Rubric for Evaluation of Lab Exercise

Attribute

1 - Not Acceptable

2 - Below Expectations

3 - Meets Expectations

4 - Exceeds Expectations

Score

Equipment use

 

 

 

 

 

Understanding of equipment operation and limitations

Equipment used in a fundamentally wrong manner

Some conceptual errors in usage of equipment

Equipment used properly

Innovative and proper usage of equipment

Usage of equipment in a manner that does not endanger it or circuits connected to it

Damage to circuits or equipment due to improper usage

Some risk to circuits or equipment due to improper usage

Equipment usage safe for both circuits and equipment

Safety precautions above requirements used

 

Setup of circuit and equipment

Apparatus set up in a non-functional manner

Apparatus set up will cause data errors

Apparatus properly set up

Apparatus enhanced for better precision

 

Lab report

 

 

 

 

 

Reports detailed enough to allow duplication of results by another

Errors in documentation of apparatus

Error in documentation of procedures

Documentation complete and correct

Report warns of difficulties and gives alternatives

 

Reports logically coherent and sequential

Conditions for data and/or graphs not stated. Unclear report

All data present, but not in sequence. Must search for items

Data presented clearly following each procedure

Data presented clearly along with excellent narrative

 

Reports include all required data

Required data not taken or not reported

Data points poorly chosen or missing

All required data taken and reported

Measurements beyond requirements made and reported

 

Critical evaluation of findings

Blind acceptance of clearly defective results

Recognizes defective results but does not know what to do

Recognizes defective results and figures out the cause

Recognizes defective results and eliminates the cause

 

Correct data reduction

Data not reduced

Data reduced improperly or incompletely

Data reduced correctly

Extra data taken and reduced correctly

 

Ability to recognize main sources of error

Not understood

Errors in understanding

Clear understanding

 

Correlation between data and theory

Not done

Done poorly or incompletely

Complete and done well

Qualitative accounting for differences

 

Ability to draw proper conclusions from lab

Conclusions not drawn

Incorrect conclusions drawn

Correct conclusions drawn

Correct conclusions cor-related to other material

 

Spelling and grammar

Many errors

Several errors

No more than two errors

No errors

Computer use

 

 

 

 

 

For data analysis

Not done

Done incorrectly

Done correctly and completely

 

For data presentation

Not done

Done incorrectly

Done correctly and completely

 

For locating resources that lab may require

Not done

Done incorrectly

Done correctly and completely