This document compares traditional teacher-centered classrooms to student-centered learning (SCL) classrooms. In traditional classrooms, teachers directly instruct students through lectures while students passively receive information. In contrast, SCL classrooms place students at the center of the learning process by allowing them to influence content, activities, materials, and pace of learning through more interactive and individualized activities like group projects, presentations, internet research, and brainstorming while teachers facilitate instruction. The document suggests SCL classrooms that depart from traditional worksheets and drills may be better suited for today's changing world, though direct instruction still has value for certain learning outcomes.