Jean S Bowers
Biographic Data
| ID | 786686 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean S Bowers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean S |
| FAMILY NAME | Bowers |
| SIGNATURE | BOWERS J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9558-5010 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Assessing the Effectiveness of Structured Word Inquiry for Students in Grades 3 and 5 With Reading and Spelling Difficulties
Research syntheses have demonstrated that morphological instruction can improve the literacy skills of poor readers and spellers. However, studies have used a wide variety of training methods. Questions remain about what type of morphological instruction is most effective and under which circumstances. In this study, we conducted a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of Structured Word Inquiry for poor readers and spellers. S…
Blinded by taboo words in L1 but not L2
The present study compares the emotionality of English taboo words in native English speakers and native Chinese speakers who learned English as a second language. Neutral and taboo/sexual words were included in a Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) task as to-be-ignored distracters in a short- and long-lag condition. Compared with neutral distracters, taboo/sexual distracters impaired the performance in the short-lag condition only. Of criti…
Annotated portfolios
research-article Annotated portfolios Share on Authors: Bill Gaver Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of LondonView Profile , John Bowers Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of LondonView Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 19Issue 4July + August 2012 pp 40–49https://doi.org/10.1145/2212877.2212889Online:01 July 2012Publication History 116citation6,562DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations116Total Do…
Is that what Bayesians believe? Reply to Griffiths, Chater, Norris, and Pouget (2012)
Griffiths, Chater, Norris, and Pouget (2012) argue that we have misunderstood the Bayesian approach. In their view, it is rarely the case that researchers are making claims that performance in a given task is near optimal, and few, if any, researchers adopt the theoretical Bayesian perspective according to which the mind or brain is actually performing (or approximating) Bayesian computations. Rather, researchers are said to adopt something more …
Bayesian just-so stories in psychology and neuroscience
According to Bayesian theories in psychology and neuroscience, minds and brains are (near) optimal in solving a wide range of tasks. We challenge this view and argue that more traditional, non-Bayesian approaches are more promising. We make 3 main arguments. First, we show that the empirical evidence for Bayesian theories in psychology is weak. This weakness relates to the many arbitrary ways that priors, likelihoods, and utility functions can be…
Bridging, Patching and Keeping the Work Flowing
Making it work
This article presents a field study of the procurement, implementation, and use of a local area network devoted to running computer‐supported cooperative work (CSCW) related applications in a U.K. central government organization. In this particular case, the network ran into a number of difficulties, was resisted by its potential users for a variety of reasons, was faced with being withdrawn from service on a number of occasions, and remains only…
The Discursive Construction of Society
The overall concern of this paper is to consider the concept of society and present some analyses of how `society' is used in participants' discourse as a rhetorical resource. After schematically reviewing several traditional notions of society as they appear in the sociological and allied literatures, we point out some of the difficulties associated with theorizing society and assess the appeal of the work of those who follow Michel Foucault and…
A Research Note on
Do-it-yourself home repair and maintenance is an alternative to purchasing repair services. This paper examines the relationships between consumer socio-demographic and attitudinal characteristics and the frequency of do-it-yourself housing repair. The results are intended for professionals who analyze housing behavior and provide consumer information. The factors that relate to more frequent do-it-yourself activities differ between men and women…
Conservation Characteristics among Determinants of Residential Property Value
Journal Article Conservation Characteristics Among Determinants of Residential Property Value Get access Molly Longstreth, Molly Longstreth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Anne R. Coveney, Anne R. Coveney Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Jean S. Bowers Jean S. Bowers Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal…
Some Thoughts on Communication
The Anatomy of Regional Activity Rates
Journal Article Bowers (J.). The Anatomy of Regional Activity Rates and Woodward (V. H.). Regional Social Accounts for the United Kingdom Get access The Anatomy of Regional Activity Rates. By J. Bowers. Regional Social Accounts for the United Kingdom. By V. H. Woodward. N.I.E.S.R. Regional Papers 1. (London: Cambridge University Press for the National Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1970. Pp. xiv + 176. £1.25.) John Rhodes John Rhodes …
Bayesian just-so stories in psychology and neuroscience
According to Bayesian theories in psychology and neuroscience, minds and brains are (near) optimal in solving a wide range of tasks. We challenge this view and argue that more traditional, non-Bayesian approaches are more promising. We make 3 main arguments. First, we show that the empirical evidence for Bayesian theories in psychology is weak. This weakness relates to the many arbitrary ways that priors, likelihoods, and utility functions can be…
The Discursive Construction of Society
The overall concern of this paper is to consider the concept of society and present some analyses of how `society' is used in participants' discourse as a rhetorical resource. After schematically reviewing several traditional notions of society as they appear in the sociological and allied literatures, we point out some of the difficulties associated with theorizing society and assess the appeal of the work of those who follow Michel Foucault and…
Is that what Bayesians believe? Reply to Griffiths, Chater, Norris, and Pouget (2012)
Griffiths, Chater, Norris, and Pouget (2012) argue that we have misunderstood the Bayesian approach. In their view, it is rarely the case that researchers are making claims that performance in a given task is near optimal, and few, if any, researchers adopt the theoretical Bayesian perspective according to which the mind or brain is actually performing (or approximating) Bayesian computations. Rather, researchers are said to adopt something more …
Making it work
This article presents a field study of the procurement, implementation, and use of a local area network devoted to running computer‐supported cooperative work (CSCW) related applications in a U.K. central government organization. In this particular case, the network ran into a number of difficulties, was resisted by its potential users for a variety of reasons, was faced with being withdrawn from service on a number of occasions, and remains only…
The Anatomy of Regional Activity Rates
Journal Article Bowers (J.). The Anatomy of Regional Activity Rates and Woodward (V. H.). Regional Social Accounts for the United Kingdom Get access The Anatomy of Regional Activity Rates. By J. Bowers. Regional Social Accounts for the United Kingdom. By V. H. Woodward. N.I.E.S.R. Regional Papers 1. (London: Cambridge University Press for the National Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1970. Pp. xiv + 176. £1.25.) John Rhodes John Rhodes …
Some Thoughts on Communication
Conservation Characteristics among Determinants of Residential Property Value
Journal Article Conservation Characteristics Among Determinants of Residential Property Value Get access Molly Longstreth, Molly Longstreth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Anne R. Coveney, Anne R. Coveney Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Jean S. Bowers Jean S. Bowers Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal…
A Research Note on
Do-it-yourself home repair and maintenance is an alternative to purchasing repair services. This paper examines the relationships between consumer socio-demographic and attitudinal characteristics and the frequency of do-it-yourself housing repair. The results are intended for professionals who analyze housing behavior and provide consumer information. The factors that relate to more frequent do-it-yourself activities differ between men and women…
The Discursive Construction of Society
The overall concern of this paper is to consider the concept of society and present some analyses of how `society' is used in participants' discourse as a rhetorical resource. After schematically reviewing several traditional notions of society as they appear in the sociological and allied literatures, we point out some of the difficulties associated with theorizing society and assess the appeal of the work of those who follow Michel Foucault and…
Making it work
This article presents a field study of the procurement, implementation, and use of a local area network devoted to running computer‐supported cooperative work (CSCW) related applications in a U.K. central government organization. In this particular case, the network ran into a number of difficulties, was resisted by its potential users for a variety of reasons, was faced with being withdrawn from service on a number of occasions, and remains only…
Bridging, Patching and Keeping the Work Flowing
Blinded by taboo words in L1 but not L2
The present study compares the emotionality of English taboo words in native English speakers and native Chinese speakers who learned English as a second language. Neutral and taboo/sexual words were included in a Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) task as to-be-ignored distracters in a short- and long-lag condition. Compared with neutral distracters, taboo/sexual distracters impaired the performance in the short-lag condition only. Of criti…
Annotated portfolios
research-article Annotated portfolios Share on Authors: Bill Gaver Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of LondonView Profile , John Bowers Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of LondonView Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 19Issue 4July + August 2012 pp 40–49https://doi.org/10.1145/2212877.2212889Online:01 July 2012Publication History 116citation6,562DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations116Total Do…
Is that what Bayesians believe? Reply to Griffiths, Chater, Norris, and Pouget (2012)
Griffiths, Chater, Norris, and Pouget (2012) argue that we have misunderstood the Bayesian approach. In their view, it is rarely the case that researchers are making claims that performance in a given task is near optimal, and few, if any, researchers adopt the theoretical Bayesian perspective according to which the mind or brain is actually performing (or approximating) Bayesian computations. Rather, researchers are said to adopt something more …
Bayesian just-so stories in psychology and neuroscience
According to Bayesian theories in psychology and neuroscience, minds and brains are (near) optimal in solving a wide range of tasks. We challenge this view and argue that more traditional, non-Bayesian approaches are more promising. We make 3 main arguments. First, we show that the empirical evidence for Bayesian theories in psychology is weak. This weakness relates to the many arbitrary ways that priors, likelihoods, and utility functions can be…
Assessing the Effectiveness of Structured Word Inquiry for Students in Grades 3 and 5 With Reading and Spelling Difficulties
Research syntheses have demonstrated that morphological instruction can improve the literacy skills of poor readers and spellers. However, studies have used a wide variety of training methods. Questions remain about what type of morphological instruction is most effective and under which circumstances. In this study, we conducted a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of Structured Word Inquiry for poor readers and spellers. S…
Computer Science (7 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Library science (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)