This blog is created to share information, educational resources, announcements and other relevant things about the "Fundamentals of Microbiology" course offered for Baccalaureate students at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, Pakistan. Anyone interested in studying microbiology is welcome to get benefit and participate- for the purpose its an open blog.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Rubric for Assignment
Rubric for making Assignment
| Criteria | Weight-age % | Outstanding (10 points) | Good (8 points) | Fair (6 points) |
1 | Knowledge on the subject / concept | 20 | Excellent, clear | Clear, drops concepts somewhere | Concept not very clear |
2 | Recent and Relevant Literature cited | 20 | Most recent Literature & Relevant Literature | 1. Recent not relevant 2. Relevant not recent* | Not recent Less relevant |
3 | Organization of material / concepts | 20 | Very well organized | Organized but have some lapses | Not organized in a logical sequence |
4 | Clearly described subject in text | 10 | Concept described clearly, concept-wise | - Clear but confused somewhere - Clear but out of sequence somewhere | Not very clear |
5 | Use of diagrams / flowcharts | 10 | Excellent - Diagrams / flow charts used to explain concept | Good - few diagrams OR - few flow charts | Poor - No illustration (diagrams, flow charts) |
6 | Referencing Style | 20 | Correctly followed given format | Partially followed format | Not followed / No references |
*If the field is not worked out in recent times, then acceptable
Dr Saba Butt
Assistant Professor
Monday, March 28, 2011
How to make Assignment?
How to Make Assignment? BIOL 315
You are expected to follow the instructions below:
Pattern
Your assignment should include:
- Title page (well-organized)
- Summary (about 250-300 words)
- Introduction (including literature review)
- Text
- References (according to prescribed format)
Literature Review
Your assignment should include:
- Relevant references from books, journals, periodicals and websites (from books and research-based journals are must)
- Recent references should be included (preferably last 5 years review)
Reference Format
Your assignment should follow:
- Pakistan Journal of Botany in references/citations in the text
- Pakistan Journal of Botany in references/citations in the end (as end notes)
A copy of an article from the “Pakistan Journal of Botany” is available with the S-Block photocopier for you.
OR
You can download any article from the Journal website through URL below:
http://www.pakbs.org
OR
You can download any article from the Journal website through URL below:
http://www.pakbs.org
Plagiarism
The FCC policy for plagiarism will be strictly applied to all the assignments submitted. If you violated the policy, you may lose marks in part or may be all of your marks.
You can find the FCC plagiarism policy in the “student handbook”.
Dr Saba Butt
Assistant Professor
Reference Formatting
Dear Students
Below is the link that will lead you to the website of "Pakistan Journals of Botany". You can download any article and use its "Reference Style" as pattern for your assignment to be submitted.
http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/pjhtmls/PJB.html
Below is the link that will lead you to the website of "Pakistan Journals of Botany". You can download any article and use its "Reference Style" as pattern for your assignment to be submitted.
http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/pjhtmls/PJB.html
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Microbiology Links
Find below are some very useful links for microbiology:
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/microbiology.php
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