Before reading, please review the videos below. They are important to understanding how to be successful with Waymaker and your Study Plans. 

Succeeding with Waymaker

Study Plan Graded Participation- How is the grade calculated

Why is practicing important?

Have you ever played a sport where you had to do practice drills before the big game? Have you ever learned a craft or an art where you had to learn the basics before you improved? If you learned how to ride a bike, for instance, you know that it was hard to learn and it was eventually easy to do after practicing.

You perfected—or mastered—your technique with practice. You got better over time.

This course uses digital materials called Waymaker. Waymaker courses are about mastery learning, an educational theory based on the idea that people learn at different rates and everyone needs sufficient time to learn and practice. Start early to give yourself plenty of time.

Have you ever had the experience of not understanding something in week 2 of a course but forging ahead anyway, only to find that the work in week 3 was really hard?

With mastery learning, you are asked to demonstrate an understanding of foundational concepts before moving to the next topic. In other words, you may spend more time with some concepts before you move on to the next ones. By using Waymaker, you will have tools to help you learn, practice, focus your studies and master information so you can progress successfully through the course.

The content, assignments, and assessments are designed to make sure you “get it” before you move on.

The next pages will give you guidance on how to best use Waymaker.