It’s all in the mix: Leveraging food to increase students’ persistence in computer science

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.

It’s all in the mix: Leveraging food to increase students’ persistence in computer science

  • Author Thomas, Jakita O.; Rankin, Yolanda
  • Publication Title 2015 Research In Equity And Sustained Participation In Engineering, Computing, And Technology (RESPECT)
  • Publication Year 2015
  • BPC Focus Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Groups, Black/African American Students
  • Methodology NA
  • Analytic Method NA
  • Institution Type NA
  • DOI 10.1109/RESPECT.2015.7296515
  • URL https://doi.org/10.1109/RESPECT.2015.7296515