An infographic on the forgetting curve
Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.
Preparation
In 1885, Hermann Ebbinghaus studied his own memory. He wanted to know how quickly he forgot new information. He gave himself tests after different periods of time to see how much he forgot each time. The result is called The Forgetting Curve.
[1] We forget the fastest in the first 24 hours.
[2] And then we forget more and more but the speed slows down over time.
[3] After about six days, we have forgotten most of the new information.
[4] If we revise the information …
[5] ... we make the memory stronger and we slow down the speed of forgetting.
[6] If we revise again and again, we can leave longer and longer periods of time between revisions.
Time is not the only thing that makes us forget something. If we are tired or under stress, we forget faster. If the information was difficult to understand we will forget it faster too. But things that are very important or meaningful to us are easier to remember.
Firstly, I have to understand the information well, after that summarize them in my own words, using graphs, mind maps, and mnemonics is very helpful.
Secondly, review information in a spaced periods is a very important thing and this technique called spaced repetition.
Finally, trying to recall the information using flash cards, solve problems, or answer questions, and this technique called active recall.
I hope to do all of these tips, but I'm really very lazy to do all of these stuffs.
What do I do to remember things?
Well, I write a numbered to-do list on a sticky note and put it somewhere I can see easily. I cross off the tasks I’ve completed. I also use the reminders on my phone for important things. When I don’t have paper with me, I ask my partner or my son to remind me later.
To remember things, I try to understand well what I'm learning, to be relaxed, and then I revise the information sometimes later
The way that I use to remember the things that I learned is to repeat information again and again in spaced periods.
For remember things I need revise it for example if I need to learn a poem I have to revise it . But revise it should after few days
It depends on the things that i should remember.
If it book, then i wrote out a meaningful information for me in my notepad, if it language, then i use an app to remember words, idioms, phrasal verbs too.
If it important thing for my own life, then my brain remembers it itself.
It depends on the things which I must remember. For example, if it's about shopping, I write my purchases on a note pad, but, if I want memorize a poem, I repeat this over and over again, until I learn it perfectly.
In the sake of Remeber, I revise and repeat informaton continually
If we want to remember anything we should: