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Year in Review
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G.O.A.L.S.
[ “G.O.A.L.S.” is a place where students write about how their planned, current, and future activities may fit into the Honors & Scholars G.O.A.L.S.: Global Awareness, Original Inquiry, Academic Enrichment, Leadership Development, and Service Engagement. For more guidance on using your ePortfolio, including questions and prompts that will help you get started, please visit the Honors & Scholars ePortfolio course in Carmen. To get answers to specific questions, please email eportfolio@osu.edu. Delete these instructions and add your own post.
- Global Awareness: Students cultivate and develop their appreciation for diversity and each individual’s unique differences. For example, consider course work, study abroad, involvement in cultural organizations or activities, etc.
- Original Inquiry: Honors & Scholars students understand the research process by engaging in experiences ranging from in-class scholarly endeavors to creative inquiry projects to independent experiences with top researchers across campus and in the global community. For example, consider research, creative productions or performances, advanced course work, etc.
- Academic Enrichment: Honors & Scholars students pursue academic excellence through rigorous curricular experiences beyond the university norm both in and out of the classroom.
- Leadership Development: Honors & Scholars students develop leadership skills that can be demonstrated in the classroom, in the community, in their co-curricular activities, and in their future roles in society.
- Service Engagement: Honors & Scholars students commit to service to the community.]
Career
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Artifacts
One of the best opportunities I have had in my academic experience was working alongside Dr. Jaqueline Goodway and Dr. Ruri Famelia at the Physical Activity and Education Services building here at The Ohio State University. I had the opportunity to study fundamental motor skills, such as locomotor or object control skills in children. I got to teach children fundamental motor skills at the Schoenbaum Preschool center. The school had a scientifically approved lesson plan made by Dr. Goodway herself, implemented in the school. The lesson plan showed a statistically significant improvement of fundamental motor skills previously. My research focus, was surrounded around perceived motor competence: the subjects belief of their fundamental motor skills; and if it has a direct link to motor competence. Over the semester, I developed a research paper and poster comparing two data sets I received from Dr. Goodway. One of which was comparing the differences in perceived motor competence and motor competence between a preschool in Indonesia who implemented the lesson plan and a school here that implemented the same lesson plan.
This specific experience is significant to me because it introduced me to the research process. Research is complicated and requires a lot of time and effort. However, if you have a passion for it and are willing to commit to it, the end result is truly rewarding. I got to work directly with the subjects and teach motor skills, which was enlightening for me to find the link between basic motor functions and future physical activity. Overall, I gained a knowledge of the importance of motor competence and physical activity. I learned how the education system has a weak emphasis on physical education which, in the future, affect students in negative ways. Something as basic as motor functions can lead to physical activity which leads to higher frequency in exercise. Dr. Goodway has many research articles that prove the link to underdevelopment of FMS to childhood or adulthood obesity.
I gained many skills from this experience. I learned how to communicate effectively in different groups. I had to communicate to children by teaching motor competence in a simple and beneficial way. I had to communicate to Ph.D level graduates and judges when presenting my poster in a Capstone Symposium. I had to speak in a precise and clear manner based on data and my findings. I improved drastically in my critical thinking skills when dealing with data and producing a complete research paper in evaluations of it. Being able to set up a methodology, experimental design, data analysis, discussions, and conclusions allowed me to understand the intricacies in critical thinking and producing tangible material from that.
This experience allowed to confidently choose my major in psychology. My research with Dr. Goodway allowed me to solidify my major and erase any doubts or regrets in my choice. The internship allowed me to identify my strengths and weaknesses and how to overcome certain obstacles. It was extremely challenging, however; it was an eye-opening and beneficial experience.
About Miski Abdullahi!
Hello! My name is Miski Abdullahi. I am born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, I live close to Worthington. I love watching tv and movies, painting, and trying new things around Columbus! I went to high school at Metro Early College High School, the school isn’t well-known but it is partnered with the Ohio State University. Through that high school I was able to take college credit plus classes on campus at The Ohio State University, so I know the university very well! In my high school I had a lot of experiences, for example I was able to make a speech right at The Wexner Medical Center for Black History Month. I was able to present a Design Challenge product to Battelle about the Opioid Epidemic to scientist all around Ohio. I was able to do a capstone at OSU with the Physical Activity and Education Services. My capstone was in the kinesiology and psychology field, I was more specifically studying the fundamental motor skills and motor competence of preschool students in the USA and Indonesia. This inspired and influenced my major in pre-med psychology. I am passionate in pursuing psychology and maybe dermatology. I am interested in both, and hopefully will find the right career in medical school. I identify as a black Muslim women. Currently, I volunteer at a mosque teaching the Arabic alphabet. Right now, I am a commuter to OSU, which has caused some problem in making new friends, however; everyone I have met is extremely nice which makes everything an amazing experience!