You'll forget most of what you learn. What should you do about that?
Adam Mastroianniexperimental-history.com
You'll forget most of what you learn. What should you do about that?
back then it was common for humans to forget over time what they had already learned. Maybe not only back then, come to think of it.
John Green • The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
Only the actual attempt to retrieve information will clearly show us if we have learned something or not.
Sönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
So, apparently, studying hard doesn't protect against forgetting. If we assume that A students studied hard, we have to acknowledge that they forget at the same rate as everyone else. But something else does protect against forgetting: continued practice. In another study, researchers located people of varying ages and administered a test of basic
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