Memory Techniques Worksheet: The Forgetting Curve

Memory techniques lesson 4: The forgetting curve · Set 580 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sum (b) testing yourself (c) learning without meaning (d) reviewing after a week
2. 2.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
3. 3.True or false: “learning without meaning” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping revision (b) studying when sleepy (c) reviewing the next day (d) one long session only
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking to what you know (b) making a picture of it (c) testing yourself (d) one long session only
6. 6.📉 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
7. 7.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 2. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
8. 8.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
9. 9.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) skipping revision (b) studying when sleepy (c) never testing yourself (d) a good night’s sleep
10. 10.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
11. 11.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
12. 12.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
13. 13.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) explaining to a friend (b) studying when sleepy (c) using it in a sum (d) reviewing the next day
14. 14.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
15. 15.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) in the first day or two (b) after ten years (c) only in exams (d) never
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining to a friend (b) reading it once only (c) skipping revision (d) never testing yourself
17. 17.True or false: “studying when sleepy” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
19. 19.True or false: “making a picture of it” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) using it in a sum (b) cramming the last night (c) linking to what you know (d) explaining to a friend
21. 21.True or false: “cramming the last night” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) you need a review (b) you should give up (c) you are not smart (d) memory is broken
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) a good night’s sleep (c) reading it once only (d) explaining to a friend
24. 24.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
25. 25.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it slows down (b) you forget more (c) it speeds up (d) nothing changes
26. 26.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
27. 27.True or false: “reading it once only” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing after a week (b) testing yourself (c) never testing yourself (d) using it in a sum
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming the last night (b) linking to what you know (c) learning without meaning (d) studying when sleepy
30. 30.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) making a picture of it (b) reading it once only (c) one long session only (d) skipping revision
31. 31.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) never testing yourself (b) testing yourself (c) explaining to a friend (d) linking to what you know
32. 32.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we never forget (b) we forget fast at first (c) forgetting starts late (d) memory is fixed
33. 33.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) cramming the last night (c) skipping revision (d) explaining to a friend
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning without meaning (b) never testing yourself (c) skipping revision (d) making a picture of it
35. 35.True or false: “linking to what you know” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: making a picture of it? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning without meaning (b) one long session only (c) studying when sleepy (d) a good night’s sleep
38. 38.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
39. 39.True or false: “a good night’s sleep” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “learning without meaning” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True

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