Peer Reviews
(Coming Soon)
Book Title (Publication Date)
Reviewer (Month, Year) Score /5
Reviewer: Date:
Institution: Title/Position:
Q: The text covers all areas and ideas of the subject appropriately and provides an effective index and/or glossary.
Comprehensiveness Score: /5
Comprehensiveness Score: /5
Content, including diagrams and other supplementary material, is accurate, error-free, and unbiased.
Content Accuracy Rating:
Content Accuracy Rating:
Content is up-to-date, but not in a way that will quickly make the text obsolete within a short period of time. The text is written and/or arranged in such a way that necessary updates will be relatively easy and straightforward to implement.
Relevance Rating:
Relevance Rating:
The text is written in lucid, accessible prose, and provides adequate context for any jargon/technical terminology used.
Clarity Rating:
Clarity Rating:
The text is internally consistent in terms of terminology and framework.
Consistency Rating:
Consistency Rating:
The text is easily and readily divisible into smaller reading sections that can be assigned at different points within the course (i.e., enormous blocks of text without subheadings should be avoided). The text should not be overly self-referential, and should be easily reorganized, and realigned with various subunits of a course without presenting much disruption to the reader.
Modularity Rating:
Modularity Rating:
Q: The topics in the text are presented in a logical, clear fashion.
Organization Rating:
Organization Rating:
The text is free of significant interface issues, including navigation problems, distortion of images/charts, and any other display features that may distract or confuse the reader.
Interface Rating:
Interface Rating:
Q: The text contains no grammatical errors.
Grammar Rating:
Grammar Rating:
The text reflects diversity and inclusion regarding culture, gender, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, education, religion. It does not include insensitive or offensive language in these areas.
Cultural Relevance Rating:
Cultural Relevance Rating:
Q: Are there any other comments you would like to make about this book, for example, its appropriateness in a Canadian context or specific updates you think need to be made?
Overall Score:
Overall Score: