Computational modeling analysis demonstrates that a single forgetting curve fails across different timescales in human learners, indicating that accurate memory models require time-variant functions.
Employing memory models in practical applications provides an opportunity to test and refine theories on a large scale. The better models work in real-world scenarios, the more they can benefit educational practice. Using recall data spanning timescales from minutes to weeks, we find that a single forgetting curve cannot simultaneously capture short- and long-term performance, and show that an accurate model therefore requires a forgetting function that changes with time.
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