Folks (like me) with more average Working Memory, need to practice, practice, practice so that the information they are handling is truly into long term memory, and nice and compact so that it takes up less room when being used by the working memory. An example of this is how when one is at a new workplace, it takes a while before the routines are 'down' enough that one doesn't have to look up their boss's extention every single time, and then complicated tasks can be done more rapidly and easily.
Interesting. I see the close-to-average WMI differently for DS7.
He doesn't need to repeat things often to learn them, but he has trouble holding things in his head and manipulating them. This is why mental math hasn't been his strong suit. He does better if he can write things down so that he doesn't ahve to hold things in his head.
Again, I suspect this is a difference between issues with input and issues with output.