Department of Biology
ESC 350
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Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada N2L 3G1
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Biology Work Term Report Rubric |
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Student’s Name |
ID No. |
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Evaluated by |
Date |
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Room and ext. |
Section 1: Front Materials (*items are mandatory) |
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Criteria |
Satisfactory |
Unsatisfactory(if 2 selected = resubmit)† |
Resubmit(if 1 selected = resubmit) |
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*Front Cover |
Included |
Missing entirely. |
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*Letter of Submittal (incl. Declaration) |
Addressed correctly and is signed. |
Incomplete. |
Missing entirely. |
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*Title Page |
Presented and formatted correctly. |
Incomplete or not formatted correctly. |
Missing entirely. |
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*Table of Contents
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Presented, formatted correctly and matches content. |
Incomplete, not formatted correctly, or not matching content. |
Missing entirely. |
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*Table Headers/Figure Legends |
Includes correct table #/figure # in the correct location, meaningful title, succinct description and cite source(s) (if applicable). |
Missing an element or in an incorrect location. |
No table header(s)/ figure legend(s) and/or unnecessary tables/figures in the report. |
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Section 2: Structure (*items are mandatory) |
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Criteria |
Satisfactory |
Unsatisfactory(if 2 selected = resubmit)† |
Resubmit(if 1 selected = resubmit) |
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*Summary contains:
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Complete, clear, well-organized summary of the 3 elements. |
Summary contains 2 out of 3 elements OR at least 2 elements require elaboration. |
Summary doesn’t follow required format. Missing 2 or more required elements. |
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*Conclusions (and Recommendations – based on student’s analysis and address key points or questions of the report) |
Conclusions highlight key points of the report, succinct, relevant and insightful; meets all expectations. |
Conclusions mainly based on analysis, conclusions may be wordy, repetitive or lack detail. |
Conclusions are not drawn from analysis, may be wordy or illogical. |
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Section 3: Body of Report (*items are mandatory) |
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Criteria |
Satisfactory |
Unsatisfactory(if 2 selected = resubmit)† |
Resubmit(if 1 selected = resubmit) |
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*Background |
In-depth description of the nature of the work and importance of the topic. Current peer-reviewed references used. |
General background on the nature of the work but does not state importance. Lack of depth or quality of background material. |
No description or background information included. |
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Objectives |
Detailed and clear objectives, may include hypothesis where appropriate |
Objectives and/or hypothesis (where appropriate) were unclear |
No objective and/or hypothesis (where appropriate) discussed in the report. |
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Methods (include applicable research and/or literature search methods) |
Detailed methods for experimental and/or analytical procedures reported. |
Methods are incomplete and/or vague in the report. |
No methods presented in the report for experiments conducted. |
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Results and Discussion |
Detailed results and discussion presented in the report. |
Results and discussion lack detail. |
No results or discussion presented. |
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Critical Analysis
(based on literature or analysis or raw data) |
A detailed statistical, quantitative and/or qualitative analysis presented in the report. |
Statistical, quantitative and/or qualitative analysis lack detail. |
No statistical, quantitative and/or qualitative analysis presented. |
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Section 4: Quality of Writing (*items are mandatory) |
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Criteria |
Satisfactory |
Unsatisfactory(if 2 selected = resubmit)† |
Resubmit(if 1 selected = resubmit) |
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Spelling |
Less than one error per page. |
More than one error per page on average. |
More than two errors per page on average. |
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Grammar/Punctuation |
Virtually flawless grammar. Virtually flawless, varied, and effective punctuation. |
Fewer than 5 major errors. Simple punctuation, inconsistent use of commas in compound and complex sentences, missing hyphens; mixed tenses. |
5-9 major errors. 3 or more comma splices or misused colons and/or semicolons. |
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Style |
Appropriate use of language, including appropriate and consistent tone; no contractions or use of jargon. |
1-4 contractions or instances of inappropriate tone or use of jargon. |
5 or more contractions or instances of inappropriate tone or use of jargon. |
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3 Cs: Clarity, Coherence, Conciseness |
Only minor issues; very well written |
Fewer than 5 instances of major problems. |
More than 5 instances of major problems. |
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*References
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Consistent style and format, follows APA style, appropriate quality of references. |
Inconsistent style, format or low quality of references. |
Inadequate in-text citations and/or does not follow APA style and/or format inconsistent. |
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†Work report to be resubmitted if two “unsatisfactory” criteria selected within one section.
Biology Work-Term Report Rubric (PDF)