Memory Techniques Worksheet: The Forgetting Curve

Memory techniques lesson 4: The forgetting curve · Set 115 · 40 questions

Memory tip (Review before it fades): Helps you keep it: reviewing the next day, testing yourself, explaining to a friend, linking to what you know, a good night’s sleep. Lets it fade: reading it once only, cramming the last night, learning without meaning, never testing yourself. Review day = learning day + the gaps: learn on day 3, review 2, then 4, then 8 days later → 3 + 2 + 4 + 8 = day 17.

1. 1.True or false: “studying when sleepy” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying when sleepy (b) reading it once only (c) reviewing the next day (d) skipping revision
3. 3.True or false: “explaining to a friend” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) skipping revision (b) studying when sleepy (c) explaining to a friend (d) cramming the last night
5. 5.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
6. 6.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) studying when sleepy (c) learning without meaning (d) reviewing after a week
7. 7.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
8. 8.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) making a picture of it (b) never testing yourself (c) studying when sleepy (d) cramming the last night
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading it once only (b) never testing yourself (c) making a picture of it (d) cramming the last night
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) linking to what you know (c) using it in a sum (d) reviewing after a week
11. 11.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
12. 12.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) learning without meaning (c) using it in a sum (d) reviewing the next day
13. 13.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) learning without meaning (c) linking to what you know (d) one long session only
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) explaining to a friend (c) reviewing the next day (d) cramming the last night
15. 15.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: never testing yourself? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
16. 16.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) memory is fixed (b) we forget fast at first (c) forgetting starts late (d) we never forget
17. 17.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) next month (b) never (c) today or tomorrow (d) the exam night
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading it once only (b) linking to what you know (c) learning without meaning (d) one long session only
19. 19.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
20. 20.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
21. 21.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) skipping revision (b) linking to what you know (c) testing yourself (d) reviewing after a week
22. 22.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) you should give up (b) you need a review (c) memory is broken (d) you are not smart
23. 23.True or false: “never testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
25. 25.True or false: “reviewing the next day” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: making a picture of it? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
27. 27.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
28. 28.True or false: “never testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sum (b) studying when sleepy (c) skipping revision (d) learning without meaning
30. 30.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking to what you know (b) studying when sleepy (c) explaining to a friend (d) testing yourself
32. 32.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) skipping revision (b) using it in a sum (c) studying when sleepy (d) one long session only
33. 33.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) never (b) only in exams (c) after ten years (d) in the first day or two
34. 34.True or false: “a good night’s sleep” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) one long session only (b) reading it once only (c) testing yourself (d) learning without meaning
36. 36.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
37. 37.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
38. 38.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying when sleepy (b) learning without meaning (c) testing yourself (d) never testing yourself
40. 40.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) reading it once only (c) a good night’s sleep (d) skipping revision

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