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Unclear and missing parts of an introduction; does not quote sources |
0 pts |
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Materials & Methods |
Clearly presents the experimental design; states what the independent variable, control and dependent (s) variable(s) are. Provides a detailed description of both the materials and methods used. A reader could replicate the experiment after reading this section. |
20 pts |
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Clearly presents the experimental design including variables, but the methods are not well defined and materials used are not described in detail. |
15 pts |
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Experimental design is not clear. Variables are stated, but the methods are not stated or materials used are not described in detail. |
10 pts |
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Experimental design unclear; methods are not clearly presented and materials used are not describe in detail. |
5 pts |
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Unclear experimental setup; unclear methods |
0 pts |
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Data & Data Analysis |
Displays data in an organized professional manner, that is graphs, charts & Illustrations. Graphs and Charts are labeled and have captions explaining them. Illustrations have captions explaining them. Data analysis and interpretation is clear. Variation is considered as well as means. Interpretation of data is accurate. |
20 pts |
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Graphs and charts are present but they are not labeled or do not have captions. Data analysis and interpretation of results is clear and accurate. |
15 pts |
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Graphs and Charts are not clear and do not have labels or captions. Data analysis and interpretation of results are clear and accurate. |
10 pts |
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Graphs and charts are not clear do not have labels and captions. Data analysis and interpretation of results are unclear or inaccurate. |
5 pts |
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No graphs, charts, or illustrations that show the data taken. Interpretation of results is weak. |
0 pts |
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Conclusion & Discussion |
States if the hypothesis is supported or rejected. Discusses why the hypothesis is supported or rejected using the data analysis as evidence. Discusses what the results mean and why they are important. Discusses any problems that may have altered the results. Suggests future questions for research on this topic. |
20 pts |
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States if the hypothesis is supported or rejected, but does not use the data to explain. Discusses what the results mean in an unclear manner. Does not point out sources of error. Gives questions for future studies. |
15 pts |
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States if the hypothesis is supported or rejected, but does not use the data to explain. Does not discuss what the results means. Does not point out sources of error, but does give questions for future studies. |
10 pts |
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States if the hypothesis is supported or rejected, but does not use data to explain. Does not discuss what the results mean. Does not point out sources of errors or does not give future study questions. Writing is unclear. |
5 pts |
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Conclusion on hypothesis given, but very little discussion. Sources of error and future study questions not valid. Writing is unclear. |
0 pts |
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