There is extensive opportunity to use all strands of math to solve problems - in math class and in other subjects. Activities involve students in the mathematics of everyday life. Assignments vary in length and complexity - from simple paper and pencil assignments to activities that take several days. Students enjoy doing math. Well, students are learning the math you learned - just in a different way.
Students still learn their multiplication tables and how to do long division on paper.
But students learn those skills differently than you probably did. But students today also have to learn more math than you did. Here's one way to look at it. At the beginning of this century, it was possible for mathematicians to know all of mathematics. By 1950, even the most brilliant scholars could know only 20 per cent.