knowledge retention
Keeping learned information
Knowledge retention is the ability to preserve and recall information over time.
In education and training, it measures how much learners remember after instruction: The course included spaced repetition to improve knowledge retention.
Organizations worry about knowledge retention when experienced employees leave, taking expertise with them.
The term spans individual memory and institutional preservation of know-how.
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- memory palaceSpatial mnemonic system
- recallMemory retrieval act
- active recallGenerating answers from memory
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
deep learning · study · study habits · use it or lose it · revision · review · cramming · flashcards · spaced repetition · repetition · consolidation · encoding · retrieval · brain dump · absorption · comprehension · mental map · mastery
knowledge retentionforgetting
Failing to retain memories
memory loss · amnesia · memory decay · cognitive decline · forgetfulness
knowledge, retention, know, knowing, knowingly, known, unknown, unknowing, unknowingly