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.