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Gains observed immediately after instruction may dissipate without continued practice.
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Forgetting increases when information is studied or revisited fewer times.
“the seminal work of Ebbinghaus (1913) on memory, which demonstrates that forgetting increases when information is studied or revisited fewer times.”
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- Ebbinghaus, H.
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