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The AFERR Model, pronounced "ah-fur", (Activation, Forecasting, Experimentation, Realization, Reflection) is a comprehensive framework that draws on cognitive neuroscience to optimize learning processes. This model provides a structured pathway for learners to engage, plan, apply, and reflect on their knowledge, ensuring deeper integration and long-term retention of information. By examining each phase of the model through a neuroscientific lens, this paper aims to provide a holistic understanding of how the AFERR Model aligns with the brain’s natural mechanisms for learning. Emphasizing the roles of autonomy, prediction, experience, feedback, and reflection, the AFERR Model offers an effective approach to designing and implementing learning strategies that
resonate with how the brain processes, stores, and retrieves information.

This paper explores how we learn new skills and why it's important to reflect on what we've learned. Our research showed that when we have interesting experiences, we tend to think more deeply about what we did. However, creating these engaging experiences can be challenging. That's where practice spaces come in. These are safe environments where we can try out new skills and improve them without fear of failure.

We believe that schools and companies should incorporate practice spaces into their learning programs to help people learn more effectively. By using practice spaces, learners can develop important skills and be more successful in both their academic and professional lives.