Only one of the following teaching practices is consistent with what we know about working memory.Which one is consistent?
A)Mr.Adamson tells his students that, with practice, they will be able to do complicated long division problems in their heads.
B)Ms.Borelli tells her students that they should try to focus on main ideas rather than try to remember every detail.
C)Ms.Constas suggests that students in her Russian class listen to Russian tapes while they sleep.
D)Mr.Dominowski urges his students to put information for tomorrow's test in their "short-term memories."

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Working memory has limited capacity and can only hold a small amount of information at a time. Therefore, it is more effective to focus on important information and main ideas rather than try to remember every detail. This is consistent with what we know about working memory. The other options are not consistent because: A) It is not realistic to do complicated long division problems in one's head without external aids; C) Listening to Russian tapes while sleeping is not an effective way of learning a new language because the brain is not actively processing the information; D) Short-term memory refers to a temporary storage of information that lasts only a few seconds to a minute, so it is not an effective way of preparing for a test.

Only One of the Following Teaching Practices Is Consistent with What