Explain why automaticity is so important for teachers and learners, such as questioning skills being automatic for teachers, and knowing math facts being automatic for learners. Base your explanation on the characteristics of working memory

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Since working memory is limited in capacity, and activities, such as questioning, impose a heavy cognitive load on teachers' working memories, and problem solving imposes a heavy cognitive load on learners, developing the skills to automaticity reduces cognitive load and leaves working memory space for other cognitive tasks.

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