Provide an example of a situation where a student may need to bypass a learning step that cannot be mastered after a reasonable amount of time in order to move ahead. what adaptations might you make? when might this bypass of a step prove to be a mistake?

In the application of mathematical formulas

Explanation:

A practical example of learning mathematical formulas is a typical instance where students may need to bypass the learning steps that cannot be mastered.

When such occurs, the student tends to establish or assume that it is way out of their ability to understand in order to forge ahead with learning other aspects of the topic in question. By so doing, the student accepts this error with utmost good fate.

Meanwhile, bypassing this step will lead to inconsistent knowledge and sound understanding of the topic, which will eventually play out when questions from the topic is set during test and examinations.