Memory Techniques Worksheet: The Forgetting Curve

Memory techniques lesson 4: The forgetting curve · Set 331 · 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.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: making a picture of it? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
2. 2.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) learning without meaning (b) skipping revision (c) a good night’s sleep (d) one long session only
3. 3.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) never (b) after ten years (c) only in exams (d) in the first day or two
4. 4.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) never (b) next month (c) today or tomorrow (d) the exam night
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying when sleepy (b) reviewing the next day (c) learning without meaning (d) one long session only
6. 6.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it speeds up (b) it slows down (c) you forget more (d) nothing changes
7. 7.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) learning without meaning (c) reviewing the next day (d) one long session only
8. 8.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
9. 9.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
10. 10.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
11. 11.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) explaining to a friend (c) using it in a sum (d) one long session only
13. 13.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
14. 14.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) learning without meaning (b) reading it once only (c) explaining to a friend (d) skipping revision
15. 15.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
16. 16.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) making a picture of it (b) reviewing after a week (c) never testing yourself (d) a good night’s sleep
17. 17.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) learning without meaning (b) cramming the last night (c) using it in a sum (d) skipping revision
18. 18.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
19. 19.True or false: “using it in a sum” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
21. 21.True or false: “testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
23. 23.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we never forget (b) memory is fixed (c) we forget fast at first (d) forgetting starts late
24. 24.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) making a picture of it (b) one long session only (c) reading it once only (d) skipping revision
25. 25.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 3. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
26. 26.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing after a week (b) explaining to a friend (c) one long session only (d) using it in a sum
27. 27.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) linking to what you know (b) learning without meaning (c) reviewing the next day (d) explaining to a friend
28. 28.True or false: “cramming the last night” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
30. 30.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a picture of it (b) never testing yourself (c) skipping revision (d) reading it once only
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) skipping revision (c) reviewing the next day (d) reviewing after a week
33. 33.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) you should give up (b) you are not smart (c) you need a review (d) memory is broken
34. 34.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
35. 35.📅 You learn 12 new spellings 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?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning without meaning (b) a good night’s sleep (c) cramming the last night (d) reading it once only
37. 37.True or false: “testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
39. 39.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) reviewing after a week (c) reading it once only (d) testing yourself
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading it once only (b) never testing yourself (c) testing yourself (d) one long session only

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