Jane Hewes, University of Alberta

Research

Evaluation Free Play Health Health Equity Mixed Methods Municipal Policy Natural Experiment Preschool Children

Latest papers

Multisensory stimuli enhance 3-year-old children's executive function: A three-dimensional object version of the standard Dimensional Change Card Sort.
Journal of experimental child psychology · 2020
Seeking Balance in Motion: The Role of Spontaneous Free Play in Promoting Social and Emotional Health in Early Childhood Care and Education.
Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2014 · first author

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Latest funding

Evaluation of a Play-Based Preschool Recreation Program: Exploring the Impact of Community Investment on Play-Based Learning on Health and Health Equity
CIHR · 2013 · Principal investigator
$199,337

All 1 grants and awards

2 publications.

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Multisensory stimuli enhance 3-year-old children's executive function: A three-dimensional object version of the standard Dimensional Change Card Sort.

Beaucage N, Skolney J, Hewes J, Vongpaisal T

Journal of experimental child psychology2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104694 PMID: 31574323

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Seeking Balance in Motion: The Role of Spontaneous Free Play in Promoting Social and Emotional Health in Early Childhood Care and Education.

Hewes J

Children (Basel, Switzerland)2014First author

DOI: 10.3390/children1030280 PMID: 27417480

Evaluation of a Play-Based Preschool Recreation Program: Exploring the Impact of Community Investment on Play-Based Learning on Health and Health Equity

Principal investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research

Principal investigators: Nykiforuk, Candace; Hewes, Jane

Keywords: Evaluation; Free Play; Health; Health Equity; Mixed Methods; Municipal Policy; Natural Experiment; Preschool Children; Program Delivery; Recreation Spaces

$199,337

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Evaluation Dear Professor Hewes, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Multisensory stimuli enhance 3-year-old children's executive function: A three-dimensional object version of the standard Dimensional Change Card Sort." (2020), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]