How can I use inquiry-based learning in conjunction with other educational techniques? What does it have to do with my classroom? Most of our schools focus on teaching a set of basic skills that do not serve the needs of modern society. Traditionally, schools stressed the accumulation of information, and did not emphasize skill development or nurturing inquiry-based habits of mind.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English Â© 2016. inâ¢struâ¢menâ¢tal (inâ²strÉ menâ²tl), adj. 1  serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful. 2  Music and Danceperformed on or written for a musical instrument or instruments:instrumental music.  of or pertaining to an instrument or tool.
Instrumental Music. Until the beginning of the 16th Century, instruments were considered to be less important than voices. They were used for dances, and to accompany vocal music-but here they only doubled the voices. During the 16th Century, however, composers took greater interest in writing music for instrument.