Memory Techniques Worksheet: The Forgetting Curve

Memory techniques lesson 4: The forgetting curve · Set 428 · 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.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 6. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
2. 2.True or false: “cramming the last night” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning without meaning (b) reviewing the next day (c) reading it once only (d) studying when sleepy
5. 5.True or false: “making a picture of it” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 6. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning without meaning (b) skipping revision (c) cramming the last night (d) explaining to a friend
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) linking to what you know (c) reviewing after a week (d) reading it once only
9. 9.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) explaining to a friend (c) cramming the last night (d) using it in a sum
10. 10.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
11. 11.True or false: “linking to what you know” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing after a week (b) using it in a sum (c) studying when sleepy (d) a good night’s sleep
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) reviewing the next day (c) cramming the last night (d) linking to what you know
14. 14.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) the exam night (b) today or tomorrow (c) next month (d) never
15. 15.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 6. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
16. 16.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
17. 17.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
18. 18.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) one long session only (b) making a picture of it (c) reviewing the next day (d) linking to what you know
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying when sleepy (b) using it in a sum (c) reviewing the next day (d) testing yourself
20. 20.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) testing yourself (b) explaining to a friend (c) skipping revision (d) reviewing after a week
21. 21.True or false: “linking to what you know” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
23. 23.True or false: “never testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “studying when sleepy” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) one long session only (b) learning without meaning (c) studying when sleepy (d) reviewing the next day
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing after a week (b) never testing yourself (c) explaining to a friend (d) reviewing the next day
27. 27.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
28. 28.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) nothing changes (b) it speeds up (c) you forget more (d) it slows down
29. 29.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
30. 30.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
31. 31.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) learning without meaning (b) skipping revision (c) studying when sleepy (d) a good night’s sleep
32. 32.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: never testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
33. 33.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) after ten years (b) never (c) only in exams (d) in the first day or two
34. 34.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it once only (c) using it in a sum (d) linking to what you know
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) testing yourself (c) studying when sleepy (d) reading it once only
36. 36.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) skipping revision (b) learning without meaning (c) reading it once only (d) linking to what you know
37. 37.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
38. 38.True or false: “learning without meaning” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “reviewing the next day” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “skipping revision” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False

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