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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.

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

 

MORE FUN WITH BRAINSAREFUN

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

• Donaldson Exercise
• An Incomplete History of Personal Computing
• 100 Reasons to Bury Your Television and Video Games
• VETS
  

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