Daniel Zingaro
Daniel Zingaro is an associate professor at the University of Toronto Mississauga.[1] His main areas of research are in evaluating Computer science education and online learning.[2] He has co-authored over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences; and also authored a textbook, "Invariants: a Generative Approach to Programming.[3]
Daniel Zingaro | |
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| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | McMaster University, University of Toronto |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Computer Science, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |
| Institutions | University of Toronto Mississauga |
| Website | www |
Born visually impaired, Zingaro completed B.Sc. and M.Sc. in computer science from McMaster University. He then received a Ph.D. from Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto in Computer Science Education.[4] His master's thesis was about formalizing and proving properties of parsers.[5] His doctoral thesis was titled " Evaluating Peer Instruction in First-year University Computer Science Courses".[6] Daniel Zingaro designed accessible computer games and published work in Computers & Education, International Computing Education Research (ICER) conference, Computer Science Education, British Journal of Educational Technology, and Transactions on Computing Education.
Selected publications
- Oztok, Murat; Zingaro, Daniel; Brett, Clare; Hewitt, Jim (2013). "Exploring asynchronous and synchronous tool use in online courses". Computers & Education. 60 (1): 87–94. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.705.9990. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2012.08.007. ISSN 0360-1315.
- Zingaro, Daniel; Porter, Leo (2014-02-01). "Peer Instruction in computing: The value of instructor intervention". Computers & Education. 71: 87–96. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2013.09.015. ISSN 0360-1315.
- Atkinson, Daniel; Dookie, Lesley; Jagger, Susan; Jao, Limin; Kim, Vivien; Oztok, Murat; Romkey, Lisa; Tan, Michael; Thomas, Reed; Zingaro, Daniel (2014). "Introduction to the Special Issue on Graduate Student Innovations in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Research". Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education. 14 (2): 109–119. Bibcode:2014CJSMT..14..109A. doi:10.1080/14926156.2014.903322. S2CID 144054590.
- Taylor, C.; Zingaro, D.; Porter, L.; Webb, K.C.; Lee, C.B.; Clancy, M. (2014-10-02). "Computer science concept inventories: past and future". Computer Science Education. 24 (4): 253–276. Bibcode:2014CSEd...24..253T. doi:10.1080/08993408.2014.970779. ISSN 0899-3408. S2CID 3402232.
- Porter, Leo; Zingaro, Daniel; Lister, Raymond (2014-07-28). Predicting student success using fine grain clicker data. ACM. pp. 51–58. doi:10.1145/2632320.2632354. ISBN 9781450327558. S2CID 10875262.
- Zingaro, Daniel (2014-03-05). "Peer instruction contributes to self-efficacy in CS1". Proceedings of the 45th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education. pp. 373–378. doi:10.1145/2538862.2538878. ISBN 9781450326056. S2CID 1752471.
- Zingaro, Daniel; Makos, Alexandra; Sharmin, Sadia; Wang, Lindsay; Despres-Bedward, Antoine; Oztok, Murat (2017-06-20). Student Moderators in Asynchronous Online Discussion: Scaffolding Their Questions. pp. 198–202. ISBN 9781939797292.
- Zingaro, Daniel (2015). "Examining Interest and Grades in Computer Science 1: A Study of Pedagogy and Achievement Goals". ACM Transactions on Computing Education. 15 (3): 14:1–14:18. doi:10.1145/2802752. S2CID 18049836.
- Zingaro, Daniel (2018). "Achievement Goals in CS1". Achievement Goals in CS1: Replication and Extension. Sigcse '18. pp. 687–692. doi:10.1145/3159450.3159452. ISBN 978-1-4503-5103-4. S2CID 3456406.
- Zingaro, Daniel (2012). "Student Moderators in Asynchronous Online Discussion: A Question of Questions" (PDF). MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. 8 (3): 159–173.
References
- "Zingaro, Dr. Daniel | Mathematical & Computational Sciences". www.utm.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- "The "Guardians of UTM" are coming | The Medium". The Medium. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- "College Publications - Computing". www.collegepublications.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- "Usable Alternate Formats for Scientific Materials- Daniel Zingaro". NEADS Inc.
- "CS1 in Python Peer Instruction Materials | Peer Instruction for Computer Science". www.peerinstruction4cs.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- Daniel, Zingaro (2014). Evaluating Peer Instruction in First-year University Computer Science Courses (Thesis).
- Guzdial, Mark. "Anyone Can Learn Programming: Teaching > Genetics | blog@CACM | Communications of the ACM". cacm.acm.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- "Faculty Awards | Mathematical & Computational Sciences". www.utm.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- "MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, Volume 8, No. 3". jolt.merlot.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.