Research
Read how they describe their research on their University of Guelph profile.
Latest funding
- $87,497
Computers, parents and early childhood: exploring their contributions to developing reading skills
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
- $126,037
Building better alphabet books for emergent readers
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
- $133,865
From reading to, to reading with: shared reading from ages 4 to 6
SSHRC · 2004 · Principal investigator
No publications available.
Computers, parents and early childhood: exploring their contributions to developing reading skills
Principal investigators: Wood, Eileen J.
Keywords: computers and early literacy development; parents and early reading instruction; parents and technology; software design and attention; computer instruction
Building better alphabet books for emergent readers
Principal investigators: Evans, Mary Ann
Keywords: reading development; emergent literacy; alphabetic knowledge; shared reading
From reading to, to reading with: shared reading from ages 4 to 6
Principal investigators: Evans, Mary Ann
Keywords: literacy development; parental involvement in education; shared reading; family literacy
Social anxiety and coping in children
Principal investigators: Evans, Mary Ann
Keywords: shyness; social anxiety; self-determination
Parental belief - behaviour connections and child reading outcomes: a longitudinal study
Principal investigators: Evans, Mary Ann
Keywords: reading acquisition; parenting; home literacy; reading beliefs
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
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Profile data last refreshed on September 27, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and public research funding records.