Daniel Zingaro

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]

Daniel Zingaro
CitizenshipCanadian
Academic background
Alma materMcMaster University, University of Toronto
Academic work
DisciplineComputer science, online learning
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto Mississauga
Websitewww.danielzingaro.com

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.
  • "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. 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.
  • 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. pp. 373–378. doi:10.1145/2538862.2538878. ISBN 9781450326056.
  • 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". 15 (3). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • 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.
  • Zingaro, Daniel (2012). "Student Moderators in Asynchronous Online Discussion: A Question of Questions" (PDF). JOLT.

Awards
  • ICER Best Paper Award, 2014[7]
  • SIGCSE 2016 best paper award[8]
  • JOLT 2012 best paper award[9]

References
  1. "Zingaro, Dr. Daniel | Mathematical & Computational Sciences". www.utm.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  2. "The "Guardians of UTM" are coming | The Medium". The Medium. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  3. "College Publications - Computing". www.collegepublications.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  4. "Usable Alternate Formats for Scientific Materials- Daniel Zingaro". NEADS Inc.
  5. "CS1 in Python Peer Instruction Materials | Peer Instruction for Computer Science". www.peerinstruction4cs.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  6. Daniel, Zingaro (2014). "Evaluating Peer Instruction in First-year University Computer Science Courses". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. Guzdial, Mark. "Anyone Can Learn Programming: Teaching > Genetics | blog@CACM | Communications of the ACM". cacm.acm.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  8. "Faculty Awards | Mathematical & Computational Sciences". www.utm.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  9. "JOLT - Journal of Online Learning and Teaching". jolt.merlot.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
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