Appendix 2.

Zebrafish Fin Regeneration Lab Report Grading Rubric

		Exemplary (100%)	Meets Expectations (85%)	Developing/Beginning (70%)	unacceptable (50%)
Abstract 10 pts	Content	States experimental question (objective), the methods, and the results within the word limit	States in general terms the topic and results without methods	Discusses the experiment in general terms but lacks defined objective, methods, and or result	abstract missing
	Form	Accurate sentence structure and punctuation	Minimal grammatical errors <5	Several (5+) grammatical errors	missing
Introduction 25 pts	Content	Complete introduction to topic and use of the required 3 primary literature references	Lacking one major topic required and only 2 primary literature sources	Missing 2 topics explaining your experiment and only 1 primary literature source	missing more than 3 req'd topics and no primary literature sources
	Form	Well written, <5 grammatical structure errors all in text citations; formatted correctly	<5 Grammatical errors in text citation errors	>5 Grammatical errors, in text citation errors or missing citations	poorly written, numerous grammatical errors, missing citations
Materials & Methods 10 pts	Content	Each method described and listed with appropriate subheading List of materials included	Missing one technique /method or list of materials appropriate section headings used	Missing both a technique/method and the materials list	missing numerous methods and list of materials
Results & Discussion 40 pts	Content	1. Contains all required graphs, images, or data tables	1. Missing one graph or data table	1. Lack of discussion of more than 1 data set within text	results are merely pages of data graphs/figures attached and not discussed
		2. Each figure/graph/table accurately relays the result	2. One graph/table or figure is not compiled in a manner that reflects the conclusion being drawn	2. Missing more than 1 table/graph/ figure
		3. Every figure/graph or table is described and discussed in the text body grammatically sound	3. Missing discussion of 1 data set in text body few (<5) grammatical errors	3. No direct discussion about specific figures, all the discussion is in general terms not “walking” reader through the experiment Few (<5) grammatical errors
	Form	All graphs/tables/figure and text boxes are placed in text with wrapping and located near point of discussion	Some text wrapping and inclusion of figures etc within text body	No attempt to incorporate figure etc into text body Ie, all attached as separate pages at end of text	narrative discussion missing
Conclusion 10 pts	Content	Concise description of what was examined, the result, and at least one idea about future work in this area	Concise overall summary of the work presented but lacking in development of “future” work idea	Summary lacking at least one major outcome of the experiment and no foresight or creative idea of a future experiment	poorly written, no summary of major findings, lack of “next step”
	Form	Concise/well written; no grammatical errors	<5 Grammatical errors	>5 Grammatical errors	no conclusion comments
References 5 pts	Content	All in text citations listed	Missing one in text source	Missing more than one source from text body	no reference section
	Form	All citations follow CSE/CBE guidelines	One format error in citations	More than one format error	no reference section