Berliner Heyman, S., & Borgaonkar, A., & Sodhi, J. (2022, August), Work in Progress (WIP): Engineering Design Competition to Increase STEM Awareness Among Underrepresented Elementary School Students  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41181

\bibitem{asee_peer_41181}
  Berliner Heyman, S., \& Borgaonkar, A., \& Sodhi, J. (2022, August), \emph{Work in Progress (WIP): Engineering Design Competition to Increase STEM Awareness Among Underrepresented Elementary School Students}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41181

Suzanne Berliner Heyman, Ashish Borgaonkar, and Jaskirat Sodhi.  "Work in Progress (WIP): Engineering Design Competition to Increase STEM Awareness Among Underrepresented Elementary School Students".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/41181 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_41181}
  Suzanne Berliner Heyman, Ashish Borgaonkar, and Jaskirat Sodhi.
  "Work in Progress (WIP): Engineering Design Competition to Increase STEM Awareness Among Underrepresented Elementary School Students".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/41181 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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This abstract is for a work in progress paper in the Evaluation of Program/Curriculum category. Research indicates that students who participate in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) competitions are more likely to develop interests in STEM careers. Students who participate not only learn more about STEM subjects, they also acquire skills in teamwork, communication, problem solving, and time management. However, students should not have to wait until high school, or even middle school, to participate and experience the benefits of STEM competitions. New Jersey Institute of Technology's (NJIT) Center for Pre-College Programs,  in partnership with NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering (NCE) addressed this issue by conducting an annual hands-on Elementary STEM (eSTEM) Challenge for third through fifth grade students. The Challenge is based on the engineering design process focusing on a renewable energy theme. The goal is to help students foster an interest in STEM at an early age so that students are more likely in the future to study, and pursue a career in STEM. In addition, it provided students with a structured experience to prepare them for STEM based activities and competitions.
The eSTEM Challenge was designed to support teams, especially those comprised of mostly girls and others from underserved and underrepresented groups that would benefit from supports before the day of the competition. Feedback surveys are administered to the student participants, teacher-coaches and student mentors (current NJIT undergraduate students). The first-year results indicate that the competition was highly effective in increasing student’s interest in engineering and other STEM disciplines. Students indicated that they would be very likely to participate in future STEM competitions. All teacher-coaches are provided professional development support and they indicated that participating in the structured competition gave them the tools necessary to support their students’ interests in STEM.
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