Imagine That You Complete a Computer Programming Course, but Never

question 19

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you complete a computer programming course, but never have a chance to use the programming language once the course is over. Based on the research results reported by Ebbinghaus, over the years, you should expect

• A)there will be a constant, steady decline in what you can recall from the programming course.
• B)most of what you learned to be forgotten early, but later, there will be a slow, steady increase in what you can recall from the programming course.
• C)very little of what you learned to be forgotten early, but later, there will be a rapid decline in what you can recall from the programming course.
• D)most of what you learned to be forgotten early, and there will continue to be a slow decline in what you can recall from the programming course.

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