It's All In The Mix: Leveraging food to increase students' persistence in Computer Science
Jakita O. Thomas, Yolanda A. Rankin · 2015
Computer Science courses seek to hone students' computational algorithmic thinking (CAT) capabilities. Oftentimes, students fail to recognize the connection between CAT in everyday life and its application in academic settings. One context in which people have a great deal of experience and expertise engaging in the design, implementation, and assessment of algorithms is food. This paper describes It's All In The Mix, which provides an anchoring experience for African-American undergraduate STEM majors.