Students learn to work both alone and in groups. Students learned only what they were taught by the teachers. Students learned how to use one skill at a time. Math, English, science and other subjects were taught almost entirely separately from one another.
Students learn to use many skills at the same time to solve complex tasks.
Students are taught how to use the skills they've learned in many different subjects to complete an activity. Students learned how to solve simple, specific problems which often had little to do with the real-life situations they faced when they got out of school. Students learn how to solve the kind of complex, real-life problems they will face when they start a career. Students learned how to solve simple problems which had only one right answer and were easy to grade. Students learn how to solve problems which require critical thinking and may have more than one right answer.