The student solutions could be presented to a local city council or presented at an open forum of an environmental impact review. Next, authentic instruction requires energizing students substantive conversation. Three features of higher substantive conversation are important. First, considerable interaction about the ideas of a topic need to be addressed by students. Discussions should include having students making distinctions, applying ideas, and raising questions Second the, sharing of ideas among students is essential.
Learners share by explaining themselves, asking questions, and responding to questioning.
Third, the discussion should build on the participants' ideas and promote collective understanding of all of the students, teachers, and outside individuals that come in contact with the learning. Finally, authentic instruction must include social support for student achievement. This includes having high expectations, respecting student curiosities and including students in the learning process. Social support of student achievement is present when teachers convey high expectations to all students, encourage risk taking, and develop a mutual respect in the classroom. These standards of authentic instruction provide a framework of criteria for discerning authentic instruction from authentic forms of pedagogy.