Kirkus Reviews

In the world of science you can find information basically on any topic you wish to know more about. Whether it’s researching different types of plants or finding the different methods to curing a certain disease or cancer. When it comes to writing scientific journals or articles the author should be able to capture the reader’s attention by presenting information his or her audience might not know about or may find interesting. The article I chose to analyze; “Socioeconomic status and Childhood…

Why Bother with Evidence? The authors’ purpose for writing this article is to grasp better understanding on why evidence-based practice and research still has a lot of reforming and updating to do. There was a noticeable lack in proper evidence-based practice and research by medical professionals which appears to be the primary reason that the authors of this article felt guided to provide reasoning and practice techniques to correct this problem. These authors also wanted to display how…

Best Practices in Presenting Evidence According to Wikipedia, “Evidence, broadly construed, is anything presented in support of an assertion”. In every area, unless we are stating our own opinion, evidence is the fundamental building block for making an argument. Any audience, requires an appropriate amount of evidence to believe in the veracity of a presenter’s argument. In the following writing, I will be going through my recent experience in presenting the topic, “Australia SHOULD NOT cull…

“Ain’t I a Woman?” by Sojourner Truth used rhetorical strategies very effectively. Truth used rhetorical strategies effectively because her tone, text structure, figurative language, and the rhetorical devices she used let the audience know what she was feeling and why she was fighting for was she was fighting for. Truth used many rhetorical strategies in her speech but pathos, logos, ethos, allusion, juxtaposition, and pinpointing really made her argument valid and strong. Sojourner Truth’s…

John Keats: Senior Paper Now regarded as a prominent poet, John Keats was a highly controversial in his conception, growing out of a happy childhood into an individual hiding in deep sorrow, being looked down upon by critics, writing strongly out of his pursuit for the deepest meaning for human emotions. Keats, has transcended his previous views and has became a timeless classic, and it is due to his own personal tribulations that he overcame his adversities and prospered through the negativity.…

referred to as research databases. They are particularly useful for retrieving articles in academic journals, repositories, archives, or other group of scientific or other articles. Academic journals consist of present original research, review articles, and book reviews in different scholarly disciplines. In academic journals, new research can be introduced and critiqued, just as old research can also be critiqued (Wysocki). So, it is easy to see why these research databases are an important…

If it violates the constitution the Supreme Court has the power of judicial review, this was first used in the case Marbury v. Madison (1803). A legislature that congress had passed expanded the Court’s authority, however, Chief Justice John Marshall wrote a letter explaining that one of the new powers he had received from that…

teachers are supposed to accommodate diversity in learning strategies and to work on the problems in their teaching approaches. Alongside student feedback is academic peer review that is adopted at many Australian Universities. One project supported by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) indicates “peer review of teaching in universities involves academic colleagues giving and receiving feedback on their teaching practices and its effectiveness in promoting student learning”…

U.S. Supreme Court Institutional Legitimacy It is rumored that in reaction to a ruling from the Supreme Court in 1832, President Andrew Jackson stated, “John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!” This quote highlights a problem with the Supreme Court in which it can neither create nor enforce legislation. Because it has ”no influence over either the sword or the purse,” the Court must rely on its institutional legitimacy to ensure its rulings are respected (Hamilton 1788).…

accused of crime, rights of same sex marriage had challenged the parliamentary supremacy. Critics allege that judicial review is anti-democratic, blaming that judges are not elected democratically by voting (Boyd 2015 p134-135). They argue that the Charter is constitutional document, which gave powers to judges to make law. On the other hand people who support the judicial review suggest that judges are interpreting charter by keeping our democratic ethics and wisdoms alive. Courts interpret the…