Memory Techniques Worksheet: The Forgetting Curve

Memory techniques lesson 4: The forgetting curve · Set 845 · 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.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) nothing changes (b) you forget more (c) it speeds up (d) it slows down
2. 2.True or false: “making a picture of it” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
4. 4.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing the next day (b) a good night’s sleep (c) reviewing after a week (d) skipping revision
5. 5.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) you should give up (b) you need a review (c) you are not smart (d) memory is broken
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming the last night (b) reviewing the next day (c) one long session only (d) reading it once only
7. 7.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) the exam night (b) never (c) today or tomorrow (d) next month
8. 8.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking to what you know (b) using it in a sum (c) explaining to a friend (d) learning without meaning
10. 10.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
11. 11.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) using it in a sum (c) cramming the last night (d) never testing yourself
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining to a friend (b) cramming the last night (c) testing yourself (d) linking to what you know
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying when sleepy (b) a good night’s sleep (c) cramming the last night (d) one long session only
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping revision (b) testing yourself (c) reading it once only (d) learning without meaning
15. 15.True or false: “making a picture of it” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we never forget (b) we forget fast at first (c) memory is fixed (d) forgetting starts late
17. 17.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) in the first day or two (b) after ten years (c) never (d) only in exams
18. 18.True or false: “cramming the last night” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
20. 20.True or false: “studying when sleepy” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “a good night’s sleep” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) studying when sleepy (b) making a picture of it (c) learning without meaning (d) skipping revision
23. 23.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) explaining to a friend (c) making a picture of it (d) learning without meaning
24. 24.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) testing yourself (b) never testing yourself (c) skipping revision (d) studying when sleepy
25. 25.True or false: “using it in a sum” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) reading it once only (c) cramming the last night (d) explaining to a friend
27. 27.True or false: “testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📅 You learn the water cycle 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?
29. 29.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
30. 30.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) reviewing the next day (c) cramming the last night (d) one long session only
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming the last night (b) one long session only (c) learning without meaning (d) using it in a sum
32. 32.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 4. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
33. 33.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: making a picture of it? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
34. 34.True or false: “reading it once only” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) explaining to a friend (b) one long session only (c) linking to what you know (d) reviewing the next day
36. 36.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 3. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
37. 37.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
38. 38.True or false: “never testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “a good night’s sleep” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?

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