Review form
PAPER TITLE:
Date:
I. GENERAL RECOMMENDATION (for editors)
Please, mark one with X.
- Acceptable for publication ___
- Acceptable with minor modifications ___
- Might be accepted after major modifications (if needed the manuscript will be reviewed again)___
- Unacceptable ___
- Recommended to submit to another publication ____
II. EVALUATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT
Please mark to what extend the manuscript meets the criteria described in the table. Please mark one X on every line. If criteria is not applicable or is not observed in the manuscript then please leave the line unfilled.
| CRITERIA | 1 Unacceptable | 2 Poor | 3 Satisfactory | 4 Good | 5 Excellent |
| 1 Presentation | |||||
| General readability | |||||
| Length of the manusctipt (40 000 – 60 000 charecters with spaces; summary in English 6000–9000 characters with spaces) | |||||
| Grammar, spelling, and punctuation | |||||
| In accordance with APA citation standards | |||||
| Format (references, tables, figures etc.) | |||||
| Appropriateness of the keywords | |||||
| 2 Introduction / literature review | |||||
| Appropriateness of title | |||||
| Structured and relevant abstract | |||||
| Relevance and depth of the theoretical framework | |||||
| The quality of formulation of research problem, research questions and or hypotheses | |||||
| 3 Method section | |||||
| Appropriateness and justification of research design | |||||
| Sample (appropriate for answering the research questions, described in detail) | |||||
| Appropriateness of instruments and depth of description (reliability, validity) | |||||
| Clear and logical research procedure | |||||
| Adequateness of data analysis | |||||
| 4 Results | |||||
| Clearness and depth of the presented results | |||||
| 5 Discussion/Conclusions | |||||
| Adequateness and the extent of interpretation of results | |||||
| Results compared and contrasted with relevant literature | |||||
| Implications for practice and further research | |||||
| Conclusions drawn logically | |||||
| 6 Significance of research | |||||
| The scientific contribution and practical relevance of the research | |||||
| Contribution to educational sciences in Estonia | |||||
| Value for an international readership | |||||
III. COMMENTS TO THE AUTHOR(S)
Please, indicate the reasons for your evaluations and provide constructive comments to the authors for improving and revising the manuscript. Your comments on the margins of the manuscript are welcome.
