Activity mania

I love the name of this concept. I believe that if a classroom is limited and not able to use inquiry-based learning, this would be the next best thing.  Activity mania seems to be less time consuming although I prefer the structure of inquiry-based learning.  I think the hands-on activities of activity mania is extremely beneficial however I do not believe the learned material will be as affective as inquiry-based learning.  Although students are participating in the activities, it is more structured so students are not able to have as much control as they would in inquiry-based learning.  I do not like how activity mania provides students with a hypothesis and as a result there is only one right answer.  Activity mania places the teacher with more control that the inquiry-based instruction would.  I prefer a classroom setting where the students are given the most responsibility as possible and are in control of their own learning.