How Much Do People Forget?
Will Thalheimer,
Dec 15, 2010
Good stuff from Will Thalheimer as he extracts data from 14 studies on how much people remember and what causes them to forget. As he notes, "Rules-of-thumb that show people forgetting at some pre-defined rate are just plain false. In other words, learning gurus and earnest bloggers are wrong when they make blanket statements like, 'People will forget 40% of what they learned within a day of learning it.'" Forgetting varies widely. Prior knowledge matters. Motivation matters. Context matters. Learning methods matter.
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