The case for student-first curricula
Kevin P. Chavous
September 3, 2021
Real Clear Education
Originally Posted by brief excerpts from article
Ebbinghaus’s “Forgetting Curve” – a classic study that illustrates how much information students lose when there is no effort to retain it. Boiled down to the essentials, the study concludes that students lose more than half of what they learn within an hour; two-thirds within a day; and three-fourths within six days. Educators have been wrestling with these results since the study was conducted 140 years ago.
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Mitra sees technology opening the door to a new way of learning built for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. “This means we no longer have to teach students what they can learn by themselves with an Internet connection. Instead, we can facilitate problem-solving skills and encourage critical thinking by asking interesting questions and letting the students find the answer on their own.”
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... knowledge becomes obsolete faster than ever...
I am concerned for an educational foundation fully dependent on the internet, for when someone pulls the plug we may have a society of individuals unable to read and retain knowledge or perform routine mathematics themselves without electronic aids.

While the boundaries of knowledge may be expanding quickly, knowledge of mathematics, history, literature, languages, vocabulary, grammar, and more, does not become rapidly "obsolete."

Faced with a use-it-or-lose-it scenario, I do not agree that the alternative to lose it in favor of dependence on electronic aids is preferable to developing mental retention capabilities.

Here is a related link, from e-student.org - What is the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve?