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.
Music. 1  an elaborate instrumental composition in three or more movements, similar in form to a sonata but written for an orchestra and usually of far grander proportions and more varied elements. 2  an instrumental passage occurring in a vocal composition, or between vocal movements in a composition.