Memory Techniques Worksheet: The Forgetting Curve

Memory techniques lesson 4: The forgetting curve · Set 384 · 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.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) using it in a sum (b) explaining to a friend (c) reviewing after a week (d) studying when sleepy
2. 2.True or false: “one long session only” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) only in exams (b) never (c) in the first day or two (d) after ten years
4. 4.True or false: “one long session only” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) reading it once only (c) testing yourself (d) skipping revision
6. 6.True or false: “linking to what you know” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) you are not smart (b) you need a review (c) memory is broken (d) you should give up
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) explaining to a friend (c) cramming the last night (d) reviewing the next day
9. 9.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it speeds up (b) it slows down (c) nothing changes (d) you forget more
10. 10.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping revision (b) one long session only (c) reading it once only (d) making a picture of it
12. 12.True or false: “reviewing the next day” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “skipping revision” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing after a week (b) learning without meaning (c) reviewing the next day (d) a good night’s sleep
15. 15.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) using it in a sum (b) linking to what you know (c) learning without meaning (d) a good night’s sleep
16. 16.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) one long session only (b) using it in a sum (c) reviewing the next day (d) making a picture of it
17. 17.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) making a picture of it (b) reviewing after a week (c) cramming the last night (d) a good night’s sleep
18. 18.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
19. 19.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 6. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking to what you know (b) reading it once only (c) reviewing after a week (d) testing yourself
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) testing yourself (c) reviewing after a week (d) studying when sleepy
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sum (b) never testing yourself (c) reading it once only (d) studying when sleepy
23. 23.True or false: “cramming the last night” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “studying when sleepy” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing the next day (b) reading it once only (c) never testing yourself (d) one long session only
26. 26.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
27. 27.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
28. 28.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
29. 29.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing the next day (b) using it in a sum (c) testing yourself (d) never testing yourself
30. 30.True or false: “a good night’s sleep” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) a good night’s sleep (c) never testing yourself (d) skipping revision
32. 32.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) reviewing after a week (c) one long session only (d) using it in a sum
34. 34.True or false: “using it in a sum” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) skipping revision (b) reviewing the next day (c) explaining to a friend (d) a good night’s sleep
36. 36.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) reviewing the next day (c) a good night’s sleep (d) reviewing after a week
38. 38.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining to a friend (b) reviewing after a week (c) skipping revision (d) testing yourself
40. 40.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) reviewing the next day (c) studying when sleepy (d) learning without meaning

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