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Forgetting is essential to learning vocabulary.
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Forgetting vocabulary is an accessibility problem.
A word may be in memory, the problem is finding it. If you can retrieve that word while it's not too late and forgotten, you actually retain it better for next time.
The greater the retrieval effort, the greater the learning.
A word may be in memory, the problem is finding it. If you can retrieve that word while it's not too late and forgotten, you actually retain it better for next time.
The greater the retrieval effort, the greater the learning.
Spaced repetition spaces review sessions to improve long-term memory.
The idea is that reviewing in short sessions at increasing intervals counters the rate we normally forget information and promotes learning (aka the forgetting curve)
The idea is that reviewing in short sessions at increasing intervals counters the rate we normally forget information and promotes learning (aka the forgetting curve)
Contrary to massed learning, spaced repetition works in favor of how your brain naturally works.
It schedules review just at the point where you're about to forget that word, so the retrieval effort is at its greatest and you retain the word better.
It schedules review just at the point where you're about to forget that word, so the retrieval effort is at its greatest and you retain the word better.
Instead of word lists and cramming index cards:
• Space your study sessions
• Give your brain time to forget
• Struggle repeatedly to retrieve information
• Space your study sessions
• Give your brain time to forget
• Struggle repeatedly to retrieve information
And if you want to learn more, check out this article I wrote on how to learn vocabulary by forgetting https://marcocamilo.com/blog/why-forgetting-boosts-vocabulary
