The Forgetting Curve
Research shows people forget about what percentage of new information within one hour?
What is 50%?
Name one of the three principles that make learning stick.
What is emotion, participation, or retrieval?
Working memory can typically hold how many pieces of information at once?
What is 4–7 pieces?
Turning training into this helps activate thinking and learning.
What is conversation?
People perform at the level of their ______, not their knowledge.
What is practice?
About what percentage of new information is forgotten within 24 hours?
What is 70%?
This brain chemical strengthens neural connections and is released during curiosity, competition, and achievement.
What is dopamine?
This type of training involves people sitting quietly while someone talks for long periods.
What is passive learning?
Instead of explaining policies, presenting real-life situations uses this strategy.
What are scenarios?
A hands-on training method where staff move between stations practicing skills.
What is a skills fair?
Approximately what percentage of information is forgotten within one week if it isn’t reinforced?
What is 90%?
This brain structure processes emotional experiences and signals that a memory is important.
What is the amygdala?
If staff cannot answer this question, the brain often discards the information.
What is “Why does this matter to me tomorrow?”
Teaching one concept at a time instead of everything at once is called this.
What is microlearning?
Emergency preparedness activities where teams walk through scenarios together.
What are tabletop drills?
The psychologist who first discovered the forgetting curve.
Who is Hermann Ebbinghaus?
The part of the brain responsible for storing long-term memories.
What is the hippocampus?
Trying to teach too much information at once leads to this problem.
What is information overload?
Games, storytelling, and unexpected demonstrations help do this to the brain.
What is surprise or novelty?
Scenario-based learning allows the brain to do this before the real event happens.
What is rehearse or practice the behavior?
According to the brain, information that is boring, passive, or disconnected from real life is most likely to be what?
What is forgotten or discarded?
The brain system that filters information and decides what we pay attention to.
What is the Reticular Activating System (RAS)?
The ultimate goal of training in healthcare is not attendance but this.
What is behavior change?
A digital tool mentioned in the presentation that make training interactive.
What are Kahoot, Mentimeter, Jeopardy.
A life-saving skill used as an example of why practice matters in training.
What is CPR?