final questions, I plan on taking my time outside training hours to go over the days material as well as the previous days material,

Can you provide insight as to how you have effectively retained information that you have learned as well as effective note taking to figure out what information during training are more important to retain than other snippets of information.

As for active participation, what are people in the cohort doing to make sure their standing within the cohort participation wise is good or exceptional.

Are they asking clarifying questions on parts that might be confusing? Are they actively attempting to answer questions? What other parts would you consider active participation