The Value Of Scavenger Hunts In The Life Of A Freshman

Giving Students a chance to acclimatize themselves to the university is usually a self-motivated activity. We release these novices to the countryside without providing them any direction in their search. By providing insights into locations on campus to visit and investigate, we can direct students with little force or effort. The problem with this method is that it simply becomes an assignment to accomplish and forget. Students reflect that when told to go places and find pertinent information about the location or the people who exist there, they comply with the assignment and then leave it soundly behind in their future concerns. In order to accomplish both the connection to the university and something that will be retained by the students performing the activity, it has become common practice with our freshmen students to provide them with ample chances to participate in Scavenger Hunts across the college of Engineering and the entire campus.