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Topic: Question for Saturday, May 3 *forgotten*

You are enrolled in a class, learning all sorts of new stuff. How much of that ''new'' stuff is immediately forgotten?

Memory experts claim that you forget more than 50% of the new stuff with-in a few hours. That's why you need to take good notes.

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so close, and yet so far away. ... (sss)

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Posted by: Shirla
Date posted: Sat May 3 13:54:54 2008
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I'm old,  I'm gonna say they will remember 40%. And forget 60%. Lol

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Posted by: GCS
Date posted: Sat May 3 11:41:11 2008
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I really think it is dependent upon the age of the class members. Young people retain more than those of us in the mature category.

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Posted by: Ulalume
Date posted: Sat May 3 10:21:59 2008
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I will go with the Pareto Principle and say that people forget 80% of what is learned and remember 20% .

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THAT'S what I was trying to remember. Pareto Principle. I guess we know in which per cent my brain stored that info. I'm glad you posted this. It was driving me crazy. bink

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Posted by: Gail M
Date posted: Sat May 3 7:15:43 2008
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Bwahahaha!     If the class is MY age, ALL of it!    :-(    Information in, information out!   

Lemme pretend I'm not old for a minute and see if I can come up with a better answer.   I'll guess 30%. 

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No, no, no. They have forgotten 70% of it. Remembered 30%.

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Posted by: Rusty
Date posted: Sat May 3 2:55:15 2008
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( HINT ) I wanted to let you know the next couple questions will be more about this class.

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