Forgetting curve
The well-documented decay of memory of a one-time exposure over time (associated with Hermann Ebbinghaus). The reason a single session does not install a durable habit and a rollout must include spaced reinforcement.
Defined in 3 GAGE programs, which carry 3 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in AI Governance: Applied Mastery.
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The finding, first published by Hermann Ebbinghaus in 1885 and widely replicated in learning science research since, that newly learned information decays rapidly without reinforcement, with the steepest loss occurring in the hours and days immediately after exposure. Used in this topic to explain why a single annual talk produces exposure but not a durable, usable habit.
The well-documented decay of memory of a one-time exposure over time (associated with Hermann Ebbinghaus). The reason a single session does not install a durable habit and a rollout must include spaced reinforcement.
The well-documented decline of retention over time without review, steepest immediately after learning; the decay the reinforcement layer is built to counter (treated in depth in Topic 1.8).
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.
- Learning in the Flow of Work: Post-Graduation Tools · Assessment and Continuous Learning, AI Literacy & Professional Conduct
- The literacy rollout: training 400 people who did not ask for this · The Humans: Leading People Through AI Change, AI Governance: Applied Mastery
- Resident Education at Intake, Not at the Annual Talk · CSFDP: Facility Protocols and Incident Command, Senior AI Scam Defense
Terms it appears with
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