Transition to Higher Mathematics: Structure and Proof - Second Edition

Reviewed by Christina Eubanks-Turner, Professor, Loyola Marymount University on 3/18/22

Comprehensiveness rating: 3 see less

The text covers the areas and ideas of the subject appropriately. It also provides an index and appendices. The table of contents is organized and easy to use to navigate between the topics. The inclusion of more hints or solutions to some exercises would be helpful to both students and instructors. The text should include more examples to help clarify concepts for students.

Content Accuracy rating: 5

The content seems mostly accurate. There is an adequate number of examples and justifications in the proofs of statements.

Relevance/Longevity rating: 3

The content is presented in a traditional way. The text is written in such a way that necessary updates will be straightforward to implement.

Clarity rating: 4

The language in the text is clear. There are some transitional explanation paragraphs, which aid in student understanding of mathematics in the text.

Consistency rating: 5

The text is consistent in writing and terminology.

Modularity rating: 4

Each chapter of the book includes several subsections, which makes the content easier to understand.

Organization/Structure/Flow rating: 4

The topics in the text are presented in a logical manner. The table of contents should be made clickable for ease of use.

Interface rating: 5

The text and images are displayed in a clear and orderly manner.

Grammatical Errors rating: 5

I found no grammatical errors.

Cultural Relevance rating: 3

There is no inclusion of any culturally relevant pieces, which is consistent with introductory proof textbooks. More examples related to applications of the content could have been included to make the content more culturally relevant.