Inquiry is defined as looking for information by asking questions about a topic of curiosity. Research is discovering truths about a chosen topic through scientific investigation. Inquiry is a learning process that motivates obtaining knowledge through asking questions, collecting and examining data, and using higher-order thinking skills like interpreting and criticizing to imagine and create new understandings. Benefits of inquiry-based learning include improving interpretative thinking, learning abilities, vocabulary, problem-solving skills, social/cultural knowledge, cooperative learning, procedural knowledge mastery, higher-order thinking, and conceptual understanding.