Daniel Zingaro
Daniel Zingaro | |
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Citizenship | Canadian |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | McMaster University, University of Toronto |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Computer science, online learning |
Institutions | University of Toronto Mississauga |
Website |
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Daniel Zingaro is an assistant 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]
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. 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.
- "Introduction to the Special Issue on Graduate Student Innovations in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Research". Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- 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. doi:10.1080/08993408.2014.970779. ISSN 0899-3408.
- Porter, Leo; Zingaro, Daniel; Lister, Raymond (2014-07-28). "Predicting student success using fine grain clicker data". ACM: 51–58. doi:10.1145/2632320.2632354. ISBN 9781450327558.
- Zingaro, Daniel (2014-03-05). "Peer Instruction contributes to self-efficacy in CS1". SIGCSE 2014 - Proceedings of the 45th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education: 373–378. doi:10.1145/2538862.2538878.
- 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".
- Zingaro, Daniel (2015). "Examining Interest and Grades in Computer Science 1: A Study of Pedagogy and Achievement Goals". 15 (3).
- Zingaro, Daniel (2018). "Achievement Goals in CS1: Replication and Extension". doi:10.1145/3159450.3159452. ISBN 978-1-4503-5103-4.
- Zingaro, Daniel (2012). "Student Moderators in Asynchronous Online Discussion: A Question of Questions" (PDF). JOLT.
Awards
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".
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "JOLT - Journal of Online Learning and Teaching". jolt.merlot.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.