Skipping a question when you’re stuck is a critical step in Dr. Shormann’s TruePractice™ methodology. While skipping a question may feel counterintuitive, more than 30 years of experience has proven this approach builds long-term retention and fluency more efficiently and with less practice, leading to higher quiz, exam, and standardized test scores.
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You likely have a gap in understanding that requires specific, expert instruction. The fact that you can’t solve this question—even after using the help link—signals a missing piece in your foundation or a skill you haven’t fully mastered yet that requires the specific, expert instruction that is only found in Dr. Shormann's video solutions.
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To build fluency, you must keep the flow going. By skipping the question, you continue working through other questions that you can answer. This is critical to building long-term retention and fluency, making learning math faster and easier!
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The video solutions provide quick, specific expert instruction that can't be learned any other way. . After submitting the Practice Set, you’ll watch the video solution for that specific question (and any others you missed or got low score on). This is much more efficient than researching, digging through your notes, or waiting for a parent or tutor.
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EFFICIENTLY Build retention and fluency. Skipping the question now (instead of guessing or stalling) ensures most of your time is spent solving math problems, not researching, waiting, or struggling. This significantly increases overall retention and fluency down.
WHAT ABOUT MY GRADE?
The Practice Set grade is a small part of your overall grade. Most of your grade is based on the quizzes and exams. To do well on those requires long-term retention and fluency, which is developed by completing the Practice Sets as instructed.
Why Do Students Develop Gaps?
The most common reasons are:
- Not following these steps after submitting each Practice Set: Relearn Missed Problems
- Not using the The Timed Method: Frustration Free Math
- Retaking Practice Sets to raise grades (Why?)
- Not solving example problems on paper during the lecture: Instructions for Lectures
- Guessing or not solving problems on paper before entering answers: Practice Set Instructions
- Receiving help from a parent or tutor during Practice Sets*
*Parents: Your role is to supervise and ensure the student follows the steps—not to help solve problems until after the assignment is submitted and the student has watched Dr. Shormann's explanation for each missed problem. For details, see: Relearn Missed Problems
How Can I Quickly Fill Gaps?