Forgetfulness/ Forgetting/ Difficulty in Remembering

In day to day life we come across tons of experiences, every minute something happens, sometimes we feel it, we understand it, we love it, we like it, we don’t like it, we hate it etc. It is highly impossible to remember each and everything happens in our life, truth it is!

Sometimes we forget things or concepts which we have learnt previously after 30 minutes, after few hours, after a day, after few days or after few months or years. Somehow, its not possible to remember everything and it is good to forget few experiences, for healthy and happy life. But what in case of STUDIES???!! Terrific if you forget and unable to recall at the right time!

Forgetting is exactly opposite of learning!! Let us know little more about it…

You are not only one, who forget the things or concepts and fail to recall… There are many.. Do not worry if fail to recall in exams or in the classrooms, don’t be stressed, pressurized…

“Forgetting means failure at any time to recall experience  when attempting to do so, or to perform an action previously learnt”

– James Drever

 

“True learning is judicious forgetting”

– Adams

In student life, recalling what we have studied is very important part, we study to recall…  If we fail to do so, did you ever try to know WHY DO YOU FORGET??? WHY ARE YOU UNABLE TO RECALL WHAT YOU HAVE STUDIED EARLIER? 

Before going for the remedies for forgetting, let us know little deeper about causes or reasons of forgetting/ forgetfulness/difficulty in remembering. [Let us take mathematics concepts as example for clear discussion]

REASONS OF FORGETTING

1. Lack of Interest: 

Lack of consistency in results is because of lack of interest! This is the main reason why don’t to fail to recall the concepts which you have  studied earlier. Lack of interest  leads to lack of dedication, attention in learning. Feeling of not being curious to learn new concepts! Feeling of getting bored while learning!

2. Lapse of Time: 

Remember, time has the power to change human feelings. The long gap between learn and relearn or revision of concepts or irregular study also results in forgetting what you have learnt earlier.

Forgetting starts as soon as we stop learning. The gap between the study and the lesson taught, is major reason for not remembering anything when you study for the first time. you will ALMOST FEEL LIKE YOU ARE TRYING TO STUDY SOMETHING NEW CONCEPT WHICH IS NEVER BEEN TAUGHT!

3. Discontinuance of Study:

Discontinuance in the sense lack of revision of lesson, being irregular to the classes, lack of practice of mathematical problems!!. Rate of forgetting is most rapid when there is disuse of any activity.

4. Interference of any other activity:

Interference of any other activity is use of mobile phones while studying, discussing or involving in unrelated things with friends while teacher is teaching the concepts inside the class as such…

5. Restlessness:

 Restlessness means lack of systematic life style. Not taking sufficient amount of rest after any activity, learning, not involving in extra-curricular or co-curricular activities in school, sleeplessness, studying whole night without sleeping,  getting tensed and trying to study!!

6. Unpleasant and painful experience:

Comparing himself and his studies to other peer groups, sense of guilt and shame, getting tensed and stressed for not being regular in studies and trying to study everything over-night leads nothing remember or recall!

7. Fatigue: 

Extreme tiredness resulting from mental and physical exertion  or illness, clearly weakness or feeling of being exhausted will also effects on memory/forgetfulness. Lack of healthy life style also a reason for forgetfulness.

8. Emotional disturbance:

A student with emotional disturbance like getting irritated very soon, anxiety, bipolar, obsessive-compulsive will have learning inability, he/she will suffer from forgetfulness. It is the state of not being able to make proper study  time-table.

To come to any conclusion or take remedies, we must be very clear about the reasons. And here we are with reasons/causes! Now it is much easier for us to come up from forgetfulness.

REMEDIES FOR FORGETTING:

1. Being up-to-date:

Immediate revisions of lesson taught in the classroom, being up-to-date! It would be more effective if you study daily after the school time, what is taught in the classroom. If you do so, lessons will settle in your brain before it fades!

2. Preparing study time-table:

Prepare your own study time table, which involves leisure time, resting time and also STUDY TIME 😀 Don’t forget to add STUDY TIME 😀 😀

3. Revision: 

Revise the lessons what you have studied once in week. This will help you from forgetting such as formula, axioms, theorems etc.

4. Practice:

This one is most important, instead of studying or reading Mathematics, you need to practice it, start solving mathematics problems, write and solve it!

5. Nature of learning:

One should choose meaningful learning, not just covering the lessons, you should understand and Solve it. Discuss the confusing concepts,ask doubts with experts. Of course, extreme is bad!  😀 

And, remember, forgetting is not always an evil! but you need to be selective in remembering and forgetting! now we are sure with reasons and remedies 🙂 Don’t READ the lesson, you STUDY it! You will never forget!

 

“True learning is judicious forgetting”

-Adams