The grading sheet included here is used by an engineering professor to evaluate the lab reports written by students in his Principles of Environmental Engineering lab course. One of the labs in that course requires students to evaluate the efficiencies of several wastewater-treatment strategies and then determine whether the strategies can meet or exceed proposed discharge-effluent limits. The questions below ask you to consider the grading sheet based on the discussion of lab reports in this chapter.
| Total: /100 | Student Names: | |
| Points Earned | Points Possible | Report Section |
| 2 | Cover (1) and title page (1) | |
| 10 | Abstract, including the following: | |
| Problem statement (3) | ||
| Methods used (2) | ||
| Results (2) | ||
| Conclusions/Recommendations (3) | ||
| 6 | Indexes (generated by the software), including the following: | |
| Table of Contents (2) | ||
| List of Figures (2) | ||
| List of Tables (2) | ||
| 12 | Summary, including the following: | |
| Evaluation of results (6) | ||
| Answers to questions that management would be concerned with (6) | ||
| 10 | Introduction, including the following: | |
| Background information (2) | ||
| Problem/purpose statement (2) | ||
| Plan/procedures for testing; outline for selection/solution (2) | ||
| Description of rest of report (2) | ||
| Definition of terms/limitations/assumptions (2) | ||
| 5 | Procedures correctly name the tests and reference the procedures. | |
| 10 | Results summarize final results in paragraph form and include tables or graphs as appropriate. Results reference raw data and all example calculations. | |
| 10 | Discussion correctly interprets results and discusses their meanings; correctly discusses acceptable/typical/reasonable ranges and explains unexpected results. | |
| 5 | References (complete and correctly using CSE style) | |
| 10 | Appendixes | |
| 10 | Sample calculations presented accurately (5 each) | |
| 10 | Writing skill and format: | |
| Correct spelling and grammar (4) | ||
| Consistency of headings, capitalization, bolding, italicization, table and graph appearance, etc. (2) | ||
| Correct numbering and titling of tables (2) | ||
| Correct numbering, titling, and design of graphs (axes labeled correctly, clear legends) (2) | ||
| 100 | TOTAL POINTS | |