Report marking scheme
Element
Comments
Mark (%)
Organisation
Following sections must be included
Abstract, Risk assessment, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion,
Conclusion, and References
The report should be well organised, clear and easy to follow. The use of a contents and title pages are essential.
10%
Abstract
This should be in one unnumbered paragraph that accurately reflects the contents of the report and makes clear the physiological significance of the work, the problem addressed the nature of the results, and the principal conclusions; you are expected to conclude the summary of physiological importance of the work. Results should be presented quantitatively where appropriate, together with the statistical significance, and the conclusions indicated. Recommended abstract word limit is 150 words.
10%
Introduction
The Introduction should make the background and the object of the lab clear, indicate the justification for the work and be understandable to the non-specialist. Reference to the authors’ previous work is desirable only if it has a direct bearing on the topic of the report; an extensive historical review is not appropriate.
10%
Methods
In details procedure of your lab work should be contained within your lab-report. Give essential details on how the experiment was conducted, how many participants were involved , their average age and sex. DO NOT recopy the hand-out material.  Make sure that this information is complete.
Risk, Health & Safety issue – this must be included in this section.
10%
Results
When possible results should be presented in graphical rather than tabular form. Graphs and table should be properly labelled and numbered so
that reference can be made in the general text of the report. Evidence of statistical analysis is essential. Standard deviations and standard errors of the means (as appropriate) should be given with not more than two significant figures and the n value, should be…