Memory Techniques Worksheet: The Forgetting Curve

Memory techniques lesson 4: The forgetting curve · Set 754 · 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) reading it once only (b) reviewing after a week (c) a good night’s sleep (d) explaining to a friend
2. 2.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
3. 3.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
4. 4.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
5. 5.True or false: “reviewing the next day” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
7. 7.True or false: “linking to what you know” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) skipping revision (c) reading it once only (d) testing yourself
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a picture of it (b) using it in a sum (c) skipping revision (d) testing yourself
10. 10.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
11. 11.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) studying when sleepy (c) reading it once only (d) reviewing after a week
12. 12.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) nothing changes (b) it speeds up (c) it slows down (d) you forget more
13. 13.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing after a week (b) testing yourself (c) reviewing the next day (d) skipping revision
14. 14.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
15. 15.📉 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
16. 16.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) next month (b) the exam night (c) never (d) today or tomorrow
17. 17.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) only in exams (b) in the first day or two (c) never (d) after ten years
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying when sleepy (b) skipping revision (c) explaining to a friend (d) reading it once only
19. 19.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
20. 20.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 2. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
21. 21.📅 You learn the 7 times table 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?
22. 22.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing after a week (b) testing yourself (c) using it in a sum (d) learning without meaning
23. 23.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
24. 24.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) memory is fixed (b) we never forget (c) forgetting starts late (d) we forget fast at first
25. 25.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
26. 26.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
27. 27.True or false: “learning without meaning” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
30. 30.True or false: “studying when sleepy” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming the last night (b) never testing yourself (c) linking to what you know (d) learning without meaning
32. 32.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
33. 33.True or false: “skipping revision” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “using it in a sum” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “making a picture of it” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “never testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “cramming the last night” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing the next day (b) never testing yourself (c) making a picture of it (d) using it in a sum
40. 40.True or false: “one long session only” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True

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