Because FedLearn measures how you learn, not just whether you finish, the way you move through a course directly shapes your Z1 and MRKI scores. The single most important factor is genuine engagement with the material—and that comes down to the differences among three ways of working through a course. 

• Skimming means moving quickly through content with shallow attention: clicking ahead, letting videos play in the background or treating the material as something to get past rather than absorb. Skimming produces lower Z1 and MRKI scores because the engagement patterns it generates are the same ones associated with weak retention and limited ability to apply what was covered. 
• Reflecting means pausing to think about the material as it is encountered—connecting a new concept to what you already know, considering how it applies to your own mission or role and working through practice and assessment items deliberately rather than rushing them. 
• Reviewing means returning to material rather than treating one pass as enough—revisiting a difficult concept, replaying a segment that didn’t fully land the first time and going back over earlier content to reinforce it before moving on. 

Reflecting and reviewing both produce higher Z1 and MRKI scores because they generate exactly the engagement patterns that research has validated as predictors of genuine learning, lasting retention and on-the-job application. The practical guidance for any certification pathway is simple: give each course your full attention, pause to reflect as you go and review what is difficult. Strong scores are not a matter of test-taking technique—they are the natural result of learning the material well.