Nell
B. Dale
Address
1200 Westlake Drive
Austin, Texas 78746
(e-mail) ndale@cs.utexas.edu
Education
University of Houston, B.S. in Mathematics and
Psychology, 1960
University of Texas at Austin, M.A. in Mathematics, 1964
University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. in Computer Sciences, 1972
Work
Experience
University of Texas at Austin, Department of
Computer Sciences
Senior Lecturer, Retired
2000 present
Senior Lecturer, modified service, 1995 - 1999
Senior Lecturer, 1981 - 1994
Associate Chairman, 1983-1987
Lecturer, 1977 - 1981
Instructor, 1975 - 1976
Educational Testing Service, Computer Science
Advanced Placement Exam,
Reader, Table Leader, Question Leader 1984 - 1994
United Nations, New York, Consultant, 1974 - 1975
Linguistics Research Center, Research Associate, 1964-1967
Shell Development Corporation, Houston, Texas, Mathematician, 1961-1963
Service
(national)
SIG Board, ACM, Area A Director
ACM/Special Interest Group for Computer Science
Education (SIGCSE)
General Conference Co-Chair, 2000
Technical Symposium
Chair 1991-1993
General Conference Chair, 1991 Technical Symposium
Vice Chair, 1986-1990
Chair, Nominating Committee, 1984, 1997
Board Member, 1980-1984
Co-Program Chair, 1985 Technical Symposium
SIGCSE Representative, NECC Steering Committee, 1980-1985
Honors
Hamilton Book Award,
runner up, 2002, for Computer Science Illuminated
ACM Karl V. Karlstrom
Outstanding Educator Award, 2001
Hamilton Book Award,
runner up, 2000, for C++ Plus Data Structures
Doctor of Science, honoris
causa,
Sewanee, The University of the South, May, 2000
SIGCSE Award, For Outstanding Contributions in
Computer Science Education, 1996
Recipient of University YWCA's Career Achievement Award, 1990
Elected a Danforth Fellow, 1981
Books
Essentials of Java: A
Laboratory Course, Jones
and Bartlett, due 2005.
Essentials of C++ as
a Second Language: A Laboratory Course Through Arrays, Jones and Bartlett,
1999.
C++ Plus Data
Structures, Jones and Bartlett,
Third Edition, 2003,
Second Edition, 2001 (with
David Teague),
First Edition, 1998.
A Laboratory Course
in Java, Jones
and Bartlett,
Second Edition, 2003,
First Edition, 2001.
A Laboratory Course
in C++, Jones
and Bartlett,
Fourth Edition, 2004,
Third Edition, 2002,
Second
Edition, 2000,
First Edition, 1997.
(with M. McMillan) A
Laboratory Course in Visual Basic.NET, Jones and Bartlett, 2003.
A Laboratory Course
in Pascal, D.
C. Heath,
Second Edition, 1996,
First Edition, 1990.
Programming in
Pascal, D.
C. Heath, 1990.
Programming in Pascal
With an Early Introduction to Procedures, D. C. Heath, 1990.
(with John Lewis) Computer
Science Illuminated,
Jones and Bartlett.
Second Edition, 2004,
First Edition, 2002.
(with M. McMillan, C.
Weems, and Mark Headington) Programming and Problem Solving with Visual
Basic.NET,
Jones and Bartlett, 2002.
(with C. Weems and Mark
Headington) Java and Software Design, Jones and Bartlett, 2001.
(with C. Weems and Mark
Headington) Programming and Problem Solving with Java, Jones and Bartlett,
2003.
(with C. Weems)
Programming and Problem Solving with Java, Jones and Bartlett, 2nd, due 2006.
(with C. Weems and Mark
Headington) Programming and Problem Solving with C++, Jones and Bartlett,
Third Edition, 2002,
Second
Edition, 2000,
First
Edition, 1996.
(with C. Weems )
Programming and Problem Solving with C++, Jones and Bartlett,
Fourth
Edition, 2004.
(with C. Weems and Mark
Headington) Programming in C++, Jones and Bartlett,
Second
Edition, 2000,
First
Edition, 1998.
(with C. Weems)
Programming in C++, Jones
and Bartlett,
Third
Edition, due 2005.
(with C. Weems and Dan
Joyce) Java Plus Data Structures, Jones and Bartlett, 2002.
(with S. Lilly and John
McCormick) Ada Plus Data Structures, D. C. Heath, 1996.
(with H. Walker)
Abstract Data Types: Specifications, Implementations, and Applications, D. C. Heath, 1996.
(with S. Lilly)
Pascal Plus Data Structures, Algorithms and Advanced Programming, D. C. Heath,
Fourth Edition, 1995,
Third Edition, 1991,
Second Edition, 1988,
First Edition, 1984.
(with C. Weems)
Pascal and Structured Design (Turbo Version), D. C. Heath,
Fourth Edition, 1995,
Third Edition, 1992,
Second Edition, 1988.
(with C. Weems) Casebook
for Turbo Pascal, D.
C. Heath, 1995.
(with C. Weems) Pascal
and Structured Design, D. C. Heath,
Fourth Edition, 1994,
Third Edition, 1991,
Second Edition, 1987.
(with C. Weems and John
McCormick) Programming and Problem Solving with Ada, Jones and Bartlett
Second Edition, 2001,
First Edition, 1994.
(with D. Orshalick)
Pascal and Structured Design, D. C. Heath, 1982.
Recent
Articles
"Difficult
Topics in the Introductory Computing Course," accepted for publication,
8th World Conference on Computers in Education, Cape Town, July, 2005
(withdrawn as unable to attend).
³Increasing
Interest in CS Ed Research,² Research in Computing Education Column, SIGCSE
Bulletin, Volume 34,
Number 4, December, 2002.
³ACE 2000,²
Research in Computing Education Column, SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 33, Number 2, June, 2001.
³Reflections on
Past Research: Part II,² Research in Computing Education Column, SIGCSE
Bulletin, Volume 32,
Number 2, June, 2000.
³A Pilot Study Using the Cloze Technique
for Constructing Test Questions,² Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Fall 1999.
³Reflections on Past Research,² Research
in Computing Education Column, SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 31, Number 3, December, 1999.
³Bibliography Relevant to Computer
Science Education,² Research in Computing Education Column, SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 31, Number 2, June, 1999.
³Two threads from the Empirical Studies
of Programmers,² Research in Computing Education Column, SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 30, Number 4, December, 1998.
³Publishing
Research Results,² Research in Computing Education Column, SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 30, Number 2, June 1998.
(with Cheng-Chih Wu) ³Conceptual Models and Cognitive
Learning Styles in Teaching Recursion,² Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth
SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, February 25 – March 1, 1998,
Atlanta Georgia.
(with Vicki Almstrum, Anders Berglund,
Mary Granger, Joyce Currie Little, Diane M. Miller, Marian Petre, Paul
Schragger, and Fred Springsteel) ³Evaluation: Turning Technology from Toy to
Tool,² Report of the Working Group on Evaluation, ITiCSE Conference, Barcelona,
Spain, 1996
"Research
in Computer Science Education: Five Case Studies," Keynote Address, Proceedings
of the Twenty-Seventy SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, February 15-18, 1996.
(with Henry M.
Walker) "A Classification of
Data Types," Journal of Computer Science Education, Volume 3, Number 3, 1992, pp. 223-232.
Dissertations
Co-Supervised with Education
A Quantitative Student Model for Intelligent
Tutoring Systems: Student Programming Ability, Anchir Angel Syang, 1992.
The Effect of Closed Laboratory Activities on
the Comprehension of Five Concepts and the Perception of Effectiveness of the
Course in a Second Semester Computer Science Course, Debra Lynn Burton, 1992.
Conceptual Models and Individual Cognitive
Learning Styles in Teaching Recursion to Novices, Cheng-Chih Wu, 1993.
Limitations in the Understanding of Mathematical
Logic by Novice Computer Science Students, Vicki Lynn Almstrum, 1994.
The Reasoning Ability and Achievement of College
Level Students Enrolled in a Logic Class in Computer Science, Youngju Kim,
1995.
The Effects of Computer Networks and
Collaboration on the Development of Science Skills and Attitudes among
Secondary Science Students in Taiwan, R.O.C., Chiung-Hui Chiu,
1996. (Graduate Institute
of Computer and Information Education, National Taiwan Teachers College)
Academic Preparation of Beginning Computer
Science Students, Daniel Lawrence Schuster, 1996. (University of Western
Colorado)
The effects of cooperative learning on content
comprehension and logical reasoning in a second-semester university computer
science course, Roger Louis Priebe, 1997.
(In industry; part-time faculty, Computer Science Department, University
of Texas at Austin)
The Effects of Logo Programming and Multimedia
Software on Fifth Grade Students' Creativity in Taiwan, Mengping Tsuei, 1999. (Department of
Elementary Education, Taipei Municipal Teachers College)
The Impact of Strategic and Cooperative Learning
on Taiwanese Eighth Graders' Computer Achievement, Attitudes, and Anxiety. Meng-Jung Tsai, 1999. ( Teacher
Education Center, Tunghai University, Taiwan)
Video
Tape Lecture Series
"Pascal Programming," available
through Jones and Bartlett.
Miscellaneous
1997: Grant from the Swedish Research Council
for Engineering Sciences for teaching and research at Uppsala University in
Uppsala, Sweden.
1992-3: PI for National Science Foundation
Faculty Enhancement Grant. This grant provided updating and skills
enhancement for 26 post secondary faculty over a period of 18 months.
1990: Helped institute a University
Interscholastic League contest in computer science for high school students in
Texas.
1985: "Pascal Programming"
series was run on an experimental PBS Narrow-Cast.
1984-1986: Project Quest member.
Approximately 1000 microcomputers were given to the University of Texas for
educational purposes. We reviewed proposals from faculty across the
university requesting one or more of these machines.
1978: PI for National Science Foundation
Grant to train high school teachers to teach the Advanced Placement Computer
Science.
1976-82: PI for National Science
Foundation Grant for Women in Science Program (2 separate but continuous
grants). This program was designed to bring women with science degrees
that were unemployed or underemployed back into appropriate science
careers. Three different groups of women participated in this program
over a 4-year period. I personally interviewed and counseled approximately
500 women; approximately 100 women are active in science careers today as a
result of this program.
1973: Coached professional staff at the
International Computer Education Center, Budapest, Hungary, to teach Data
Structure courses in English to people from developing countries.