How can teachers help their students to develop automaticity?

a) Be sure that certain parts of a task are practiced until they become second nature, so that more concentration can be given to other parts.
b) Integrate motor skills with cognitive skills in learning new material.
c) Draw on multiple memory components rather than on selected components only.
d) Make some parts of a task more noticeable so that they stand out.


a Automaticity is a level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort. It is developed through practice.

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