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The Complete Hyperlink Index of All
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Here is the complete hyperlink index of all Brainsarefun solutions, as well as data on the research that makes Brainsarefun, Accelerated Learning and Direct Instruction so effective.

PLEASE REMEMBER: Don't let the volume of information presented here bog you down. A good way to begin is to Tell Me Your Goals. With this foundation in place you may want to take a look at The Brainsarefun Lead Solution.  Scan the Index and download one or two additional solutions that strike you as timely and appropriate.

All solutions on this site are free and you will never be asked to pay a dime or to sign up for anything. This labor of love is done only to accelerate academic success and achievement for the enormous number of children who are needlessly failing academically -- doom! If you think you can make it in America, or anyplace else, without knowing how to read, you're nuts.

1. 39 ANSWERS THAT WILL IMPROVE YOUR LIFE FOREVER, The Self-Knowledge Acid Test
2. 100 EXCUSES FOR CHOOSING POOR BEHAVIOR, and solutions
3. 101 BRAINSAREFUN TESTIMONIALS
   
4. A MENU OF EFFECTIVE REWARDS
5. A MENU OF EFFECTIVE CORRECTIONS
6. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS
7. ACCELERATED LEARNING, STUDY SKILLS, PROBLEM SOLVING - solutions to a common classroom problem
8. ACHIEVEMENT and SUCCESS
9. AMAZING MATH MACHINE
   
10. AN EDUCATION POLICY FOR POLITICIANS AND SUPERINTENDENTS
11. AN EXERCISE THAT WILL IMPROVE YOUR LIFE FOREVER
    
12. AN OPEN DISCUSSION WITH RORY DONALDSON
13. ANSWERS FIRST - SELF CORRECTION, A Humane Way to Teach
14. ART, Is it really all that important?
    
15. BAD, Is School As Bad As I Say?
    
16. BASIC TEACHING TECHNIQUE: How to teach almost anything to anyone (Sample script included).
17. BOOKS TO READ ALOUD TO YOUR CHILDREN AND STUDENTS - birth through 18 years.
18. BRAINSAREFUN, A Short Introduction
19. BRAINSAREFUN AND DIRECT INSTRUCTION, How do they relate?
20. BRAINSAREFUN AT YOUR SCHOOL
21. BRAINSAREFUN CONTRACTS, that put your child in charge of winning
22. BRAINSAREFUN HOMEWORK SOLUTION
23. BRAINSAREFUN LEAD SOLUTION
    
24. BRAINSAREFUN MATH SOLUTION (Sample script included)
25. BRAINSAREFUN PARENT BROCHURE
26. BRAINSAREFUN READING SOLUTION - Step-by-step instruction on how to accelerate reading skills and comprehension - all ages (Sample script included).
27. BRAINSAREFUN WRITING SOLUTION
28. BUILDING ACADEMIC SELF CONFIDENCE
29. COLLEGE, What is it good for?
30. CONTRACTS THAT PUT YOUR KIDS IN CHARGE OF WINNING
31. COOPERATION BEFORE INSTRUCTION IS THE GREAT MANDATE
    
32. CORPORATE SOLUTIONS
33. CREATING A NEW LIFE AT HOME
34. CURRICULUM - the Brainsarefun Institute Course of Study
35. DIRECT INSTRUCTION, What is it?
36. ED SCHOOLS, What's wrong, and how to fix them
37. EDUCATION POLICY FOR POLITICIANS AND SUPERINTENDENTS
38. EFFECTIVE TEACHING SKILLS
39. ESTABLISH GOALS FOR THE PROGRAM
40. EVALUATING THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM
41. FIVE-FIVE-FIVES, reducing anxiety and increasing success across the board
42. FUNDAMENTAL PILLARS OF THE IDEAL SCHOOL
43. FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS AND BEHAVIORS
44. GOALS FOR THE PROGRAM 
45. GREAT TEACHERS - What makes them so?
46. HABITUAL DISRUPTION AND ITS CURE
47. HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL
48. HEROES
49. HOMEWORK - A Cruel Hoax, Part 1
50. HOMEWORK - A Cruel Hoax, Part 2
51. HOOKS WITH WORMS
52. HOPE, A LITERATURE OF
    
53. HOW TO INOCULATE YOUR CHILDREN AGAINST POVERTY
54. HOW TO TEACH VIRTUALLY ANYTHING TO ANYONE
55. HYPNOTISM: Log on to Roy Masters, listen to a "Recent Show;" download the free meditation "Be Still and Know;" get de-hypnotized
    
56. LEARNING DISORDERS AND MEDICATION = largely, another dangerous hoax
57. LISTENING / SPEAKING, the "talking stick": How to improve listening and speaking.
58. LITERATURE OF HOPE
59. MANAGEMENT -How to manage classrooms for success
    
60. MASTER TEACHER, What Makes a Master Teacher?
61. MATH
    
62. MISSIONS AND MOTTOES
63. MORE ON THE WHO AND WHAT OF BRAINSAREFUN
64. MOTTOES
    
65. NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND and READING FIRST
66. OTHER RESOURCES / IDEAS
67. PARENT BROCHURE
    
68. PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
69. POLITICIANS AND SUPERINTENDENTS
70. POSITIVE DISCIPLINE - an approach and a definition
71. PRAISE FOR BRAINSAREFUN
72. PROJECT FOLLOW THROUGH
    
73. PROXIMITY MANAGEMENT
74. READING
    
75. READING ALOUD FOR FAMILY UNITY
    
76. READING COMMENTARIES
77. REFORMING AMERICAN SCHOOLS -- 22 not-so-easy pieces.
78. RESEARCH
79. RESUME/VITAE
80. REWARDING BEHAVIOR - Catch them doing the right thing.
81. REWARDS: A Menu of Effective Rewards
82. REWARDS, Some additional thoughts
    
83. ROLES OF PARENTS AND HEROES
84. RORY WHO? "What makes him so smart?"
    
85. RULES -- How to run a well-managed classroom from Day One (Sample script included)
86. SELF-KNOWLEDGE ACID TEST
87. SETTING GOALS, The Self-Knowledge Acid Test
    
88. SOLUTION KEYS TO SUCCESS
89. STRESS and ANXIETY: Log on to Roy Masters, listen to a "Recent Show;" download the free meditation "Be Still and Know;" get up-to-date and in control of your emotions
90. STUDENT BROCHURE
    
91. STUDENT ORIENTATION, SUPERVISION AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT: Step-by-step instructions on how to establish and maintain positive discipline in the classroom (Sample script included).
92. STUDY SKILLS
93. SUCCESS
    
94. SUGGESTIONS FOR GETTING STARTED
95. SUPERVISION
96. SYLLABI
97. SYLLABUS: BRAINSAREFUN READING & STUDY SKILLS
98. SYLLABUS: ENGLISH 101, DEVELOPMENTAL WRITING FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
99. SYLLABUS: TEACHING SKILLS FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS
100. TEACH ALL KIDS TO READ
     
101. TEACHER TRAINING
     
102. TELL ME YOUR GOALS
103. TEST YOUR CHILD'S ABILITY TO READ
     
104. TESTIMONIALS FROM STUDENTS
     
105. THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM WITH AMERICAN EDUCATION, AND THE #1 SOLUTION
106. THE RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE THAT SUPPORTS BRAINSAREFUN
107. WARNING
108. WHAT MAKES A MASTER TEACHER?
109. WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT BRAINSAREFUN
110. WHAT'S NEW @ BRAINSAREFUN.COM?
111. WHAT'S WRONG WITH SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION, and some solutions
112. WHO IS A MASTER TEACHER?
113. WHO IS RORY DONALDSON? What makes him so smart?
114. WORKING WITH RORY DONALDSON
     
115. WRITER AND THE WRITING PROCESS

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BLANK FORMS FOR PHOTOCOPYING

Basic Contract
Daily Report Card
Five-Minute Contract
Ledger
One-Way Contract
Vacation Contract

 

SAMPLE SCRIPTS ADAPTABLE TO ALL LEARNING SITUATIONS

> BASIC TEACHING TECHNIQUE

> BRAINSAREFUN MATH SOLUTION

> BRAINSAREFUN READING SOLUTION

> RULES -- How to run a well-managed classroom

> STUDENT ORIENTATION, SUPERVISION AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

 

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Editorial and Comment Designed to Accelerate and Change American Education for the Best

Sol Stern praises the federal Reading First program but criticizes the way
his home city has implemented it.

OTHER SITES BY RORY DONALDSON

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• 100 Reasons to Bury Your Television and Video Games
• VETS
  

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