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Quest Ladder / The learning journey
The learning journey: skill status, this visit, review due
The record that follows a learner between ladders, and the words used to describe it.
A learner is not new to a topic just because they are new to this ladder.
Why a journey rather than a score
A learner's history with a question type belongs to them, not to the ladder they met it in. If they mastered quadratics in October, a ladder in February should know that.
That is what skill status is: a per-learner, per-type record that every ladder reads. It is the reason a step can be skipped, shortened into a review, or served in full, without you configuring anything per class.
The words the platform uses
| Term | Means |
|---|---|
| Skill status | Whether this learner's knowledge of this type is current, in progress, or due for a memory check. |
| This visit | What is happening in the session in front of them right now. |
| Path | The route they are taking through the ladder. |
| On this ladder | Their progress within this one, as distinct from their knowledge overall. |
| Review due | The repetition schedule says it is time to check they still remember. |
The distinction between this visit and skill status is the one that repays understanding. Passing a step is about the visit; being marked as knowing the topic is about the status, and the two use different bars on purpose.
What it decides
When a learner reaches a step, the step's If this student already mastered this type setting reads their skill status and chooses:
- Current — skip it, unless the step is set to always serve a full visit.
- Due for a check — serve a review rather than the full step.
- Not yet established — serve the full visit.
Which means the same ladder is a different length for different learners, by design. A class report showing learners at different steps is that working, not a fault.
When there is no journey to read
Skill status only exists if something defines it. A question type with no mastery gate has no notion of mastered, and a type with no repetition schedule is never due for review — so every learner gets every step in full.
The other prerequisite is a named learner. Anonymous link plays are counted in aggregates but carry no journey, because there is nobody to attach it to. See Student identity.
The in-app Learning journey guide covers the same ground with worked examples, including how a review differs from a first visit and when a learner may skip one.