This curve typically shows what happens to our memory of something in a week after learning something new.The ultimate goal to maximize our efficiency to remember something is to reduce the effects of forgetting curve.Here are 6 effective strategies that will help you to retain much of what you have learnt.

The Infamous Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve

Evidence shows that studying your material in several sessions spread out over a long period, rather than repeatedly learning stuff in a short period, really helps to retain the material. Importantly, it is better to overshoot the duration between your revision than to undershoot. If an exam is 2 months away a minimum of 10 days is recommended, it can get 12 but 8 is not fine. It gives us a false perception of mastery which may not pay off later.

1) Spaced Practice 

One strategy for learning is blocking. It involves practicing one thing at a time before the next ( Learning topic A before B, before C forming the pattern AABBCC), in interleaving you mix several topics together (forming the pattern ABCABC) It may seem a little harder as it can take a bit longer to learn material. But it can generate better and long-lasting results. It is important that when using interleaving method you shouldn't switch between subjects too often, it's all about getting the balance.

2) Interleaving

The only way to know if your practice is working is by testing yourself. Evidence shows that testing is one of the most important factor to aid your revision and it can drastically improve your memory.While initially it may seem better to study more, over time you are much more likely to retain information if you test yourself. This surprising phenomenon is called the testing effect!Some ideas on how you can test yourself:<ul><li>Flashcards </li><li>Practice questions online</li><li>Questions in textbooks </li><li> Getting friends to quiz you in a study group </li><li> Past papers</li></ul>

3) Retrieval Practice 

Elaboration is where are you enhance the information of the learning material by relating it to other information that you already know so that you think about it differently.This strategy makes you ask more in-depth questions about how and why things work; deepening your sematic understanding

4) Elaboration 

When we are learning new information that we do not want it to interfere with what we have previously learned. If this happens it is called retroactive interference. When this happens the memory that you have stored previously for some reasons cannot be retrieved. This is more likely to occur when learning similar materials.So when learning new information, try to make sure you are learning it in fundamentally different way on how you learned similar materials. Use new cues and try to keep the information separate. Consider connecting the dots.

5) Link Information To Expand Your Memory

Stimulating curiosity creates more effective learning experiences. This means the more interested or curious you are about something, the better. If you find a topic boring try connecting it with something that you do find interesting. Thinking in these terms can really change how you feel about a topic and consequently how well you end up learning it.

6) Stay Curious To Learn More

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How to remember the stuff you have studied ?

Whatever might be your age or interests learning something new is fun and exciting. When we learn some new stuff or refresh old one we are becoming a more potential person. Rewiring our brains. Here are 8 ways that learning will help you grow.

8 Benefits Of Learning 

When we learn, we are engaging our brain as a result new cells are formed. It helps us develop cognitive functions like concentration, detailing, memory recall etc.

1) Improves Brain Function 

Basically learning new stuff will introduce you to a whole new bunch of people from different backgrounds. It helps us increase our social ability.

2) Meet New People

An new stuff that we learn connects us to the members of the shared community thus again increasing our social interaction.

3)Getting Connected To Community 

It is satisfying to achieve atleast one goal that we set as a part of our learning process. It helps us to continue our learning habit.

4) Sense Of Satisfaction 

If we learn something that we always wanted to learn, something that keeps us engaged and away from all the daily struggles, we start to enjoy the process of learning thus again helping us to push ourselves.

5) Fun

Anything that we love from web designing, editing, app development, playing instruments can help us secure a place at our desired destination.As a Chinese proverb says " Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. "

6) Increases Job Opportunities 

We are always greedy for rewards. Our mind wants to be rewarded. So after a tiring day that one dish you cooked perfectly as a part of your cooking lessons can be a lot satisfying and rewarding to your brain. It helps to calm a disturbed mind.

7) It Is Rewarding 

With this super fast growing world it is a need to stay updated about new things. Even at work places if you are stuck at those old ways you won't be able to cope up with the competition. So summing up : learning is necessary and with all those skyscrapers around being up to date is a dire need.

8) Keeps You Relevant 

"Always walk through life as you have something new to learn and you will. "

I have always been a keen learner and it has affected me in lot of ways, finding my purpose eventually. We all should explore different areas of our lives and figure out what works for us the best.

What learning new stuff can do to us 

Train your mind to see good in everything. Positivity is a choice. The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thought .

The first step of getting what you want is to have the courage to get rid of what you don't .

Just because you are struggling does not mean you are failing. Keep believing and good things will happen.

Never quit, if you stumble get back up. What happened yesterday no longer matters. Today is another day to move on and start over.

A lot of things happen to us daily, some good some bad, it depends on us what to value. It is all about our perception. 

Moment's of inspiration 

"If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done

We are a lot of times unclear about our wants, so if someone asks you want do you want, it's like "Oh what do I actually want" So having clarity of mind is important, being specific is important. 

Power of manifestation 

Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them

We always focus on big moments of our life ignoring that morning coffee can be a lot satisfying too.

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Happiness in small moments...

Sayalee Talware