Authentic Learning:Five Standards of Authentic Instruction. Fred M. Newmann and Gary G. Wehlage Why do many innovations fail to improve the quality of instruction or student achievement? In 1990, we began to explore this question by studying schools that have tried to restructure. To define authentic achievement more precisely, we rely on three criteria that are consistent with major proposals in the restructuring movement:1 (1) students construct meaning and produce knowledge, (2) students use disciplined inquiry to construct meaning, and (3) students aim their work toward production of discourse, products, and performances that have value or meaning beyond success in school.2 The Need for Standards for Instruction While there has been much recent attention to standards for curriculum and for assessment,3 public and professional discussion of standards for instruction tends to focus on procedural and technical aspects, with little attention to more fundamental standards of quality.
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